LBJ #10: LeDecision, Jueves, 9PM

[BLACKFEET 2010]

.....steady....steady.....

[kane2021]

Moocow, shtolky, kane, trademarkk, echelon, sol, truth serum, etc

Whats next in this movie script?

NY is going to pick up steam in a little bit. Just a tad. Dropping hints here and there to say how it is prob better for the league. How NYC is such a great city, blah blah. Ive already heard some of it from Legler and the guy interviewing him.

And then BOOM he signs with New York.

What im seeing right now is building a evil empire situation in MIA. People are getting upset. People are threatening to turn there back.

I also seem something I like though. All of a sudden it looks like NY will end up being the good guys in all of this. People are going to cheer for him choosing NY now. People are saying I hope he goes to NY instead.

[bballshinobi20]

It's a done deal. The odds for Miami is -500

[moocow007]

Moocow, shtolky, kane, trademarkk, echelon, sol, truth serum, etc

Whats next in this movie script?

NY is going to pick up steam in a little bit. Just a tad. Dropping hints here and there to say how it is prob better for the league. How NYC is such a great city, blah blah. Ive already heard some of it from Legler and the guy interviewing him.

And then BOOM he signs with New York.

The NY steam will be tepid enough to get them back into the picture. Miami will still be whispered as the favorite but now there's uncertainty.

Show starts...James will pick a team in the first 10 minutes (as promised)...possibly by putting on that teams hat...then, as the camera holds...James says something cleverly written for him and then takes that hat off...then we'll go through the other 50 minutes with him picking each team every 10 minutes (along with a why each team would be great segment...his way of thanking each losing team).

At the end of the 60 minutes...he'll make the real decision...possibly by standing up, and through some special effect zapping into that teams uniform.

[Future Soldier]

BT said there are preparations going on in Miami for parades and press conferences and someone just reported on ESPN that they are setting up an event in American Airlines Arena for tomorrow night..and some lady from ESPN also said that late last night Lebron had a conference call will Bosh and Wade and told them "Cya guys on friday"...

Well that about wraps it up people. A shame such a awful sports town gets this while we sell out when our team blows and end up with just Amare.

that's the biggest punch to the gut....a city that doesn't deserve this kind of star power gets them, while an absolutely rabid basketball city like NY gets left out in the cold.

[shtolky]

Moocow, shtolky, kane, trademarkk, echelon, sol, truth serum, etc

Whats next in this movie script?

NY is going to pick up steam in a little bit. Just a tad. Dropping hints here and there to say how it is prob better for the league. How NYC is such a great city, blah blah. Ive already heard some of it from Legler and the guy interviewing him.

And then BOOM he signs with New York.

Well Legler did say that LeBron coming to NY would be best for the league on sportscenter earlier today. He cited the LeBron/Amar'e vs Wade/Bosh matchup, with a strong Chicago and Orlando team and the end of the run for Boston. Which is all very true and would make the NBA exciting on a national level. -Jitpal

Hey stop using logic now...

[NYMase]

It's a done deal. The odds for Miami is -500

Where are those odds from?

[K_ick_God]

It's a done deal. The odds for Miami is -500

Where are those odds from?

Odds don't prove anything. They prove that people are betting on Miami.

[TrueWarrior]

Moocow, shtolky, kane, trademarkk, echelon, sol, truth serum, etc

Whats next in this movie script?

NY is going to pick up steam in a little bit. Just a tad. Dropping hints here and there to say how it is prob better for the league. How NYC is such a great city, blah blah. Ive already heard some of it from Legler and the guy interviewing him.

And then BOOM he signs with New York.

What im seeing right now is building a evil empire situation in MIA. People are getting upset. People are threatening to turn there back.

I also seem something I like though. All of a sudden it looks like NY will end up being the good guys in all of this. People are going to cheer for him choosing NY now. People are saying I hope he goes to NY instead.

GREAT angle kane. I never thought about that. People are hating this idea. Instead of coming to New York as just wanting the money and all that, people will be relieved because that superteam wont be assembled.

Good sh*t.

[richardhutnik]

if this miami dream team is successful what we're watching is the death of this league. a lot of people are going to lose interest with such an overwhelming favorite.

How about the potential death of the legacies of three players who happen to not win anything? There is no guarantee they win anything at all. If it doesn't work, then you start comparing Bosh and LeBron to Ernie Banks.

- Rich

[Knicked_Up]

It's a done deal. The odds for Miami is -500

Where are those odds from?

If these are Vegas odds, well then yep it is over.

[jstudabaka]

I wish there wouldn't have been all the speculation yesterday about him coming. For months, I didn't believe LBJ was coming, but yesterday was the first time I really considered it a strong possibility. I got my hopes up. But rather than being despondent about him going to Miami, I'm trying to be optimistic about what the Knicks can do to get better. You know what would be even better than getting Lebron James? Beating Lebron James, mwahahahahaha.

[Christophersp10]

It's a done deal. The odds for Miami is -500

Where are those odds from?

If these are Vegas odds, well then yep it is over.

Odds are done on what Vegas thinks people are going to bet. Calm down!

[LJ4pointplay]

I've been away for a few hours, can somebody tell me what we think about this Mike Miller contract offer?

Where are they getting the money from if LeBron signs there? Are we expecting all three to take further pay cuts for Mike Miller?

Also, why the deadline of tonight? Because they are afraid they cant add Miller if LeBron doesn't join the Heat or because they are afraid the Knicks will outbid them if we lose out on LeBron?

[Knicked_Up]

Actually I take back what I said about Vegas. If it was already a guarentee it wouldn't even be on the board to bet.

[Future Soldier]

It's a done deal. The odds for Miami is -500

Where are those odds from?

If these are Vegas odds, well then yep it is over.

I wouldn't say that....Vegas odds had him going to Chicago at like -500 just two weeks ago. Then it was NY at -200 yesterday. They just go with the flow of news reports. They don't really know anything.

[Jstarks3]

my question is...




Where's Stern when you need him?

[Subway Token]

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[knicksfan974]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article ... 77,00.html

The LeBron James Hour: Is This Prime-Time Overkill?

In case you haven't heard, one of the best basketball players on the globe became a free agent this summer. In his seven seasons in the NBA, he has averaged 25.4 points per game and won a scoring title, and he was first-team All-NBA for the last two seasons. He was the leading scorer on the 2008 Olympic U.S. basketball team that brought home the gold medal. He's the kind of athlete who can singlehandedly change the fortunes of a franchise and deliver immeasurable joy to the citizens of the NBA city lucky enough to have him on their team.

In fact, he could probably strong-arm ESPN into carrying his free-agency decision on live television, in prime time. But Dwyane Wade didn't go that route.

At 9 p.m. on Thursday, LeBron James will bless the world with his free-agency decision during a one-hour ESPN telecast. By contrast, Wade quietly confirmed reports yesterday that he was resigning with the Miami Heat and that Olympic teammate Chris Bosh, the five-time All-Star forward formerly of the Toronto Raptors, would join him in South Beach. Where was Wade's TV show? After all, he's the one with the NBA championship that James is so desperately chasing. (See pictures of young basketball players being chased by recruiters.)

The pieces of the great free-agency puzzle are finally starting to fall into place. Bosh and Wade are teaming up for the Heat — and James could join them to form a seemingly unstoppable core that is already being dubbed "Miami Thrice." Also on Wednesday, the Chicago Bulls signed Carlos Boozer, another 2008 Olympian and a two-time All-Star. And as is their wont, the New York Knicks overpaid for a talented but injury-prone and likely past-his-prime player, giving Amar'e Stoudemire $100 million in an attempt to restore some respectability to Big Apple basketball. (See a pictorial evolution of the Air Jordan.)

In fact, buried beneath all the breathless hysteria about James' future is a disturbing trend: the insane decisionmaking of NBA executives. The league's salary-cap structure requires teams to make prudent financial choices. If your team underperforms, it's wise to reduce your future salary obligations so you'll have the flexibility to add assets that can improve your performance. Yet despite these constraints, the Memphis Grizzlies, a team that has averaged 55 losses over the past four years, gave a five-year, $82 million contract to forward Rudy Gay. Yes, Gay is a fine young talent. But if he is truly worth $82 million, shouldn't he have led Memphis to at least one winning record in his three years with the team?

Similarly, the Atlanta Hawks tied their future to guard Joe Johnson, who won himself a six-year, $119 million contract this off-season despite averaging a measly 12.8 points per game during the second round of the playoffs, when his Hawks were swept by the Orlando Magic. Even Darko Milicic, the Serbian center who was selected No. 2 overall, behind James, in the 2003 draft and quickly became an all-time bust, received a four-year, $20 million contract from the Minnesota Timberwolves. He averaged 6.7 points per game last season. Whose pay is more out of line with their performance, some NBA players or Wall Street CEOs?

James, however, will certainly prove a worthwhile investment for whichever team secures his services. But a backlash is brewing about the way in which he's hogging the spotlight. The blogosphere has turned against him. "An hour show? WTF?" wrote a commenter on FoxSports.com, a sentiment that is clearly growing among fans, media and even fellow NBA players. "There's definitely a collective eye roll," says a Western Conference player who has discussed the James extravaganza with several colleagues. "Wade and Bosh had fun with it but then just made their decision. With LeBron, it's all about him. He talks about wanting to be one of the greatest of all time, like [Michael] Jordan, like Kobe [Bryant]. But Jordan and Kobe would never do this. He's trying to be bigger than the game."

In fairness, advertising revenues from the show, which is being sponsored by companies like McDonald's, the University of Phoenix, Bing and Vitamin Water, will be donated to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, to help the organization build basketball courts. James' team certainly could have picked a more socially important cause — there's not exactly a basketball-court shortage in this country — yet the sentiment is worthy. Plus, the whole spectacle keeps the NBA, fresh off the Finals' Game 7 — its highest-rated game since 1998 — in the sports conversation. "It's a positive," say former New Jersey Nets coach Lawrence Frank. "Even though we have the World Cup and the baseball season is going on, we're still talking about the NBA."

But haven't we passed the point of fatigue? This isn't about the actual game. This is all about the ego of King James. On Wednesday, Kevin Durant, who is close to joining Bryant, James and Wade in the "best player on the planet" debate, signed a five-year, $85 million contract extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He quietly shared the news on Twitter. No talk about building a billionaire brand. It was just a rare gesture of loyalty to the small-market team that has enabled him to shine. It's hip to skip the prime-time drama.

"There's one thing I know for sure," says the Western Conference player, of the James ESPN special. "I can't wait for this s___ to be over with." Here's one thing we know for sure: he's not alone.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article ... z0t7JX73Vd

[2010]

Moocow, shtolky, kane, trademarkk, echelon, sol, truth serum, etc

Whats next in this movie script?

NY is going to pick up steam in a little bit. Just a tad. Dropping hints here and there to say how it is prob better for the league. How NYC is such a great city, blah blah. Ive already heard some of it from Legler and the guy interviewing him.

And then BOOM he signs with New York.

What im seeing right now is building a evil empire situation in MIA. People are getting upset. People are threatening to turn there back.

I also seem something I like though. All of a sudden it looks like NY will end up being the good guys in all of this. People are going to cheer for him choosing NY now. People are saying I hope he goes to NY instead.

Smart man sir!