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Originally Posted by Sagi_AFF
Some of the knocks on Lebron have gone too far I think. Does anyone remember the Bulls finals vs the Suns? Jordan and Barkley had dinner between the games. Magic commented that he would never have gone to dinner with an opposing player during a series. Now everyone's saying they would have never teamed up with another superstar like Lebron and Wade did. It's the same "back in my day" complaint over something else.
I will agree he made it tough on Cavs fans to hear it on an ESPN special that wreaked of his arrogance. But many of the current NBA players would hold a special like that if they could. I think money was a big issue for Lebron moving to Miami. He's going to save millions on the no state tax.
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I agree about the back in the day thing. I used to hate to hear the older players say that. they sounded like haters.
But the money issue I don't think had any part of it. Those endorsement deals make up for it and he would have had that no matter where he played. He would have had more deals since he'd be considered a "loyal" local town hero. Sponsors love to be associated with loyalty. How many sponsors want to be associated with a trader or someone who wasn't classy about their actions? That's his new perception, my guess is he would have made way more in endorsements had he stayed and played cool with the city.