Where Will Lebron James Go ?
 

My son and I are staying up late and celebrating tonight. Pretty exciting night in the NBA. I know it may be a few days till we know where he goes but still super exciting. Who will be the new cavs head coach? Where will Lebron go? What about Carmelo Anthony? I hear talks of him getting traded too. Lots of great players that will be up for grabs. I can't wait for the 2010 season.

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Yeah it is exciting.. also for me a Boston fan... Rivers returns as couch but Pierce may not.. I can't wait to see how it all plays out!

What about Ray Allen. He's up for grabs too. I just saw a clip where Cleveland may be looking at getting RA.

Yes, he is up for grabs.. I am kind of glad about that though! I think we need to clean house a bit!

This is what I think will happen. Lebron stays with the Cavs for a couple years while trying to build a super team for his home town of Cleveland Ohio. They did have the best record in the NBA for two years in a row. Also only 2 players in history have ever switched teams in the off season after winning back to back MVPs. Wilt Chamberlain and Mosses Malone. If Lebron does leave Cleveland they will have nothing lol.

The Lakers.

If Lebron leaves, I think he bolts to Chicago who already has a playoff team

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Lebron should go to a team where he has support.. they had the best records but did not win against Boston who had one of the worst.. If they had a deeper bench I bet he would stay

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Ohh yea they do and I have my money on LBJ staying in Cleveland for at least 2 years.

At first I thought it would be LeBron and D. Wade going to the Nicks. I now think Wade will convince Pat Riley to coach the heat and LeBron will join wade in Miami.

It will be fun to see what happens. My son and I are buying up Lebron Jmaes rookie cards all night. He will remember this day forever.

Why would he stay in Cleveland? He can get offered more money elsewhere and no matter where he really goes outside of Chicago or Miami, the team he goes to will be rebuilding. Lots of Cleveland players are free agents and they will have a new coach (Byron Scott) soon - so Cleveland will be in a huge rebuilding process to. The only reason he might stay would be for loyalty of his hometown, but I think he's too much of a media/attention whore to stay.

Besides players cant be signed for another week, so I'm sure he's going to let the world wait on his decision, so he can soak up some more attention.

It will be great to see what happens :) NBA 2010 will be awesome.

Hmmm...
 

I so know nothing about Basketball... The Colts ? :1orglaugh

Lakers would be cool mind...

Didn't they just catch him checking out a place to buy in NY? Hmm

Actually he can get more money staying in Cleveland than if he goes anywhere else.

The NBA's collective bargaining agreement states that there is a max contract you can offer a player. If a player has less than 6 years then the most they can pay him is 25% of the total salary cap or around 13 million per year. This is the most any team can offer so no matter where he would go he would get the same money. There is what they call the Larry Bird Exception. This is a clause in the CBA that allows teams to exceed the max contract numbers to resign their own players. So the Cavs could offer him more money (I read as much as 30 million over the life of the contract) than any other team.

Pierce isnt going anywhere. He just opted out to get new contract in before new cba.

Allen isnt going anywhere.

Next season will be mostly the same some of the bench will definately be gone though. Sheed, robinson, etc...

yeah you're right. Bird rights. Same shit is going on in Atlanta with Joe Johnson.

but i don't think Lebron is going to stick around for more money, when all he has to do is get a few more endorsements to cover the slack. who the fuck knows tho, I'm sure he's going to string this out so he can get as much attention as he possibly can.

You do realize he was born and raised in Ohio. This city made Lebron James and Lebron James is Cleveland. As a legend like himself odds point to him staying in Cleveland.

Yeah they were going off about the Joe Johnson rumors and how he probably doesn't deserve that kind of cash.

As for Lebron, you are 100% correct. The contract money is only a tiny little piece of the pie. If he goes to a major market he will make 10 times more than he could get with the Bird exception contract in endorsements.

yah yah. I know more about Lebron than I care to know. All Lebron cares about right now is winning. Having a team that has the best record in the league 2 seasons in a row don't mean anything when you can't win, or even make it to the finals. Lebron knows that time is ticking and he doesn't want to be "the best player never to have won a ring" so he's going to go to the place that has the most potential. The only reason i don't think he's going to Chicago is because he doesn't want to be compared, even more than now, to Michael Jordan.

I'm a HUGE Atlanta Hawks fan, went to 43 games last year - and I don't think Joe Johnson is worth anything close to what they are going to offer him tonight at midnight. Something like 125 million for 6 years. We are talking about a guy who only averaged 13 points in the playoffs this year.

WTF are you talking about? Im a cavs, browns, and indians FAN born and raised in cleveland and this shit is NOT exciting fuck off

10 mins till free agency!! I still say he stays with the Cavs.

I've never seen so much hay made about one of the most over-rated players ever. Sure he has talent.

But something is wrong with his head. Maybe it comes from the world sucking his dick since high school & he is treated like a champion without actually winning a damn thing.

That meltdown against the celtics was appalling, not because they matched up so badly, but because they blatently folded. Lebron folded right along with the team. Those moments of adversity is where you see the true character of your players. Dwayne Wade never folded like that on a team that was terrible around him.

Wherever he goes, they will lose. :2 cents:

Lebron = All Hype, No Heart.

Same with that drag queen Chris Bosh (as Shaq once so eloquently said) :)

Lebron is gone, trust me.

It's going to be fun watching all the madness this is a really rare thing watching all these free agents move around.

I'm a Lakers fan and hoping we can land Bosh and keep Phil.

Thats all i care about too. Doesn't mater where King James goes or anybody else goes, the Lakers are gonna win it all again and will 3 peat.:thumbsup

maybe Miami heats

He does need to get on a team that can win that's for sure. I heard this morning he has until July 5th to decide. I also heard the LA Clippers will be talking to him today. Be fun to watch him with Blake if he can stay healthy and play his first season.

He will play in my basement for my personal pleasure

chicago, if he was staying why wouldn't he address it with the media over the last two years as opposed to dodging the question. He has no loyalty to no one but himself. But everyone thinks he the best thing ever? Guy can't even tell you if he's leaving your franchise or not...

i wish he stay in cavaliers...

I don't think LeBron will leave the Cavs. Although the new ownership group did make a bad move with the Izzo thing and Lebron not being able to talk. The only team I could see him going to is the Nets. Sure I would love him in a Knicks jersey but that will never happen. The Nets have alto of business reasons long term for him not shit ring potential. Chicago, although it has a perfect team set up for him just has too much of a legacy to match or beat. He would need to win 7 rings there to make it worthwhile and that just ain't happening in the modern NBA. Meanwhile if he brings one championship to the Nets and they move to Brooklyn he would be one of the biggest NBA saviors of all time.

But at the end of the day I think he stays in Cleveland.

What will be more interesting is to see where all the other free agents land. It's gonna be an entirely new NBA next year that is for sure.

Side Note: As a Knicks fan I think their best chances are to land Amare and Joe Johnson and have DeAntoni run his old style Phoenix Suns deal to just outscore the fuck out of the East. All they would need is one good point guard int here and with the rest of the team the Knicks have already they would be a lock for the eastern conference championship series at least.

His talks with the Nets and the Knicks are over.

Lebron James is a skillful player.

Bosh is miami bound.

James to sign in Chicago.... Book IT!

Looks like Phil Jackson will stay in LA.

I think it would hurt the league to see Cleveland go back to a draft lottery team.

i heard lebron james was going to team edward

So he's doing a 1-hour infomercial on ESPN on Thursday night? This guy is so fucked out. I don't even give a shit where he goes anymore.

I still think he is staying in Cleveland with a twist to get a big guy there to try and win a ring. Looks like Bosh will join Wade in Miami. I also heard Lebron will be changing his number from #23 to #6 as well this year out of respect for Michael Jordon.

It's going to be a pretty exciting night tomorrow!

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/p...see-tv-special.

Tomorrow at 9:00pm on ESPN. Pretty interesting.

If he leaves cleveland, they will be the new clippers.

Lebron wants two things, he wants to win a championships and he wants to be a billionaire athlete.

The most any other team can offer him officially is $96.1 million over five years. Cleveland can offer him $125 million over six. So contract monetary wise, it is not a factor to his decision.

Cleveland really can't secure a string of championships for him. Also, 1/2 the team boned his mom or will bone his mom.

My money is on him signing to the Bulls or Knicks. There's more marketing potential there for him than Cleveland.

It will be exiciting to see where he goes.