NBA Basketball

[gas prices kill]

lol

[DaBestSpoona]

And whetzell correctly pointed out: “If he is doing it on television he is obviously going to return to the Cavs.â€

100% right. This announcement probably just crushed any hopes for Chicago, NY and Miami…right? I mean, if he’s choosing to crush the sports hopes of his hometown, he doesn’t do that on national television, right?

Lebron likes the dramatics. Instead of just outright signing a 6 year extension, let me do a one hour special then announce my intensions

[sarcasticone]

[chantheman]

a little disappointing to hear bosh and wade to miami. was hoping for more players switching teams

edit: if lebron goes to the heat then this whole ordeal is worth it. dont care for the heat, wont root for lebron, but if wade/lebron is anything like the dallas all star game, it will be a fun couple seasons to watch

[Cheweh]

are these bosh to miami reports for real now? I hope they're not all based off that misinterpreted tweet by ric bucher the other day.

EDIT:

bosh just tweeted this: "What's all the fuss about this morning? I woke up to a ton of emails, texts and missed calls. "

[chantheman]

sounds pretty legit. just said out of both bosh and wades mouth's that they are going/staying in miami

[futuredwight]

keep michael beasley far, far, far away from Toronto.

[chantheman]

doesnt look like bosh is coming in a sign and trade. toronto fans lucked out with beasley

[lintmunro]

Enjoy playing for 11,000 fans a game, Bosh.

If Toronto can't work something out with Miami (hopefully a TPE), this means Colangelo essentially gave Bosh away for free. In fact, he essentially paid Miami a first round pick to take him. What an idiot.

[Hocus Pocus]

Do you think there is any chance of Lebron going to Miami? I don't, but I could be wrong I guess. That would certainly be a twist. There is a chance, but I don't see it. NY is more likely but, I think he'll stay in Cleveland still.

It's too bad Colangelo sucks, because this is a great opportunity to start over.

[chantheman]

if he stays in cleveland, than winning wasnt his top priority. becoming a billionaire isnt either.

[lintmunro]

It's too bad Colangelo sucks, because this is a great opportunity to start over.

Toronto should just fire him now. He's in the last year of his contract and he's just going to make a bunch of short term band-aid solution moves.

[chantheman]

as long as the moves are short term thats ok. just hope its not like isiah before he left the knicks and leave the team with some shit players and bad contracts

[chantheman]

sounds about right

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-lebrondecision070710

[lintmunro]

Wojnarowski has been on fire the past few months. Easily the best NBA writer not named Bill Simmons.

Latest report:

Carlos Boozer has agreed to a 5 year, $80 million deal with the Bulls, a league source tells Y!

[Solix]

"Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley is the former teammate Ama’re Stoudamire, who just joined the Knicks on Tuesday.

Dudley told TMZ in a phone interview that James, 25, will join Stoudamire on the Knicks when James holds court on ESPN on Thursday night.

Dudley said that James has told the Knicks about his decision.

James will also reportedly announce his decision at a Boys and Girls Club in Greenwich , Conn., which is close to ESPN’s studios and to Manhattan." - TMZ

It IS according to TMZ, so it might just be gossip. There is a recorded phone interview with Dudley on TMZ's website, seen Here.

[lintmunro]

James was apparently seen partying with Stat and Houston earlier.

[M4TM]

LBJ = NYK. done deal.

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

only someone from sufu would knock on a franchise player for cell phone case placement ahahah

seriously?

anyhow-

if lebron does go to the knicks they will have more muscle in the front court than most entire teams. somewhat terrifying, but unless they get some serious help they aren't going to be a serious playoff threat, let alone a championship contender...

it'll also be one more reason for brooklyn to hate manhattan, which would be alright.

also: who do you have to fuck to get a max deal in okc? 86 over five seasons = durant being way too nice a guy...

[chantheman]

if all this is true im glad its NYC and not MIA or CLEV. makes for something interesting this upcoming season

[DaBestSpoona]

it'll also be one more reason for brooklyn to hate manhattan, which would be alright.

Most people who grew up in Brooklyn will still root for the Knicks. Not the team kicking people out of their homes ia eminent domain and offering people shitty 500k buyouts for their 1.1 million dollar brownstones in order to build a crappy barclays arena.

[pc811]

shitt...apparently Lebron's headed for Miami for that superteam

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/67957/20100708/report_lebron_to_pick_miami_heat/

that's gonna be fucked, i'll be cheering for any team playing against the cavs, even the celtics

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

Most people who grew up in Brooklyn will still root for the Knicks. Not the team kicking people out of their homes ia eminent domain and offering people shitty 500k buyouts for their 1.1 million dollar brownstones in order to build a crappy barclays arena.

True, but don't you think people would start forgetting that shit pretty quickly if the nets start winning games in brooklyn?

[chantheman]

can i be a "source"?

[Solix]

I doubt he'd sign with the Heat, considering offering all three of those guys a decent contract would leave so little headroom for a supporting cast, which they really need.

My thinking is that since the cat got out of the bag, people are "sourcing" the idea of a super team because it sounds so daring, so people look away from the NYK connection.

Dah well, we'll just find out tomorrow I guess.

[lintmunro]

Lebron's team has been throwing random shit around for the past week. I'm not believing anything that's not coming from his own mouth at this point.

[chantheman]

at 500k for a minimum salary player, the Heat dont even have enough left over to fill their team with D-Leaguers if they get Lebron. not sure how thats going to work

[lintmunro]

If they renounce Haslem that still only leaves them with $13,170,035. If they can get rid of Beasley for nothing (which I still think is idiotic) they'll have more like $17M, but without Beasley they'd have to fill 9 roster slots with that money. Sign Lebron and you've got a million to spread between 8 players.

[tyang]

i seriously can't imagine lebron and wade coexisting

[Cheweh]

the difference between lebron and durant... in gif form

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/70817/offsides_a_tale_of_two_announcements