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Well, LeBron already HAS his endorsements and marketability, so it isn't much of a sell for him. For the other two, maybe.
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Yeah I would file that under highly unlikely. 3 of the games top 10 players in one place? Nahh
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Why would on earth James sign with the Knicks? They are a loser franchise just like Cleveland, might as well stay in your home if you are Lebron.
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b/c the Knicks will have enough cap room to sign free agents to max contracts, meaning Lebron can have his choice of who to play with (Wade, Bosh, Joe Johnson, etc)
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etothep
b/c the Knicks will have enough cap room to sign free agents to max contracts, meaning Lebron can have his choice of who to play with (Wade, Bosh, Joe Johnson, etc)
I highly doubt it will work like that. I anticipate Lebron staying in Cleveland. New York has done nothing and Cleveland has a better team at the moment, I doubt he would go to a worst team just because they are in New York.
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I highly doubt it will work like that. I anticipate Lebron staying in Cleveland. New York has done nothing and Cleveland has a better team at the moment, I doubt he would go to a worst team just because they are in New York.
I assume you're just drunk b/c I said nothing about him going just cause it's NY. Lebron & Wade or Bosh or Johnson along with Wilson Chandler, David Lee, Gallinari, Toney Douglas & whoever they pick up with their exceptions will be at worst hosting a first round playoff series next season. Cleveland will be bringing back Jamison (getting up there in age) & maybe Shaq or Z, with Moe Williams, Delonte West, & Hickson as their youngsters (which is a worse trio than Gallinari, Lee, & Chandler). Cleveland would immediately go back to being a lottery team without Lebron
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etothep
I assume you're just drunk b/c I said nothing about him going just cause it's NY. Lebron & Wade or Bosh or Johnson along with Wilson Chandler, David Lee, Gallinari, Toney Douglas & whoever they pick up with their exceptions will be at worst hosting a first round playoff series next season
I am drunk sir. But we can bet that he will stay in Cleveland. It has been mentioned Wade has every intention of staying in Miami.
In addition when Tracy McGradey texted Lebron after they played and he said he looks forward to playing with him in New York, Lebron replied, "LOL".
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etothep
I assume you're just drunk b/c I said nothing about him going just cause it's NY. Lebron & Wade or Bosh or Johnson along with Wilson Chandler, David Lee, Gallinari, Toney Douglas & whoever they pick up with their exceptions will be at worst hosting a first round playoff series next season. Cleveland will be bringing back Jamison (getting up there in age) & maybe Shaq or Z, with Moe Williams, Delonte West, & Hickson as their youngsters (which is a worse trio than Gallinari, Lee, & Chandler). Cleveland would immediately go back to being a lottery team without Lebron
david lee wouldn't be able to stay if we signed 2 max free agents
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Heck. Who knows? Maybe the Clips will offer him the "Magic Johnson Deal" and offer him part-ownership of the team if he signs there. But that would require Donald Sterling dropping dead by the end of this season or they'd have to make James the de-facto GM as well.
Still not sure I see him returning to Cleveland. His teammates are either over-the-hill, or youngsters who's ceiling isn't high enough to ensure he wins a title. I also haven't heard anything definitive to say Wade is staying in Miami. With the Knicks' cap room, if Wade does decide to test FA, I see LeBron doing the same and the 2 of them at least discussing the possibility of going to NY.
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ewing6
david lee wouldn't be able to stay if we signed 2 max free agents
Lee is an FA in 2010?
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Lee is an FA in 2010?
yeah, he signed a 1 year deal last year as a RFA.
But the Knicks will kill themselves and overpay Lee giving him something stupid like 13M/year
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Honestly, let Lee walk and pick up Bosh. I like David Lee he's a double-double machine but Bosh is a top 10 maybe top 5 player in all the NBA.