The LeBron James Thread

[Altimus]

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As much as this pains me, I hope for once he's right.

[tpe14]

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Ozzie Guillen writes "bye bye Lebron" on an autograph baseball for one of the Cleveland Indians fans..For people dont' follow baseball, Ozzie Guillen is manager of the Chicago Whitesox

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lol. what was the reaction from that fan?

[ehh]

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I think the best part of that story is that he wrote "LOL" on the ball.

[Checmate101]

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guy from a wizards forum..shouts out to him for it

[Checmate101]

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smh @ Clippers holding a parade to try and get Lebron there...This stuff is getting crazy

[Jasong7777]

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I think I have seen Lebron in every jersey now.

[Jasong7777]

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Edit. Now I have.

[King_B_Mack]

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Edit. Now I have.

LOL! That picture is disturbing and not because it's LeBron in Lakers gear.

[Jasong7777]

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[Jasong7777]

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[Altimus]

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@ Charlotte.

[King_B_Mack]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nb...ory?id=5224873

Dwyane Wade has a big decision to make on where he'll sign this offseason. And before he makes his choice, he said he'll talk it over with fellow big-ticket free agents LeBron James and Joe Johnson.

Wade told the Chicago Tribune that he's not sure when the three players will talk, but they've been discussing their futures informally for a while now.

"[Free agency] has been three years coming," the Miami Heat superstar told the Tribune. "We've discussed it prematurely, at different times. [But] you don't know what guys are thinking and where they're going. I think we'll all sit down, and before one of us makes a decision, all of us will have spoken to each other and[listened to the] thinking.

"A lot of decisions [will be based on] what other players are willing to do and what other guys want to do. So it's not just a 'me' situation here. We all have to look and see what each other is thinking."

A source told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard that the Toronto Raptors' Chris Bosh also will join Wade, James and Johnson when they get together to discuss free agency.

No date or place has been set for the gathering, but the source said, "Bosh will definitely be there."

James, Wade and Bosh became close while playing together on the U.S. Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal at the Beijing Games. While they've pondered the possibility of playing together in the NBA, only two of the stars are likely to wind up on the same team once the dust clears.

James, coming off back-to-back playoff disappointments with his home-state Cleveland Cavaliers, will be the most sought-after free agent this summer, but Wade should be a close second.

Johnson's stock might have fallen after his lackluster playoff series for the Hawks against the Orlando Magic, averaging just 13 points as Atlanta was swept.

Bosh, Toronto's All-Star forward, has reportedly given the Raptors a list of five teams he will consider signing with next season -- Toronto, Chicago, the New York Knicks, Miami and the Los Angeles Lakers. Sources told Broussard that the New Jersey Nets are also a possibility for Bosh.

On his Twitter account, however, Bosh refuted that he had given the Raptors a list of teams he would accept in a sign-and-trade deal.

Free agency begins July 1.

One team that could have a problem signing Wade is his hometown Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls have money to spend this offseason and are expected to be one of the main suitors for James, in particular, but will their perceived disloyalty to former stars cost them a chance at the coveted players in the 2010 free-agent class?

"I think the biggest question that you think about has to be loyalty," Wade told the Tribune. "I know one thing about Miami: It is a very loyal organization. I see what they do with their players when their players get done with the game of basketball . . . how loyal they are. I don't know about the Bulls."

In particular, Wade questions why Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, who led the Bulls to six NBA championships, are no longer with the organization.

"I see Michael Jordan is not there, Scottie Pippen is not there . . . You know, these guys are not a part," Wade told the Tribune. "Things like that. So that is probably one of the biggest things for me, because I am a very loyal person."

Jordan recently became the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.

The Bulls, Knicks, Nets and Heat have the most financial flexibility to add a prime free agent from the 2010 class, which also includes the the Phoenix Suns' Amare Stoudemire.

So looks like D-Wade is firing the opening shot for Miami. I think he's way off base on this one though. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen aren't involved with the Bulls by their own choice. The Bulls have done a pretty solid job of looking after their own, like continuing to pay Jay Williams after ruining his career with the motorcycle or Johnny "Redd" Kerr having a job as announcer for as long as he did, Norm Van Lier, Pax being GM, Pete Myers, Cartwright, the list goes on. Jordan wanted to be an owner of the team. Pippen was brought back years after his prime to be apart of the team and was able to retire as a Bull.

I think this is a combination of Wade trying to recruit LeBron to Miami (which is ironic that he's going the loyalty route while trying to convince someone to be disloyal to their current team) and being upset that the buzz and focus in Chicago has jumped away from wooing him from Miami and to the LeBron hope train. Maybe I'm reading too much into his comments, but that's the way it seems to me.

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I guess Amare and Dirk's invitations got lost in the mail.

[ehh]

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In the last six months I thought Wade was a lock to stay in Miami, I still think that's the case. He didn't say a whole hell of a lot in that article, other than I assume he's going to try like hell to get Bosh to Miami.

Wouldn't surprise me at all of Bosh went down there and LBJ stayed in Cleveland.

[OSUFan_88]

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Remember when players in the NBA were so competitive that they wouldn't even hug off the court?

Now they are sitting down in a meeting to talk about where they should go and marketing deals? SMFH at players today...