LeBron, Bosh Plan To Play Together??

[iilluzioN]

The inside source says LeBron and Bosh have plans to end up playing together. Will Shaq interrupt those plans? Prolly not

:wow

http://twitter.com/lazenby

[iilluzioN]

ALSO!!!

Jay-Z puts LeBron on for a guest spot in his new D.O.A. video. They play one-on-one in hoops. Harvey Keitel is on there too. Good video.

http://davissportsdeli.com/wordpress/2009/06/29/lebron-featured-in-jay-z-music-video-doa-death-of-autotune/

Jay-Z is a part owner of the Nets. So there's incentive there for LeBron to join the franchise.

[iilluzioN]

riiiight

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dont even bother posting if you have nothing good to say



Let me remind everybody:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/news/sports_photo02.jpg

[iilluzioN]

New LeBron James shoe features Yankee Pinstripes

http://www.sneakerfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/nike-zoom-lebron-5-ny-yankee-main.jpg

[iilluzioN]

http://i42.tinypic.com/att64m.jpg

http://blog.nj.com/knicks_main/2008/10/medium_lebron-james-new-york-knicks.jpg

[dave]

sweet, lebron is going to play for toronto

[Thunder Dan]

I never understood why him being a Yankees fan correlated to him playing for the Knicks. He is a big Cowboys fan too, which you could assume he hates NY because of the Giants, and he wants to play in Dallas. How does posting a picture of him in a Yankees hat mean he wants to play there. I never understood that argument

[Thunder Dan]

also, if this tweet was in fact hinting at something, it's not hinted at them in NY, it's hinting at Shaq's contract expiring next summer when the Cavs will have the money to sign both.

[2Cleva]

also, if this tweet was in fact hinting at something, it's not hinted at them in NY, it's hinting at Shaq's contract expiring next summer when the Cavs will have the money to sign both.

Maybe.

Right now Cavs would have about $23 mil in space if the cap stays the same. However if they re-sign Varejao and use the full MLE that can knock of 12-14 mil off that space.

[dirk4mvp]

http://i42.tinypic.com/att64m.jpg

http://blog.nj.com/knicks_main/2008/10/medium_lebron-james-new-york-knicks.jpg


I don't get the big deal about him wearing hats like this. Neither of those are the game hats, and hats like those are used for style, not sending a message.

[Thunder Dan]

Sabathia wore a Yankees hat to a Warriors game WHILE HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE INDIANS!

and this winter, CC did everything he could to not play for the Yankees, but nobody in California offered him a contract and he had no choice.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Sabathia is fat.

[slammmyj22]

Well Cleveland are going to sign one superstar to play with Lebron because Mo Williams isnt cutting it, I believe if Bosh takes slightly less or they pull off a sign and trade with Toronto it could work, However im not so sure Bosh is the man to help Lebron win a title, What has Bosh ever achieved on his own, nada. He may well be another Gasol in that he can thrive as the 2nd fiddle as he sure cant do it as a number on guy

[ffadicted]

Well Cleveland are going to sign one superstar to play with Lebron because Mo Williams isnt cutting it, I believe if Bosh takes slightly less or they pull off a sign and trade with Toronto it could work, However im not so sure Bosh is the man to help Lebron win a title, What has Bosh ever achieved on his own, nada. He may well be another Gasol in that he can thrive as the 2nd fiddle as he sure cant do it as a number on guy

Yeah, and Gasol as the 2nd option turned out pretty shitty, didn't it....

[Extra Stout]

LeBron, Duncan to Play Together? In Los Angeles? Howard and Wade to Lakers Too?

LeBron James has always indicated his respect for Tim Duncan. This has caused at least one source at a well-connected Spurs website to speculate that LeBron may choose to join the Spurs next summer. The Spurs front office is regarded as very creative, so the fact that it appears impossible for them to work out a feasible offer under NBA salary-cap rules shouldn't be a problem.

Adding LeBron James to a team already featuring Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Richard Jefferson should strike fear into Laker hearts, so might the Lakers make counter-moves to acquire Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard?

Having two super-teams out West would be very exciting, especially if the Spurs moved to Los Angeles. San Antonio is a small market, and the Spurs consistently draw low ratings in the Finals. Would this change if they relocated to Los Angeles, with a high population of Hispanics, just like San Antonio? It would make for the all-time epic crosstown rivalry. Stay tuned.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

The Cavs will have enough money sign Bosh to a max contract. What people are forgetting is they have Bird rights to Lebron so they can go over the salary cap when resigning him. The Bird rights to Lebron make it so Cleveland can build around him way better than any other team because they have the finnancial flexibility to do so.

[Extra Stout]

The Cavs will have enough money sign Bosh to a max contract. What people are forgetting is they have Bird rights to Lebron so they can go over the salary cap when resigning him. The Bird rights to Lebron make it so Cleveland can build around him way better than any other team because they have the finnancial flexibility to do so.
Ordinarily, salary-cap rules mean that LeBron's expired contract counts a multiple of its previous value against the salary cap until he is re-signed, thus preventing a team from doing what you suggest, but in the world of summer speculation, where words are plentiful and knowledge is scarce, anything is possible.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Ordinarily, salary-cap rules mean that LeBron's expired contract counts a multiple of its previous value against the salary cap until he is re-signed


I'm not following what you're saying.

[2Cleva]

Exactly.

[JJ Hickson]

We don't even need Bosh.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I was ready to believe this just by looking at the twitter link until I found out it was not former 007 George Lazenby reporting it.

[DPG21920]

I'm not following what you're saying.

He is saying that the cap space they have right now is not entirely accurate because even though they can sign Lebron to a max deal, until they do so, he will still count against the cap at a high level, thus taking away cap space to sign someone else.

Normally teams renounce rights to FA's to clear up the cap space but they will not do that with Lebron. So he his saying that prevents teams from having a lot of capspace in order to sign a max free agent, then sign their own FA to max as well.

They would have to sign Lebron first, then see how much they have left. Not the reverse order.

[Extra Stout]

I'm not following what you're saying.
Next year, LeBron will earn something like $15 million. Then he becomes a free agent, with Cleveland retaining his Bird rights. As long as Cleveland retains his Bird rights, LeBron's salary does not come off the books. Cleveland does not gain any salary cap room. They cannot sign Chris Bosh to a big contract and then re-sign LeBron.

Instead, what happens is that the Bird rights on LeBron's expired contract count against Cleveland's salary cap at 150% of the value of the last year of his previous contract, which if he makes $15 million, means he counts against the salary cap for $22.5 million, at least until he re-signs. Once he re-signs, his cap figure is equal to his salary again.

So, until Cleveland re-signs LeBron, they actually would lose most if not all of any salary cap room they might otherwise have.

This feature was placed into the collective bargaining agreement specifically to prevent the maneuver you suggested Cleveland use.

The only way Cleveland could get around this would be to renounce LeBron's Bird rights, but then they wouldn't be able to re-sign him, defeating the purpose.

[Holmes_Fans]

I highly doubt Lebron is going to go play in NY just so he can watch the Yankees play. 90% of black people wear yankee gear just to look cool. Black people don't even like baseball

[Spurs9]

LeBron, Duncan to Play Together? In Los Angeles? Howard and Wade to Lakers Too?

LeBron James has always indicated his respect for Tim Duncan. This has caused at least one source at a well-connected Spurs website to speculate that LeBron may choose to join the Spurs next summer. The Spurs front office is regarded as very creative, so the fact that it appears impossible for them to work out a feasible offer under NBA salary-cap rules shouldn't be a problem.

Adding LeBron James to a team already featuring Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Richard Jefferson should strike fear into Laker hearts, so might the Lakers make counter-moves to acquire Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard?

Having two super-teams out West would be very exciting, especially if the Spurs moved to Los Angeles. San Antonio is a small market, and the Spurs consistently draw low ratings in the Finals. Would this change if they relocated to Los Angeles, with a high population of Hispanics, just like San Antonio? It would make for the all-time epic crosstown rivalry. Stay tuned.
:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[iilluzioN]

Black people don't even like baseball

wow.

[JamStone]

All of these speculations are just that until they actually happen. But, if we're going to speculate, technically, the New Jersey Nets would be a viable destination for this to happen. Even if you dismiss the Jay-Z and the New York market aspects of signing with the Nets, the team has enough cap space and enough nice, young players for it to be attractive for two superstars to sign there.

Even if they pick up the options of Brook Lopez, Courtney Lee, Yi Jianlian, and Sean Williams, and Chris Douglas Roberts, their payroll for 2010-11 will still only be at right around $26.8 million. They'll have roughly $30 million, maybe a little more depending on the cap, to offer max (or very close to max) contracts to two free agents, while still maintaining a very good supporting cast around them. Assume they could lure both LeBron and Chris Bosh to sign with them, the Nets roster would look like the following:

Devin Harris / Keyon Dooling
Courtney Lee / Chris Douglas Roberts
LeBron James / Edwaudo Najera
Chris Bosh / Yi Jianlian
Brook Lopez / Sean Williams

Who knows if it will really happen, but technically, the Nets are financially set up to try to make it happen. And, if you do add the lure of playing in the New York market and for Jay-Z, I don't think you just dismiss it as something that cannot happen.

[carrao45]

Im not sold on Bosh, i dont think he will ever win a championship, I just dont think he will, no matter who he plays with

[Spurs9]

Im not sold on Bosh, i dont think he will ever win a championship, I just dont think he will, no matter who he plays with
Hes a great player, hes just been around a crappy team, and the team doesn't get any media attention.

[Extra Stout]

What the fuck are you talking about?
I'm making fun of the outlandish stupidity of virtually every single NBA free agency and trade rumor, and how people take the rumors seriously just because they get posted on the innertubes.

[VivaPopovich]

his jump shot is terrible form but he's finally getting it right with the big men

he won't win a ring without a premiere big man by his side, period. they got a legitimate shot if shaq stays healthy. lebron/bosh having a future together is good for both of them.