lebron will never go to new york...101-59 after 3 ny getting faceplowed

[robbie380]

lol @ dumb ass new yorkers thinking they are getting lebron, dwade, or bosh. :lol

[djohn2oo8]

Daryl Morey, FTW!!!!!

[sribb43]

but they have Gallo and Tony Douglas next season

[djohn2oo8]

but they have Gallo and Tony Douglas next season

:lmao

[HarlemHeat37]

There will be big names in NY next season..only an idiot would pass up playing in the greatest city on the planet..

Hopefully it's Lebron..

[monosylab1k]

yeah the knicks suck

[TheManFromAcme]

Your foolish to think $$$ is not a motivating factor either.
Don't be fooled. Lebron wants to win but he's also a businessman.
His agent will make sure he does the right thing.

Just saying.

[dirk4mvp]

There will be big names in NY next season..only an idiot would pass up playing in the greatest city on the planet..

Hopefully it's Lebron..

No. Where have these big names been lately?

[sribb43]

No. Where have these big names been lately?

knicks have had 0 cap space to offer since the Allan Houston days....someone will go to NY this offseason

[djohn2oo8]

Your foolish to think $$$ is not a motivating factor either.
Don't be fooled. Lebron wants to win but he's also a businessman.
His agent will make sure he does the right thing.

Just saying.

The Cavs aren't letting him leave. They'll match whatever the Knicks offer

[HarlemHeat37]

Knicks haven't had cap space even before that..they've been under horrible management for what seems like forever..Walsh hasn't done anything yet, but he's on the right track by freeing up cap space..it's better to gamble on a huge name, it's the logical move..

BTW, I expect Lebron to stay in Cleveland if they make the Finals and Bosh to stay in Toronto, but I wouldn't be surprised if anybody else plays in NY next season..

[robbie380]

Your foolish to think $$$ is not a motivating factor either.
Don't be fooled. Lebron wants to win but he's also a businessman.
His agent will make sure he does the right thing.

Just saying.

and he will automatically give up 30 million over the life of the contract by signing with new york or any other team not named the cavs. also, lebron already has close to a quarter billion in endorsements.

just saying.

[TheManFromAcme]

The Cavs aren't letting him leave. They'll match whatever the Knicks offer

E-X-P-O-S-U-R-E

Let's be real here. No crack on Cleveland but it is in fact Cleveland. It has about as much sex appeal has Toledo, Ohio. It isn't there.

[djohn2oo8]

LeBron's Legacy will not rest on how much money he makes, but if he really wants to be an all time great, he better start winning rings now, and that means not going to a place where he would have a really shitty supporting cast. It'd be like starting all over again for him.

[sribb43]

i forgot NY will also have Chandler and Curry under contract to go along with Gallo and Douglas...thats a core that can contend for years if LBJ goes

[HarlemHeat37]

If the Knicks sign another big name to go with The King, that will instantly become the best supporting cast he's ever had..obviously if the Knicks are going to get a big name like a Lebron or Wade, it'll depend on the other guy they will potentially sign too..

[robbie380]

E-X-P-O-S-U-R-E

Let's be real here. No crack on Cleveland but it is in fact Cleveland. It has about as much sex appeal has Toledo, Ohio. It isn't there.

good call. no one knows who lebron james is right now.

[robbie380]

i forgot NY will also have Chandler and Curry under contract to go along with Gallo and Douglas...thats a core that can contend for years if LBJ goes

:elephant

[TheManFromAcme]

good call. no one knows who lebron james is right now.

You know what I mean. Of course we know Lebron. It's everything that comes along playing in a big city like the big apple. Big city perks.

I am confident NY will conjure up a package that will entice Lebron. Don't fool yourself into thinking that he isn't going to entertain such offers. NY will quitely do whatever it needs to do.

Nothing is certain. One thing for sure, he needs to bring a LOB to that ever so thirsty city. If he somehow, someway manages to do that, Cleveland can wipe their collective sweat at least for a while.

[sribb43]

If the Knicks sign another big name to go with The King, that will instantly become the best supporting cast he's ever had..obviously if the Knicks are going to get a big name like a Lebron or Wade, it'll depend on the other guy they will potentially sign too..

Lebron + any of the top free agents in NY will instantly make them a contender in the east....C's are old, Cavs will suck, only true contender would be Orlando or ATL (if JJ stays)

[djohn2oo8]

The only problem would be LeBron wants to be the main man, as does many other free agents, except Joe Johnson, that dude is a team player

[JoeTait75]

E-X-P-O-S-U-R-E

Let's be real here. No crack on Cleveland but it is in fact Cleveland. It has about as much sex appeal has Toledo, Ohio. It isn't there.

You really don't think LeBron gets enough exposure already? That's funny.

[TheManFromAcme]

You really don't think LeBron gets enough exposure already? That's funny.

Silly me. How dare I belittle the bustling, cosmopoltian city that is Cleveland.
Someone tar and feather me.

[JoeTait75]

Silly me. How dare I belittle the bustling, cosmopoltian city that is Cleveland.
Someone tar and feather me.

We're not talking about Cleveland. We're talking about LeBron. He can play in Nome, Alaska and still be a media giant.

This isn't 1954 anymore. You don't have to go off to the big city to get noticed. If you're enough of a star the big city will come to you.

[TheManFromAcme]

We're not talking about Cleveland. We're talking about LeBron. He can play in Nome, Alaska and still be a media giant.

This isn't 1954 anymore. You don't have to go off to the big city to get noticed. If you're enough of a star the big city will come to you.

Oh Joe,

you know what I am talking about. All I am saying is that Lebron will entertain New York. You know it. I know it. Cleveland knows it. The entire coutnry knows it.

[j.dizzle]

^ Lebron in a big ass market city = more paid appearances, more attention, chillin with celebrity friends, paparazi following you around hahaha etc.. Ppl like Bron eat that shit up.

[JamStone]

and he will automatically give up 30 million over the life of the contract by signing with new york or any other team not named the cavs. also, lebron already has close to a quarter billion in endorsements.

just saying.

And, you could instantly double those endorsements dollars if LeBron played in New York. Giving up 30 million over the course of his contract is peanuts when he'd be making so much more beyond his NBA salary by moving to New York. His NBA salary isn't what's going to make LeBron as rich as he possibly can be.

I'm not saying he'll go to the Knicks, but saying he'd be giving up 30 million in NBA salary is pretty irrelevant when you consider the potential in other dollars from endorsement and entertainment opportunities.

Just saying.

[JoeTait75]

you know what I am talking about. All I am saying is that Lebron will entertain New York. You know it. I know it. Cleveland knows it. The entire coutnry knows it.

Sure he will. But there's a big difference between entertaining an offer and taking it.

[TheManFromAcme]

Sure he will. But there's a big difference between entertaining an offer and taking it.

Yet the tone of your comment suggests that the latter won't happen.
Would I be correct?

I guess I don't blame you. Lebron splits and Cleveland will fall below mediocrity. Lower than Whale poop, and that Joe, is as low as it gets.

Ah, what the heck. Cleveland has been through much regarding sports teams. No sense in me or anyone raining on your potential "WE WON LEBRON" sweepstakes.

Good luck. :toast

[mogrovejo]

And, you could instantly double those endorsements dollars if LeBron played in New York. Giving up 30 million over the course of his contract is peanuts when he'd be making so much more beyond his NBA salary by moving to New York. His NBA salary isn't what's going to make LeBron as rich as he possibly can be.

I'm not saying he'll go to the Knicks, but saying he'd be giving up 30 million in NBA salary is pretty irrelevant when you consider the potential in other dollars from endorsement and entertainment opportunities.

Just saying.

How much additional money would he make in endorsements by playing in NY than in Cleveland, LA, Miami or New Jersey? Where would that money come from? From New Yorkers buying his stuff instead of Ohioans or whatever they're called? I doubt the difference is significant, to be honest - surely not enough to justify a substantial increase in his endorsements revenunes.

[JoeTait75]

Yet the tone of your comment suggests that the latter won't happen.
Would I be correct?

You would be. I've still yet to hear an actual basketball reason why he would go to New York.

And if you think it concerns me, you're wrong. We've done everything we can do. If he leaves anyway, there was nothing we could have done to begin with. So there's no sense in worrying about it.

[j.dizzle]

http://images.myride.com/images/non-vehicle/People/Celebrity/August%2008/Jay_Z_Maybach_%28544x408%29.jpg

[robbie380]

And, you could instantly double those endorsements dollars if LeBron played in New York. Giving up 30 million over the course of his contract is peanuts when he'd be making so much more beyond his NBA salary by moving to New York. His NBA salary isn't what's going to make LeBron as rich as he possibly can be.

I'm not saying he'll go to the Knicks, but saying he'd be giving up 30 million in NBA salary is pretty irrelevant when you consider the potential in other dollars from endorsement and entertainment opportunities.

Just saying.


so lebron would magically get another 250 million in endorsements just by playing for the shitty knicks? name the companies that would be giving him this money that already aren't.

[robbie380]

new york has completely fucked themselves. they have nothing to offer. they can't do sign and trades and they have fucked their rebuilding by jettisoning their first round picks as if they were radioactive.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Heat-are-95-percent-sure-Wade-will-re-sign-thi;_ylt=AndTQ..SxCOAnLM_6W83b7S8vLYF?urn=nba,2250 50

Heat are '95 percent' sure Wade will re-sign this summer
By Trey Kerby

I recently attended a taping for Rick Reilly's "Homecoming" featuring Dwyane Wade(notes). At every commercial break, someone from the crowd would yell about Wade coming to play for his hometown Bulls. Every time, he would just smile.

I've got bad news, Bulls fans, it sounds like it ain't happening.

"The bottom line is he has publicly and privately said that this is where he wants to be," [Heat owner Micky] Arison said before Saturday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks. "I believe him. I'm 95 percent sure that he would be here next year. You can never be 100."


Of course, Arison is in the midst of signing up season ticket holders for next year, so he's going to want to paint a pretty picture of the upcoming season. But there are a lot of reasons Wade wouldn't want to leave Miami.

As Ira Winderman details, if the Heat can snag a good free agent this summer, they'll have a decent nucleus that can compete in the East. Plus there's no income tax in Florida. Oh, and it's Florida. The appeal is pretty obvious.

But don't worry, Chicago. Brad Miller(notes) is going to play forever. That's an OK consolation prize in my book.

Related: Dwyane Wade, Brad Miller, Milwaukee Bucks

[noob cake]

LeBron needs to force a SnT to Houston; he can get his whole clothing brand in China. I can see it now.


King James Wear

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL @ Rockets fans, they're trying so hard to convince themselves that NY isn't getting anybody..

[JoeTait75]

LOL @ Rockets fans, they're trying so hard to convince themselves that NY isn't getting anybody..

I'm far from convinced New York is getting someone besides a Rudy Gay or Carlos Boozer-type. When was the last time that franchise did anything right, including pick up a marquee free agent?

The confidence so many people seem to have in the Knicks is mystifying to me.

[djohn2oo8]

I'm far from convinced New York is getting someone besides a Rudy Gay or Carlos Boozer-type. When was the last time that franchise did anything right, including pick up a marquee free agent?

The confidence so many people seem to have in the Knicks is mystifying to me.

+1, and why would anyone go to play in a system that is designed to play ZERO defense?

[JJ Hickson]

There will be big names in NY next season..only an idiot would pass up playing in the greatest city on the planet..

Hopefully it's Lebron..


At least you are honest about being a bandwagon fan now. I'm glad you finally came out of the closet.

[Greg Oden]

LOL @ Rockets fans, they're trying so hard to convince themselves that NY isn't getting anybody..

The real LOL here is you thinking anyone wants to play in New York.

[bostonguy]

I like how people base off how the cavs do in the playoffs will determine Bron's future. He is staying a Cav regardless. He isn't passing up a max contract. No way no how. His best shot for rings is to stay a Cav no matter how this season ends.

[bostonguy]

Also Lebron isn't going to a city where he will be 2nd to the Yanks. Bron would get mad love in New York but the Yanks will still be #1.

[angrydude]

I thought that if Lebron were to go to NY it would be via the nets who then move to Brooklyn.

not the knicks.

[Venti Quattro]

Also Lebron isn't going to a city where he will be 2nd to the Yanks. Bron would get mad love in New York but the Yanks will still be #1.
He'll go to LA. Just watch Mitch work his magic

[BlackSwordsMan]

if lebron goes to LA kobe retires early

[duhoh]

Also Lebron isn't going to a city where he will be 2nd to the Yanks. Bron would get mad love in New York but the Yanks will still be #1.

:tu

it's not happening until it happens. being dogmatic on speculation makes you all look really intelligent :downspin:

[Xevious]

If these guys truly cared about championships, they could get as many as they wanted. Lebron, Wade, and Bosh are all friends and could easily arrange to be on the same team this off-season, but it would require them to accept something less than a max contract. Add in a defensive center and PG and that starting five would steamroll any team in the league. New York has the cap space to make this happen.

But honestly, the only one of the three I can see switching teams for sure is Bosh. Lebron stays in Cleveland if they win a championship. Wade likes Miami.

[HarlemHeat37]

Bosh is the least likely IMO..

[JoeTait75]

Lebron stays in Cleveland if they win a championship. Wade likes Miami.

This is what I don't get. Why are there always these conditions placed on LeBron staying with Cleveland, yet with Wade it's a foregone conclusion? How do we know Wade loves Miami so much he'll stay regardless of how the team performs?

Has anyone considered that maybe- gasp- LeBron likes playing in Cleveland? I know, I know, it's a stretch, but who knows? Maybe he does.

[Greg Oden]

Bosh is the least likely IMO..because he's one of the long list of A+ free agents lining up to play in New York!

[jonnybravo]

good call. no one knows who lebron james is right now.


In the US, he's a huge name but on an international level, it's a pittance compared to what it can be. The international basketball fan knows who Lebron is. Everyday man in Europe or Asia has no idea who he is. I hate to sound elitist, but if you guys have had the opportunity to travel abroad or have relatives in other countries, Lebron is a nobody.

They know one guy in the NBA. The other guy. Guess why?

Lebron goes to New York and his goal of being a global machine continues unabated.

[TheSullyMonster]

In the US, he's a huge name but on an international level, it's a pittance compared to what it can be. The international basketball fan knows who Lebron is. Everyday man in Europe or Asia has no idea who he is. I hate to sound elitist, but if you guys have had the opportunity to travel abroad or have relatives in other countries, Lebron is a nobody.

They know one guy in the NBA. The other guy. Guess why?

Lebron goes to New York and his goal of being a global machine continues unabated.

My family in Chile and Spain know who LeBron is.:toast

[robbie380]

In the US, he's a huge name but on an international level, it's a pittance compared to what it can be. The international basketball fan knows who Lebron is. Everyday man in Europe or Asia has no idea who he is. I hate to sound elitist, but if you guys have had the opportunity to travel abroad or have relatives in other countries, Lebron is a nobody.

They know one guy in the NBA. The other guy. Guess why?

Lebron goes to New York and his goal of being a global machine continues unabated.

:rollin if you think the chinese, japanese, and euros don't know lebron.

oooo....looks like euros don't know who tony parker and dirk are. pau looks like he is only slightly more known than lebron.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2009/10/most-popular-nba-jerseys-in-europe/

Most Popular NBA Jerseys in Europe


You might remember the U.S. national sales from April. Forget those rankings. Today, we’re talking about the most popular jerseys in European markets. Take a look at the list. Every American — except for aces LeBron and Wade — is either an adidas athlete (Europe’s penultimate athletic apparel company) or a teammate of a foreign-born player who’s also on the top 15.

Our only question is… Where’s the love for Hedo?

MOST POPULAR JERSEYS in EUROPE

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Pau Gasol
4. LeBron James
5. Dwyane Wade
6. Tony Parker
7. Dwight Howard
8. Andrea Bargnani
9. Jose Calderon
10. Paul Pierce
11. Dirk Nowitzki
12. Rudy Fernandez
13. Marco Belinelli
14. Joakim Noah
15. Gilbert Arenas


and :elephant if you think nike/gatorade/mcdonalds are doing a poor job of promoting lebron now. :downspin: if you think the media doesn't already ride lebron's jock non-stop.

championships are what will make lebron great and he can win them in cleveland with dan gilbert. it's not going to some shithole team in a big media market.

[djohn2oo8]

Nuff said

http://deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/06/ds_finals.jpg

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Most people in Europe don't know much about LeBron and don't really care.

'Some NBA player. The best? You mean like Michael Jordan? Oh didn't know that... Where does he play? The Bulls?'

[jonnybravo]

:rollin if you think the chinese, japanese, and euros don't know lebron.

oooo....looks like euros don't know who tony parker and dirk are. pau looks like he is only slightly more known than lebron.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2009/10/most-popular-nba-jerseys-in-europe/

Most Popular NBA Jerseys in Europe


You might remember the U.S. national sales from April. Forget those rankings. Today, we’re talking about the most popular jerseys in European markets. Take a look at the list. Every American — except for aces LeBron and Wade — is either an adidas athlete (Europe’s penultimate athletic apparel company) or a teammate of a foreign-born player who’s also on the top 15.

Our only question is… Where’s the love for Hedo?

MOST POPULAR JERSEYS in EUROPE

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Pau Gasol
4. LeBron James
5. Dwyane Wade
6. Tony Parker
7. Dwight Howard
8. Andrea Bargnani
9. Jose Calderon
10. Paul Pierce
11. Dirk Nowitzki
12. Rudy Fernandez
13. Marco Belinelli
14. Joakim Noah
15. Gilbert Arenas


and :elephant if you think nike/gatorade/mcdonalds are doing a poor job of promoting lebron now. :downspin: if you think the media doesn't already ride lebron's jock non-stop.

championships are what will make lebron great and he can win them in cleveland with dan gilbert. it's not going to some shithole team in a big media market.


He becomes #1 by a landslide.

What does that tell you that his conglomerate is pushing him like nobody in history yet he's not #1 worlwide?

Figures.

What's even worse is that those #'s represent his popularity among people who buy jerseys...aka basketball fans. Did you read the entire fucken post or did you read one sentence and go foaming at the mouth. Read again. I didn' address basketball fans. They've already been won over. Then if you can't digest it, read again. Then maybe take a trip somewhere outside the United States. And no, that trip to TJ doesn't count.

[jonnybravo]

Most people in Europe don't know much about LeBron and don't really care.

'Some NBA player. The best? You mean like Michael Jordan? Oh didn't know that... Where does he play? The Bulls?'


Apparently most of the mouth-breathers here can't comprehend life outside of buttfuck nowhere middle of US.

[rascal]

lol @ dumb ass new yorkers thinking they are getting lebron, dwade, or bosh. :lol

Wade and Bosh will be in New York next year. Lebron is staying in Cleveland.

[rascal]

We're not talking about Cleveland. We're talking about LeBron. He can play in Nome, Alaska and still be a media giant.

This isn't 1954 anymore. You don't have to go off to the big city to get noticed. If you're enough of a star the big city will come to you.

I agree. Lebron is staying in Cleveland. He is on a competitive team there and wants to bring that team their first title.

[robbie380]

He becomes #1 by a landslide.

What does that tell you that his conglomerate is pushing him like nobody in history yet he's not #1 worlwide?

Figures.

What's even worse is that those #'s represent his popularity among people who buy jerseys...aka basketball fans. Did you read the entire fucken post or did you read one sentence and go foaming at the mouth. Read again. I didn' address basketball fans. They've already been won over. Then if you can't digest it, read again. Then maybe take a trip somewhere outside the United States. And no, that trip to TJ doesn't count.

so going to nyc is going to make lebron revered by non-basketball fans worldwide? lol i love it. i guess that's why patrick ewing and david lee are adored by fans around the world. :lol and man just going to new york makes all their players immediate worldwide superstars. i don't think i can name a player on the knicks roster other than lee or gallo. who else has played on that craphole team over the past decade? no one fucking knows because they suck:downspin:

lebron can win championships in cleveland....not new york. he will make more money winning championships.

and please educate me more about this world you speak of. i'm sure you've learned a ton by visiting tourist sites in europe.