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Please, nobody get excited, he isn't coming here. Sure he want to win, but he wants to get paid a lot of money to do it.
LeBron plays to NY crowd with 26 in Cavs rout of Knicks
Associated Press
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=281125018
James is the biggest. And New York is the biggest stage available, so it would be a natural fit.
But James disagreed that leaving Cleveland is a necessary step to making him a bigger star and giving him a better chance to win championships.
"That's something that's not a factor," James said. "You look at someone like Tim Duncan for instance, who decided to sign short-term deals and decide to take pay cuts to stay in San Antonio to sign guys like Manu [Ginobili] and sign guys like Tony Parker and they won championships. And San Antonio we all know is not a big market at all.
"So for me it's all about winning. It's not about the market that you'd be in, it's all about winning with me and that's what this league has always been about."
So would he take less in Cleveland to help the Cavs bring in another superstar?
"I didn't say that," James joked. "I like the talent part, bringing the talent in, but I didn't say I was taking less."
Please, nobody get excited, he isn't coming here. Sure he want to win, but he wants to get paid a lot of money to do it.
he's not ready to when championships yet...maybe in three years
LeBron James: just another overpaid athlete with a god complex.
Timmy FTW (4 times over.)
Trying to make the right pr answers and then screws it up.
But I bet George Hill is right?
He's more then ready to not only win 1 but multiple champs. What he needs is teammates who can help him on a daily basis, not just in a game or two.
Last edited by Reck; 11-26-2008 at 02:02 AM.
spurs is the best team available in 2010 to win multiple championships. depends how badly he wants to win.
you gotta be able to give up money if you want more help sometimes....enough is enough you can only have soooo much money...thats why we are where we are now......everybody wants more but dont wanna give
He admires what Duncan did, but he wouldn't do it himself. At least he admitted it.
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Well said sir.
LeBron and Duncan are nothing alike. Duncan has never displayed the kind of ego LeBron thrives on.
He's as transparent as a stripper's heels.
Another way to look at it- sometimes when a player gives up money like Duncan to give the team more ability to bring in talent, they make less money in the short term. But if they have more talent, win more games, and have a longer, more successful career, maybe they make the more money in the long run.
Also, when a player attaches themselves to a particular franchise they often get certain benefits after retirement, even part ownership like DRob and some other players. Another benefit of playing your whole career with one team is not having to move, sell your house, change your kids' school, etc. etc. If Lebron stays in Cleveland he will forever be the face of that franchise. If he goes to the Knicks he will be one of many big name athletes in New York facing intense cynical media scrutiny.
I wouldn't be surprised if Lebron stays in Cleveland, but they will have to pay him top dollar.
i think Lebron is so fake. he tries to act like Tim Duncan. trying to pretend like he's such a team player when really all he cares about are his personal stats and how much endorsements he gets. i get so disgusted everytime i see a Lebron commercial.
in 2010, i rather get Chris Bosh, but i doubt we land any other superstars unless they're already 37 years old.
It's fine if LeBron wants the money but oftentimes, getting that ring takes sacrifices.
This is why Duncan has 4 rings and I doubt that LeBron will get his anytime soon.
kids got to get his mind right....he got talent like a mug...but he will get it one day....they all do....I just hope it doesnt take him as long as it did the real kid....KG, ing crybaby ass
I don't think this has anything to do with any possibility of Lebron coming to San Antonio; it's about the difference between staying in Cleveland (like Duncan did -- perhaps even taking less money to build a consistent winner in a smaller market) or moving to the mega-market of New York.
In the end, he's going to New York because that's where the money is; and that's a fundamental difference between Duncan and James.
Basically what he said is that you have to take less money to win in a small market, and that he wants to win and isn't taking less. The characterization that his quote somehow disagreed with the concept that he has to leave was incorrect. He's going to either LA or New York. I'd say he could go to Chicago but he can't have the number.
BTW, if Lebron wanted to go to Miami, anyone think they'd "un-retire" 23 for him?
Just reminds me how lucky we are to have Tim Duncan. An unselfish superstar who just cares about winning.
To be fair to LeBron, the first time Duncan actually "took less" will be in two years, when he'll be 34. LeBron's currently 23, and will be 25 when he hits the market. I wouldn't take less than a MAX deal either. Those are the key earning years.
I like Lebron
Isn't the case that LeBron wants to be the first billionaire athlete?
He needs to win championship(s) to even sniff that number... And he can't do it all by himself.
it won't matter, he still will not get to a billion before Tiger.
Magic himself took a pay cut to keep the showtime lakers intact. so his way of thinking is way wrong. it's all about greed with bronbron.
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