LeBron James Is Making Fools Of Us

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Since LeBron James was a youngster he has been a basketball prodigy. James was featured in SLAM Magazine when he was only 14 years old. In James’ last year of high school some of his high school basketball games were nationally televised on ESPN. Before James even played one game in the NBA he was already dubbed as the “The Chosen One” and “King James”. Before signing an NBA contract, James had already agreed to a $90 million endorsement deal with Nike. All of this took place before James was 19-years old.

In the first seven years of his NBA career, James put the Cleveland Cavaliers on his back as he led the Cavs to their only NBA Finals appearance in 2007. After the 2009-2010 NBA season began there was speculation that James might not return to Cleveland being that he was scheduled to become a free agent that summer. In the summer of 2010, NBA teams were lining up for the services of James. In an unprecedented move, James made his “decision” to join the Miami Heat on live TV. In the aftermath James received a ton of criticism from fans and media alike which included some fans in Cleveland burning his jerseys.

James would join power forward Chris Bosh and shooting guard Dwyane Wade in Miami to form the NBA’s latest version of “The Big Three”. Over the past four seasons the trio has combined to win a pair of NBA Championships in four trips to the NBA Finals.

Once the 2013-2014 NBA season ended Wade, James, and Bosh all opted out of their respective contracts with the Heat. Now James has once again been given the green light to make suckers out of all of us.

When James originally joined the Heat in 2010 he knew all along that he intended to take his talents to South Beach. But he strung everyone along because he knew that he would be able to get away with it. And to me James is doing the same thing this summer.

James resembles the prettiest girl in high school that knows the she has the ability to make all of the boys croon over her. In this case it is some NBA executives that are doing whatever it takes in order to woo James to their respective city.

NBA free agency began on July 1, but there hasn’t been that much action as far as signings going on because everyone (players, agents, and general managers) are all waiting to see what James will do in order to have an idea of how things will break down for the rest of the summer. Whether it is print, online, or television, people are focused on “The Decision Part 2” from James.

Like he did in 2010, James knows where he wants to play basketball at next season. But instead of James letting people know, he has NBA executives flying all around the country for meetings with him.

In 2010 James took a ton of criticism for this and he should be prepared for another hefty dose of it; especially if he does not re-sign with the Heat. In all sports there have been situations where superstar players wanted new contracts, but not sense former National Football League quarterback Brett Favre’s garbage of will he retire or won’t he retire have we seen anything like this where a player such as James is holding an entire league hostage.

Yes professional sports is a business, and James is that rare type of player with unearthly ability, but it should not give him a free ride to do whatever he wants. James has won two championships with the Heat, but he is not fully committed to them. If James were he would hurry up and put his name of the dotted line. In 11 NBA seasons, James is a 10-time All-Star, four-time NBA MVP and a two-time NBA Champion, but his indecisiveness right now is overshadowing all of the tremendous things that he has accomplished on the basketball court. But by the look of things James is once again going to milk his moment in the sun this summer for all that it is worth.

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By | 2014-07-10T02:41:40+00:00 July 9th, 2014|Categories: National Basketball Association|Tags: , |0 Comments

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