I believe in B-ball ...

Uh, but this time we really mean it!

Riiiiight.

The last time something like this happened, I think it was Chamberlain joining West and Baylor.

The Heat have really gutted their team and will have to be careful to bring the right supporting cast in.

Championships aren't a gimme here.

When the Lakers drafted Malone and Payton a few years back, they thought it was going to make a championship a gimme. Didn't.

Still, for the purposes of selling out an arena and making big bucks and creating a huge buzz in an already buzzy town; the Heat are gonna bring in a bonanza to S Florida.
I'm already counting my pesos for tickets.

This is why I love college ball so much.

the heat won't go all the way until the superstars realize that W's are way more important than PPG...

and it goes without saying (but i'll say it anyhoo) --

lebron has hurt his image big-time by making himself public enemy #1 in cleveland...

They're not mutually exclusive.
NBA rips off the fans
NCAA rips off the players.

Image?
He hurt it way before now
Besides, Image doesn't bring rings...just ask Kobe

What a maroon. It took Labron leaving to fully motivate him to bring a championship to town? Classless hubris.

Just heard phone-in mook audio clip on SC -- "This proves that LeBron will never be Jordan, he'll never be Bird, he'll never be Magic. He'll never win by himself."

Course, neither did those three, and last I checked, there was no Pippen, or Worthy, or Kareem, or Parish, or Cartwright, or Rodman, or McHale, or even a Michael Cooper or a John Paxson in Cleveland. Kobe was closer to winning them on his own with the Lakers' last couple of titles than any of those guys were -- and he had a great (if obnoxious) coach with a sound offensive philosophy.

If I wanted to win a title, I'd have left Cleveland, too. Probably wouldn't have had my own TV special and all, but sheesh.




LBJ in Chicago would have been more interesting, though.

kobe would not have gotten his latest bling without gasol...

agree that chic was a better fit for the king.
perhaps he decided he didn't want thibodeau screaming at him for the next 5 years?
i mean, that man has some pipes!

Not sure I'd want to play for Reinsdorf either, for that matter. Could've set up a nice Chicago-Miami rivalry, though. No offense, but LA/Boston is getting a little tired.

journeyman anthony tolliver spoofs the king...

(Bahstin Globe)

When did Shaq happen to Boston? I'm wondering how I missed this news. I can be so oblivious sometimes.

the C's inked him to a two-year deal in august...

I saw him last night. Nigel and I went to the pre-season game vs the Nets.
That is one big guy. I think I could put his shoes on over my shoes.

I remarked to Nigel that KG and Shaq together are a daunting sight. He
said "That's a lot of tall. That's enough tall for three people."

so the C's host the LeBron Heat tomorrow night, then hit the road the next night to play in cleveland.

wondering if the cav fans will give the C's a standing O if they beat the Heat...

I would love for the rest of the world to see how LeBron is the next Karl Malone. Destined to be a great career player sans the NBA Championship AKA one really overrated player who doesn't deserve all of the hype.

one could make the argument that both karl and stockton were victims of circumstance --
they lost in the finals two years in a row when da bulls dynasty was at it's peak...