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In the Final Analysis, Time For Some Hard Truths For Cavaliers

This puts it all in some perspective for Cav fans...

peace

81

metsfan wrote:

81 wrote:

Wade isn't leaving Miami.

the whole Jordan shadow thing is silly. that's be like albert saying he doesn't want to play in NY because of all the shadows there....

or anybody not wanting to play in montral for the candians because of all the ghosts there.

what shadows do the knicks have besides fraizer and reed

Charles Smith getting stuffed over and over.....oh wait, that's part of Jordan's and Pippen's shadow.

norm

LeBron James and John Calipari together in Chicago? That might be what it will take to sign James to a free-agent deal, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune .

The Tribune says basketball power broker "Worldwide" William Wesley is trying to sell teams on the pair as a package deal, according to league sources.

The frenzy over the impending free-agency of James began picking up even more steam after the Cavaliers were stunned by the Celtics in the second round.

Calipari was a fixture on the sidelines during playoff games in Chicago and Cleveland, leading to speculation he might be leaving Kentucky for the NBA. He adamantly denied those reports, but the paper says another source contacted the Bulls over the weekend.

According to the report, teams with cap room and coaching vacancies like the Nets and Clippers have also been approached about the James-Calipari package deal.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/05/1 ... d-package/

FenwayFaithful

jimed14 wrote:

Saw someone at the Hartford pre-party wearing this on Saturday night.

Cliffy6745

norm wrote:

LeBron James and John Calipari together in Chicago? That might be what it will take to sign James to a free-agent deal, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune .

The Tribune says basketball power broker "Worldwide" William Wesley is trying to sell teams on the pair as a package deal, according to league sources.

The frenzy over the impending free-agency of James began picking up even more steam after the Cavaliers were stunned by the Celtics in the second round.

Calipari was a fixture on the sidelines during playoff games in Chicago and Cleveland, leading to speculation he might be leaving Kentucky for the NBA. He adamantly denied those reports, but the paper says another source contacted the Bulls over the weekend.

According to the report, teams with cap room and coaching vacancies like the Nets and Clippers have also been approached about the James-Calipari package deal.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/05/1 ... d-package/

Calipari shot this down last week but I don't know why Worldwide Wes would be shopping the idea if it were not true. I also don't get how it makes any fucking sense. A dickhead move if lebron gets a coach fired for someone who has 0 NBA success.

81

in the paper today, they had the odds posted

from memory
Cavs were 1-1
Chicago was 5-1 or 7-1
then the knicks, nets, field at 25-1 then miami and sombeody else at 40-1

Bathgate66

81 wrote:

Bathgate66 wrote:

prepare for dissapointment

not dissappointed yet,...


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baske ... ansom.html

When LeBron James hits the free agent market, expect New York Knicks to launch star-studded pursuit
BY Frank Isola
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER



Grant and Tamia Hill had heard testimonials from Jerry Seinfeld and Spike Lee urging the couple to make New York their home and the Knicks their team for the next six years.

It was an impressive presentation for a franchise that in the summer of 2000 was trying to sign Hill to a roster that already included Hill's boyhood idol, Patrick Ewing, as well as Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston. The Hills were flattered that the Knicks had flown a small army to Detroit that included Chazz Palminteri, Star Jones and the late Peter Boyle.

Everything was going smoothly until the actor Leon appeared on a video screen to clue Hill into some of the other benefits of being a big star in the Big Apple.

"Looking back it was funny," Hill says. "He told me that if I came to New York I'll have loads of women. My wife just looked at me. She wasn't smiling."

Hill eventually worked out a sign-and-trade with the Pistons and ended up with the Orlando Magic. The Leon faux pas wasn't a deal-breaker. The Knicks simply didn't have the salary-cap space to sign Hill.

That won't be the case this time around. The Knicks have the financial flexibility to sign two "max" free agents and their plan is to sign LeBron James and any player LeBron James wants to play with.

It's an obvious yet ambitious plan that the Knicks will carry out beginning at 12:01 on July 1, when James can officially become a free agent. The Knicks have recruited free agents before but no one of the magnitude of James, who is being courted by just about every team in the league.

And since the Knicks don't have a successful team to use as a selling point, the club intends to use any and every resource possible to convince James that New York is the only place big enough for the NBA's two-time MVP.

"They'll probably do it in a way that no one else can do it," Hill told the Daily News. "For a lot of these guys it will be the first time they've been recruited. A lot of these guys didn't go to college. A guy like LeBron, he never went through that experience. The Knicks are going to do it right."

John Gabriel, the Knicks' director of pro scouting and free agency, is the lead man in recruiting James. Ten years ago, Gabriel was the Orlando general manager when the club signed Tracy McGrady and Hill to max contracts after failing to convince Tim Duncan to leave San Antonio. It is worth noting that the Magic never won a playoff series with McGrady and Hill, who was injured during most of his time in Orlando. But Gabriel was successful in signing two of the three biggest free agents that summer.

davidtrios

I think Lebron is too independent to be JayZ's bitch.

Bathgate66

Davidtrios wrote:

I think Lebron is too independent to be JayZ's bitch.

?

theyre buddies.

Cliffy6745

Bathgate66 wrote:

Davidtrios wrote:

I think Lebron is too independent to be JayZ's bitch.

?

theyre buddies.

Did Jay-Z's portion of the Nets get sold to the Russian? Otherwise that is the worst picture the writer could have used.

Bathgate66

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Bathgate66 wrote:

Davidtrios wrote:

I think Lebron is too independent to be JayZ's bitch.

?

theyre buddies.

Did Jay-Z's portion of the Nets get sold to the Russian? Otherwise that is the worst picture the writer could have used.

i think so
The Russian guy was congratulated in a full page ad in newspaper last week.
I assumed Jay Z was out on the Brooklyn deal, but i could be wrong.

If not, then yeah, bad example of star power.

davidtrios

being buddies is a way difft relationship than boss/employee

Cliffy6745

Bathgate66 wrote:

i think so
The Russian guy was congratulated in a full page ad in newspaper last week.
I assumed Jay Z was out on the Brooklyn deal, but i could be wrong.

If not, then yeah, bad example of star power.

I think you are right, with how much he paid, I would imagine he has full ownership. You catch the 60 Minutes segement on him a while back? Crazy dude.

Bathgate66

Davidtrios wrote:

being buddies is a way difft relationship than boss/employee

also different from being ones " bitch "

81

from what i could find....

the russian dude owns 80%, JayZ still owns 2.5%. somebody else owns the other 17.5%

Cliffy6745

81 wrote:

from what i could find....

the russian dude owns 80%, JayZ still owns 2.5%. somebody else owns the other 17.5%

Good work dude. Then yeah, a horrible example by that writer.

81

when you only own 2.5%, you really don't get a vote. JayZ is the russians dude's bitch at the Nets Owners meeting.

Cliffy6745

81 wrote:

when you only own 2.5%, you really don't get a vote. JayZ is the russians dude's bitch at the Nets Owners meeting.

Oh yeah, for sure, but Jay-Z sure as fuck is not going to be recruiting Lebron to play for the Knicks.

dcfaithful

81 wrote:

Bathgate66 wrote:

prepare for dissapointment

Indeed. Much more prospects for LeBron in Chicago.

So waht if NY is a money market, LeBron can name his price and I'm willing to bet a lot of offices will meet it. He's just that player that people want. I think Chicago sees what we're all seeing: A better fit for a championship.

The Bulls have been trying very, very hard to be contenders lately...I think this is their missing piece.

81

Cliffy6745 wrote:

81 wrote:

when you only own 2.5%, you really don't get a vote. JayZ is the russians dude's bitch at the Nets Owners meeting.

Oh yeah, for sure, but Jay-Z sure as fuck is not going to be recruiting Lebron to play for the Knicks.

duh...that just clicked for me. the article for the knicks and jay z recruiting for the nets.

you are correct sir