As heartbreaking as it was for everyone not in Orlando to see the the LeBron and Kobe Finals matchup come crashing to an end, some New Yorkers feel that the chances of the Knicks acquiring the future best player of all time have actually increased. Other would contend that this hurts our chances.
There is a myriad of theories out there of why LeBron James will or won't sign on to be a New York Knick when he is eligible to be a free agent in the
summer of 2010. Some theories make sense, some are just plain retarded. You know your gonna get a little bit of both here.
Reasons why LeBron will be a Knick in 2010
1) He feels like the ownership in Cleveland isn't fully committed to surrounding him with enough talent to make it to the finals and go all the way. Kinda like taking a girl out to to a nice night on the town, dinner, dancing the whole shebang and then informing her that you live in your parents house and share a room with your 14 year old sister (sleep in a bunk bed) and that your sisters name is
Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
2) His aspiration to become the first billionaire athlete consumes him so much that he must take the most realistic step in making that happen. Which is to play in the biggest city with the most potential to market himself. I can see him on a L.I.E. 3D billboard heading into the midtown tunnel already.
3) He feels that the Knicks will have better supporting talent and coaching staff in 2010 which is certainly possible if not very likely. The Knicks have a solid young nucleus of David Lee (and/or) Nate Robinson, Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari and either Stephen Curry, Johnny Flynn or Ty Lawson. I think the fact that Mike Brown won Coach of the Year just solidifies the fact that it is the biggest joke of an award perhaps in professional sports. I think even Mike Brown would admit that Mike D'Antoni is a better coach than him.
4) The Cavs win a championship next year, the last remaining season Bron is under contract for, and feels satisfied enough to depart now that he gave the city something that they have been starving for since Lyndon B. Johnson was making
apocryphal foreign affair decisions (I just go historical on yo ass fool)
Reasons why LeBron will NOT be a Knick in 2010
1) Loyalty. He's an Akron boy. He grew up in the Cleveland area community, has a family here, and feels that it would be disrespectful to everyone that watched him grow up if he left for the bright lights of the big city.
2) He feels that it is absolutely imperative that he wins Cleveland a championship first before he leaves. If he doesn't win next year, then he will not leave because he owes it to them.
3) You may have saw recently that the Cavaliers organization sold a
15% stake of its team and arena to a Chinese business conglomerate. This means that LeBron will be offered the highest possible salary and also have access to a billion basketball obsessed consumers in a land you can get to if you dig a really, really, really, deep hole in your back yard.
4) The Knicks decide they are better off if they hire two big name stars ala Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh or Joe Johnson and Amare Stoudemire. It isn't out of the realm or possibilities to think that Donnie Walsh thinks that a duo of stars would give the Knicks the best chance to win a championship in the long run.
I am really interested in hearing what some other people think might be the reasons why LeBron will or won't end up being in New York. Let's hear it!