Inside Lebron's Free Agency

[Lemon]

If you're tired of reading about the recent free agency signings, make this your last one.

 

When James returned to the Cavaliers, the franchise hoped that he had grown, matured and maybe learned some lessons. Only James understood the angles and leverage he had in Cleveland. Every day, owner Dan Gilbert and general manager Danny Ferry wondered: What must we do to get him to re-sign in 2010?

 

What will make him happy?

 

The answer, as the Cavaliers eventually discovered, was nothing. James lived to make demands, but those with knowledge of his plans insist he never intended to re-sign with the Cavaliers.

 

One week after James joined Wade and Bosh in Miami to potentially alter the NBA’s balance of power for years, Yahoo! Sports has shaped a story of how events unfolded in the free-agent frenzy of 2010 based on interviews with several sources who were either involved in or have direct knowledge of the process.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AkLouVXjb6QFFaEyKmpdWVq8vLYF?slug=aw-heatfreeagency071610

 

For those who don't know Woj, he's a yahoo sports writer who knows a ton that happens behind the media and in the front office. News that comes from him is most likely true. This article is basically what he knows about Lebron's free agency. And it's a lot. Keep in mind though that he's probably capitalizing on the Lebron hate coming from everywhere that's not Miami.

[Check my Stats]

Lol at 'nothing'. While just about everyone will have their doubts in what I am about to say, I believe he was sincere about wanting to return to Cleveland, but Bosh being adamantly against going there with him, and going to Miami, sealed his fate. I think he was reluctant to play there for an extended period with that mediocre cast.

 

If they wanted to keep him, rather than taking him to finance meetings, getting his friends jobs, and bowing to his every demand, they should have put a team around him, that, IMO, is all that it His comment about the Lakers (Kobe shooting 6'24 and still winning because his team) pretty much summed his decision up for me, he wanted to be on a team where he was able to have a bad game and still win, he wanted to be on a team where he could win multiple championships, without Bosh, that was not Cleveland.

 

If he stayed, they might have won 1 title in the next 5 years, if he goes to Miami, or even CHI, he will win multiple titles.

[Lemon]

Lol at 'nothing'. While just about everyone will have their doubts in what I am about to say, I believe he was sincere about wanting to return to Cleveland, but Bosh being adamantly against going there with him, and going to Miami, sealed his fate. I think he was reluctant to play there for an extended period with that mediocre cast.

 

If they wanted to keep him, rather than taking him to finance meetings, getting his friends jobs, and bowing to his every demand, they should have put a team around him, that, IMO, is all that it His comment about the Lakers (Kobe shooting 6'24 and still winning because his team) pretty much summed his decision up for me, he wanted to be on a team where he was able to have a bad game and still win, he wanted to be on a team where he could win multiple championships, without Bosh, that was not Cleveland.

 

If he stayed, they might have won 1 title in the next 5 years, if he goes to Miami, or even CHI, he will win multiple titles.

 

Cleveland wasn't the problem at all. They got what they could to help Lebron get a chip. They brought in Shaq to dominate the block against the elite teams' bigs, and it helped against the Lakers and the Magic. They brought in a better 2nd option in Jamison for practically nothing. They also produced the 2nd best 3pt shooting team in the league. Credit Lebron for the open looks but it still takes a team full of sharpshooter to get that kind of results.

 

Just because the Cavs weren't successful for another year doesn't make the team a failure. They were actually building well as a team. The problem was that they didn't have the right players to counter Boston's tough defense. Only the Lakers proved that they had that, and that was by a small margin. Without Bosh on Cavs, they would again be favorites as they were the last two years. Lebron was just pressured to finally win the title and the absolute best option to do that is at Miami. You can't ignore though that Cavs were title contenders and even favorites for the past two years going into the playoffs.

 

But the article isn't only about that. It tells what Lebron was really looking for.