http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/colu...i_gene&page=wojciechowski/100223&sportCat=nba I hate the idea of this actually happening, but he has a good point, Bosh Wade and LeBron are all rich beyond their wildest dreams. What if they could build something together? A Dynasty? Is that possible? In this day and age I don't think so, but you never know, I guess.
man espn just loves to plug new york dont they? i dont think any of these athletes would give up that sort of money when they are in their PRIME to play how man athletes get these endorsements after they are done playing? very few if any...LeBron maybe the only one of out the 3 that I can still see being endorsed after he retires over a decade from now. each of them would be leaving around 60 million over the life of the contract on the table thats a lot of money. I think the one that wont do this is Bosh the other two are very marketable..thats not to say Bosh isnt but he stands to lose/not gain the most money in an arrangement like this.
that idea just blows my mind. personally, i think that would ruin the nba. nyk games would be on almost every nationally televised game. knicks would have little to no competition. while the ny fans would be ecstatic. i dont think the majority of the other teams would enjoy it much knowing they have less that 5 percent chance of contending for a championship. of course, this could all just blow up like the lakers team with kobe, shaq, malone, and payton, but imo, i see this trio much more threatening, especially with them all being at their prime!
Never gonna happen. The most likely scenario is everyone stays put (excluding Amar'e), and if someone moves, it's through S&T. ESPN writers just have wet dreams about these things, write about their dream, and people accept is as some sort of probable possibility.
And then some. Plus Hollinger in his chat today took a dig at not understanding why players like to live in Houston. It was an aside, parenthetical to the main part of his answer about the Rockets being in good shape in the offseason (draft picks, tradeable players), but still an ignorant swipe.
I don't know if they'd want to do it that way. To use a certain amount of 'gamesmanship' to put themselves on the same team and winning a championship may not be as fulfilling as doing it the 'normal' way. Particularly for Lebron, who is considered someone who can carry a team but hasn't gotten a ring yet. Wade already has his. And realistically Bosh does not have the same kind of expectations that LBJ/Wade/Kobe do.
I see Cleveland winning a championship, and since LBJ pined for Jamison, I think he stays. I see Bosh being signed and traded to Houston for Trevor Ariza (Toronto wanted him), Jordan Hill, JJeffries and 2012 first rounder (because we have two) Might take another pick, but Toronto is still getting a fairly young asset, a first round pick and a bunch of expirings, as well has Hill. Wade will resign with Miami, and Miami will bring in another asset. New York basically strikes out unless they get Rudy G or another tier 2 FA.
I won't lie, I'd love to see them all sign for $10M (3 years?) each in NY. It'd be phenomenal to see guys sacrifice money to play together like that. It would be unlike anything we've seen in pro sports, and it would send a great message to kids.
ESPN's best case scenario. If this happened, you could literally just expect SportsCenter to be a mixture of Lakers/Celtics vs. Knicks, Red Sox vs. Yankees, and Stuart Scott making up words so people believe that he's from the streets.
Not gonna happen. Lebron loves money too much. He's the epitomy of the new commercialized athelete. They now think about contracts in terms of ROI and the game as only a business witht he sole purpose of maximizing profits. More players will follow suit. As his mentor Jay-Z says...."I'm not a businessman....I'm a business, mann"
Stuart Scott is as street as you can get. Always has been. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hRbqzp0q25U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hRbqzp0q25U&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
yeah, but you put Lebron in NYC and pair him with one or two superstars (no, tmac isn't one of them), his endorsements will double...
omg. We aren't trading ariza. Were trying to keep young. Battier and scola are gone, probably with jeffries and 2 picks. Y'all don't seem to realize that ariza is really dangerous when he's the 3rd scoring option just like in the lakers: stop including him in trades. We need him to win championships.
What are you basing that on? Kobe makes more money now that Shaq is gone (sans colorado incident). Lebron will try to win a championship by himself. Ya, he may pair up with a badass role-player but will never commit to being a co-star. You need a pippen-like player and Wade doesn't fit that bill. Maybe Bosh but not Wade.
So are you trying to tell me that he makes $250mm per season in endorsements? And yes, I am saying that playing on a large market team like the Knicks will increase his endorsements.
Kobe plays in Los Angeles. I'm talking about Lebron playing in a large market as well. So, in a way, you validated my point
Player's Union won't be happy...and they would be outcast for them screwing up the economics of player's salaries. Yes the new cap will have an impact on plyers salaries too, but this sign for the minimum type philosophy would have salaries plummet. I doubt NBA owners and GMs will hold thier accepting less cash as isolated...they will set the new salary standard. So if a star like LJ leaves 30 mill on the table, how much more will they be they be expecting the lesser players to leave.
