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[h1]New York Knicks plan to treat LeBron James and friends with elaborate Manhattan meal on July 1[/h1][h5]Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 2:11 PM     Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 2:22 PM[/h5]
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Brian Windhorst, The Plain Dealer

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Associated PressRap artist Jay-Z, left, greets the Cavaliers' LeBron James after the Cavs beat the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in November 2009.

LeBron James has closely guarded his plans once his much-celebrated free agency starts next week. But the New York Knicks are making preparations like they are expecting to host his first stop.

According to a source, the Knicks are making plans to host an elaborate meal and meeting with James in a high-end location in Manhattan during the afternoon and evening of July 1, which is next Thursday. The tentative plan is for Knicks management and officials to host James and his various agents and friends for a large dinner party catered by a celebrity chef.

The Knicks are currently scouring the city for an available high-rise condo or apartment with a great view to rent for the event, the source said.

James is expected to be bombarded by interest once midnight passes on July 1, and his top suitors likely would all like to host him for a visit. The Knicks' bid has gotten a boost of support from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in addition to various groups that are attempting to gather celebrities to make personal pitches to James.

The potential recruiting visits are not unlike what James went through when he was 18 and being chased by Reebok, Adidas and Nike. The companies chartered private jets to fly James to meetings and put on expensive proposals to sign him. Not unlike the Knicks plan, Adidas rented out a Malibu mansion with a great view for James and his friends for a weekend during his senior year at St. Vincent-St. Mary.

After taking all the visits and getting competing bids that topped nine figures, James signed with Nike, the company he favored all along. Nike was the last visit he made.

Ironically, with the chance to sign for more than $120 million if he re-signs for the maximum with the Cavs, James is in much the same position.

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Originally Posted by heirjordan15

this hype is driving me crazy!!!

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It's really not that crazy over here. ...YET..

Like I said man... I was 100-0 on him coming back in May.

70-30 on him coming back after the series.

50-50 now.  He hasn't said anything about wanting to stay like Wade has.  Plus...and listen I ain't no ignorant and stupid fan like a lot of clevelanders are.  If HE wants to leave this is the BEST time for him.  Entering his prime if the $ and players are there that he wants, than I really am all for him parting ways.  However, it will be Bittersweet is he bolts to say the least.

I guess Bosh going to MIA is a good sign because if Bron wants all that $$$$$$ he won't sign with them for a smaller deal. 

I don't see him going to NYC or Chicago by himself.

WE will see though.  Everyones opinion is as good as mine.

July 1....do any of y'all think something will come out or will it be just smoke and mirrors for the first few days of FA?
 
[h2]Report: LeBron leaning toward Bulls[/h2]

ESPN.com news services

An NBA executive says the Chicago Bulls have emerged as a favorite in the free agency sweepstakes for LeBron James, along with Chris Bosh, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

The executive said he had gleaned from his discussions with other league executives that James is leaning toward joining the Bulls, along with Bosh, his teammate on the United States' gold medal-winning 2008 Olympic team. The Times reported the executive did not want to be named because he was discussing a player who was not yet a free agent.

"I think it's a done deal," the executive, said according to the report.

James' friend and business partner Maverick Carter told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard that James will have would-be suitors visit him in his native Ohio, rather than embark upon a barnstorming tour of cities hoping to land the two-time MVP. Free agency officially starts at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday.

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"LeBron is not going on a tour," Carter said. "He never planned to go on a tour and has not been a part of any team's plans for a recruiting trip."

Teams including the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers are in the hunt for James, along with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the only team he has played for in his seven-year NBA career. Fans in Cleveland and cities hoping to woo James have already made high-profile pushes for his services.

But the NBA executive said he believed James would meet with those teams as a courtesy, out of consideration for the overtures and personnel moves they have made to clear salary cap in hopes of signing James, The Times reported.

Sources said various teams were made aware of James' anti-tour stance Wednesday. The Knicks -- who, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, were planning a spectacular, celebrity-laden dinner cooked by a world-renowned chef for James on July 1 -- quickly canceled it and began drafting an alternate plan, according to two sources.

While several teams had hoped to sell James on the non-basketball advantages of their cities, it's believed that James wants to keep the focus on basketball. The executive quoted by the Times also said that James wanted to keep the focus on the game.

"He is going to make a basketball decision, so all that is unnecessary," the executive said, according to The Times. "He just saved a lot of people a lot of money."

Information from ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard was used in this report.
 
[h2]Report: LeBron leaning toward Bulls[/h2]

ESPN.com news services

An NBA executive says the Chicago Bulls have emerged as a favorite in the free agency sweepstakes for LeBron James, along with Chris Bosh, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

The executive said he had gleaned from his discussions with other league executives that James is leaning toward joining the Bulls, along with Bosh, his teammate on the United States' gold medal-winning 2008 Olympic team. The Times reported the executive did not want to be named because he was discussing a player who was not yet a free agent.

"I think it's a done deal," the executive, said according to the report.

James' friend and business partner Maverick Carter told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard that James will have would-be suitors visit him in his native Ohio, rather than embark upon a barnstorming tour of cities hoping to land the two-time MVP. Free agency officially starts at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday.

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"LeBron is not going on a tour," Carter said. "He never planned to go on a tour and has not been a part of any team's plans for a recruiting trip."

Teams including the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers are in the hunt for James, along with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the only team he has played for in his seven-year NBA career. Fans in Cleveland and cities hoping to woo James have already made high-profile pushes for his services.

But the NBA executive said he believed James would meet with those teams as a courtesy, out of consideration for the overtures and personnel moves they have made to clear salary cap in hopes of signing James, The Times reported.

Sources said various teams were made aware of James' anti-tour stance Wednesday. The Knicks -- who, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, were planning a spectacular, celebrity-laden dinner cooked by a world-renowned chef for James on July 1 -- quickly canceled it and began drafting an alternate plan, according to two sources.

While several teams had hoped to sell James on the non-basketball advantages of their cities, it's believed that James wants to keep the focus on basketball. The executive quoted by the Times also said that James wanted to keep the focus on the game.

"He is going to make a basketball decision, so all that is unnecessary," the executive said, according to The Times. "He just saved a lot of people a lot of money."

Information from ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard was used in this report.
 
Originally Posted by LIVE BOY D

Originally Posted by EnEyeKayEe

Those are probably the worst looking sig shoes for a MAJOR athlete I have seen in my entire life...
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  i remember when these came out back in 01-02   the kobes before these were ok, but the kobe ii's were hideous.

this is why if your a professional athlete and you have a chance to get a shoe deal you run and keep running if adidas or reebok is interested in you.
 
Hard to believe anything the media reports. LeBron isn't talking so the media speculates and/or makes things up.

If he re-signs with the Cavs he sure as hell better sign for 5-6 years. Otherwise, we're back to the same old bull flop in 2 years.
 
Originally Posted by Cedric Ceballos 1995 Lakers

Originally Posted by LIVE BOY D

Originally Posted by EnEyeKayEe

Those are probably the worst looking sig shoes for a MAJOR athlete I have seen in my entire life...
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  i remember when these came out back in 01-02   the kobes before these were ok, but the kobe ii's were hideous.

this is why if your a professional athlete and you have a chance to get a shoe deal you run and keep running if adidas or reebok is interested in you.




I remember seeing kids come to school in these...things look like titanics
 
WoW, this is getting ridiculous:

[h2]LeBron James Turns Up The Volume On Free Agency With His New Headphones Line[/h2]
June 27, 2010 5:00 PM ET

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LeBron and Jay-Z will compete for headphones supremacy.

Guess what Knicks fans -- now you can listen to Jadakiss rap about LeBron coming to New York in a pair of brand new Bron-Bron headphones! Monster Cable Products Inc. CEO Noel Lee told the Associated Press that James will be launching his own headphones line. What will they cost? No price tag has been assigned as of yet, but buyers should be aware that this is the same company that sells Lady Gaga headphones for $119.95 ... and LeBron is a much better basketball player than Lady Gaga.
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In case you weren't aware, this isn't LeBron's first stint in the headphones business. King James is part of Skullcandy's NBA Player Series that features eight different players' headphones. However, there's actually nine different pairs to be purchased because Kobe has a black pair and white pair -- you know, for home and away games. If you check out the headphones, you'll notice LeBron's are pretty uninspiring compared to Deron Williams' or Andre Iguodala's pair. It's likely LeBron got fed up playing second fiddle to D-Will and A.I. and opted for an upgrade through Monster.

James' decision to join Monster may also spell bad news for Nets fans. Earlier this year, Jay-Z partnered up with Skullcandy to release his own line of headphones. If LeBron was considering signing with New Jersey this offseason, wouldn't he want to be on the same headphones label as one of the Nets owners (Jay-Z)?

If you were curious, Monster' headquarters are based in San Francisco, just a few hundred miles from Los Angeles. The Clippers are supposed to be major players in the free agent market this summer and in case you didn't hear, billionaire music/entertainment mogul David Geffen has interest in purchasing the Clipps. We're not trying to spread rumors, but a headphones line based out in Cali could be a step in Clippers' direction.
 
Tomorrow I am going to go rent a U-Haul truck and park it infront of Lebron's house.....then take a pic and send it to ESPN, they would have a field day with that

4170 Idlebrook Drive, Akron Ohio..........I hope to see rest of my Cavs fans there when he bails town so we can pee on his gate
 
[h1]Source: Trio talk free agency scenarios[/h1]

By Chris Broussard and Marc Stein
ESPN.com
A modified version of the ballyhooed free-agent summit that was initially suggested and then downplayed by Dwyane Wade has indeed taken place, ESPN.com has learned.

Sources close to the situation said Monday night that three of the biggest names in basketball -- Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James -- met over the weekend in Miami to seriously discuss their futures, with a focus on the increasingly plausible possibility of those three teaming up with Wade's Heat.

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Yet sources with knowledge of the meeting stressed to ESPN.com that James, while clearly intrigued by the possibility of forming a star-studded Miami trio with Wade and Bosh, has not yet committed to leaving his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for South Beach.

One source did label Miami as the new frontrunner to land James in a package deal with Bosh and a re-signed Wade but also cautioned that James was "non-committal" with the start of free agency fast approaching.

Sources said James remains committed to fielding free-agent pitches from several teams when free agency officially opens Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET, with the Chicago Bulls continuing to rank as a highly appealing destination and a return to Cleveland still figuring prominently in his thinking and with the Dallas Mavericks looming as an intriguing outsider.

Earlier Monday, Fox Sports Radio's Stephen A. Smith reported on his morning radio show and via his Twitter feed that James and Bosh have committed to joining Wade in Miami. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper, in a report on its website Monday afternoon, quoted a source close to Wade as saying that the 2006 NBA Finals MVP "believes his team is poised to pull off a free-agency coup" by signing James and Bosh and re-signing Wade.

Unless Miami trades away former No. 2 overall pick Michael Beasley to a team with salary-cap space, so it can avoid taking salary back, Heat president Pat Riley will not be able to offer the estimated 2010-11 maximum salary of $16.5 million to all three Team USA stars.

But sources told ESPN.com that James, Wade and Bosh all expressed confidence at the meeting that contractual complexities to make this ambitious triple signing work can be worked out, although it was not immediately clear if all three players would receive an equal amount or if one or two would receive the max. Another variable is whether Bosh would be willing to sign with the Heat outright or if he wants to hold out for a sign-and-trade.

Toronto Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo acknowledged Monday for the first time in a radio interview with the Fan590 in Toronto that "it's becoming more and more clear" that the prospect of Bosh re-signing with the Raptors is "not going to happen." But sources close to the situation have maintained for months that Bosh was likely to work with the Raptors on a sign-and-trade if he ultimately decided to leave in free agency, thereby ensuring that Toronto doesn't lose him without compensation and enabling Bosh to get an extra year on his contract potentially worth as much as $30 million.

Sources insisted, meanwhile, that other scenarios were discussed at the weekend meeting apart from the Miami plan. One source said James' admiration for Bulls legend Michael Jordan is such that he is determined to hear Chicago's pitch later this week, keeping alive the possibility that both James and Bosh could still wind up together with the Bulls.

In that scenario, sources said, James and Bosh would join Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah in Chicago, while Wade would hope to be joined in Miami by close friend Carlos Boozer, who was not at the meeting.

Sources said James, furthermore, has not ruled out staying with the Cavaliers. Although Cleveland does not have the financial flexibility or the trade assets to import Bosh or Wade and enhance its chances of retaining this summer's face of free agency, James is a proud Ohioan who is said to be still wrestling with the notion of leaving his home state, no matter how enticing the possibilities are in Miami and Chicago.

The Sun-Sentinel reported that Wade is also exploring his options by planning free-agent sitdowns in coming days with the Bulls and Mavericks. ESPN.com had previously reported that Wade and Bosh are scheduled to be in New York on Friday for separate recruiting visits with the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets.

It was not immediately clear, as details of the Miami option emerged, whether Riley intends to stay in his front-office role and let coach Erik Spoelstra return for his third season or if, say, James urges the 65-year-old to return to the bench for a third stint coaching the Heat.
 
[h1]How the San Antonio Spurs Can Get LeBron James[/h1]
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There is an option for LeBron James if he wants to go to a winning team: the San Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs could trade Tony Parker, who only has one year left on his contract, Manu Ginobili, and some draft picks to the Cavaliers for LeBron James.

Why would LeBron want to go to San Antonio in the first place? I have reasons that could entice LeBron James into a Spurs uniform in 2011.

First, LeBron would be with Tim Duncan. Duncan is one of the greatest big men the NBA has ever seen.

Also, LeBron could mentor the young guys like Dejuan Blair and George Hill. Both would be starters if this trade happened.

The state of Texas has no state income tax, so really LeBron would be getting twice as much money.

Coach Gregg Popovich, in my opinion is one of the greatest coaches in the NBA. LeBron James would love to play under Popovich.

Even though San Antonio isn't a big market, there are based off of championships. LeBron even said, he wants to go a team that can win right now.

LeBron would rule San Antonio, Tim Duncan would be the No. 2 guy. Duncan, though, only cares about winning.

The San Antonio Spurs are one of the best franchises in the NBA. LeBron James would make them even better and more mainstream.

Then you bring in the Mexico factor for LeBron James. San Antonio is very close to Mexico.

LeBron could globalize himself in Mexico. That could make LeBron James a bigger sports figure in Central America than most NBA players.

Even though San Antonio isn't that big of a sports market, he has Mexico that could him up out, marketing wise.

When you add the winning tradition of the Spurs, Tim Duncan, Gregg Popovich, and the Mexico factor.

LeBron James should go to San Antonio and win some championships.


Yup Bron to the Spurs!!!
 
Originally Posted by Cfranchise26

[h1]How the San Antonio Spurs Can Get LeBron James[/h1]
Then you bring in the Mexico factor for LeBron James. San Antonio is very close to Mexico.
LeBron could globalize himself in Mexico. That could make LeBron James a bigger sports figure in Central America than most NBA players.



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