LeBron to the Heat?

[EDGECRUSHER]

not a chance the knicks sign anyone of any importance .. they have no appeal .. they're the clippers of the east coast

Looking less and less likely that the Knicks will get Lebron or anybody. Pretty much every team can offer the same salary, so why would Lebron go to a potential 15 win team? I don't think he will go to Milwaukee or anything crazy like that. It will be a major market, but the Knicks are just in so much disarray.

[NADS]

If Lebron ends up in NY the Knicks can build the team around him.  It would surely take a few years but the Cavs weren't doing squat before he showed up.  Probably the same in Chicago before Jordan--I'm no NBA buff.  I think the odds are better for King James to end up in NY if the Cavs win it all this year.  Maybe then he'd be up for a rebuilding project.   

[jtex316]

If Lebron ends up in NY the Knicks can build the team around him.  It would surely take a few years but the Cavs weren't doing squat before he showed up.  Probably the same in Chicago before Jordan--I'm no NBA buff.  I think the odds are better for King James to end up in NY if the Cavs win it all this year.  Maybe then he'd be up for a rebuilding project.   

LeBron's ego isn't up for a Rebuilding project or being mired in obscurity in a 15-20 win team. Also Mike D'antoni's style offense does not suit Lebron James - Lebron needs more isolation and sideline triangle schemes to be successful. D'Antoni's offense needs a strong point guard, and nate robinson or whichever bum they use now isn't that. Chris Paul would be good in New York - not LeBron James.

But yeah - LeBron riding D-Wade's coat-tails? That's kinda like A-rod coming to the yankees to play on Derek Jeter's team

[Sunstroke]

^^^ Right now Chris Duhon is starting for the Knicks at the point.

D'Antoni had the perfect PG for his system when he was in Phoenix, but Kerr, Sarver and D'Antoni's egos couldn't all fit together inside the arena, so off D'Antoni went...

Suns are tied with the surging young Hawks for the best record in the NBA, which means only one thing...it's too damned early in the season for records to mean much. I am impressed with the way Phoenix has played on the road so far though, 6-2 with good wins at Miami, Boston and Houston. Eight of the Suns 12 opponents so far have had winning records as well, and we're 6-2 against those squads, which means more to me at this point than the overall record.

[ethurst22]

He'll end up with the Lakers or Celtics. Isn't that the way that things always happen in the NBA?

[JVides]

Name one endorsement that they can get in new york that they can't get in miami .. or in south dakota ? ..
nike ? gatorade ? T Mobile ? With global media, the internet and marketing today there are no major endorsements anybody is giving up.

I have heard of endorsements that have kicker clauses for athletes that play in large markets like NY or LA, and that makes sense to me.  If you're an excellent player but play for San Antonio (say, Tim Duncan), there's a ceiling for how much product you're going to move, due to the fact that as far as number of fans go, San Antonio is extremely limited.  Move Tim Duncan to the Lakers, however, and not only would true Lakers fans be snapping up jerseys, but so would poser fans the world over.  The large market and name recognition associated with the Lakers allows for you to move more merchandise, be it sneakers, or jerseys, or mobile phones, or bottles of Gatorade.  Better for the distributor, better for the athlete, meaning larger endorsement deals.  I totally buy into the larger endorsement dollars for large-market stars theory.

[DZA]

im a heat fan but im not sure if it will happen