<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jul 2 2008, 05:16 AM)
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<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing @ Jul 1 2008, 05:38 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't think you guys have that big of a chance of getting him, unless you make the playoffs and look damn good to LeBron.
I don't think money matters that much to him anymore, after getting 100+ mill in his first few years, so its up to the Cavs to bring in another player and he'll end up staying for all of his career there. If not then I can see him going to a "championship contender" team.</div>
IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!!!!" lol
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you know... Ray Allen's contract is off the books in 2010.. KG and Paul will still be there.. perhaps a little more enticing as a legit contender
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Personally, I don't find LeBron to be so concerned about championship in 2 years. Don't forget he'll only be
25 years old. KG and Pierce would have to take some pay cut if they wanted to pick up the best player in the league (I think he will be). In terms of money, I think he can sacrifice the 20 million he'd get from the Cavs for a max deal if he comes to the NY market for endorsements (I mean he's already one of the most marketed NBA stars but there's still more to be gained).
It just seems so apparent to me that LeBron has already made the jump to Brooklyn... throwing up the Roc signs, having Beyonce and Jay on the Cavs bench, talking about Brooklyn as his favorite borough---- I wonder why Jay-Z isn't coming under tampering investigations..
Cavs have to push hard to make him feel comfortable - but I think they already blew it going for Wally, West, and Wallace. They're a decent team but it took plenty of LeBron's heroics just to get to the finals. He could play with a veteran/aging Vince Carter, who will over the next two years lead a young team to build chemistry and unity - then leave LeBron to jump in and take over the reigns with Harris, Yi, Boone, and Sean Williams. Cleveland is left with BZ, Joe Smith, Szczerbiak, Big Ben as major role players for the next two years, and unless they get back to the finals, I can't imagine LeBron wanting to stay.
P.S. The Rock is no Ric Flair though. He may be the best entertainer that the WWE ever had but he wasn't loyal to wrestling. Same with Hulk Hogan, crossing out of wrestling to expand their popularity. Very smart, agreed, that he use his stardom as a vehicle to make Hollywood dollars but Flair is probably the greatest wrestler of all time.
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