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LeBron aware that Nets, Knicks looking to snag All-Star in future
sports.espn.go.com - 6/30/2008
LeBron aware that Nets, Knicks looking to snag All-Star in future
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All that LeBron James-to-the-Knicks speculation might be focused on the right city but the wrong team.

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Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball:  LeBron Looking To Make A Lateral Movement To New Jersey

Cleveland Cavaliers:  Where “Retarded Media Combined With Shallow Fans” Happens

ESPN.com - TrueHoop:  Tuesday Bullets

Hip 2 Da Game:  NBA Weekly

Cleveland Cavaliers News:  Bracing for 2010; Lebron James Contract Facts

4 Comments
  • And One And One
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    LeBron is going nowhere. Hesitate to divulge my secret plan just yet . . .
    Posted 6/30/2008 respond (flag)
  • AEM AEM
    +1

    C, for as much as I like you, I hope that your plan includes a couple of All Stars, some real hot babes (of course besides you that is) and so much money to rival Bill Gates. Other than that I have a feeling that James will have either a New York accent or be buying Tony Soprano's house, depending on what team gets him!

    AEM

    Posted 7/1/2008 respond (flag)
  • And One And One
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  • houroc houroc
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    I feel what everyone is saying but when 2010 comes around, it's gonna be hard for LeBron to turn down the bright lights of the big city.  Ohio is cool but it's not New York.
    Posted 7/1/2008 respond (flag)
Blog Reactions

LeBron Looking To Make A Lateral Movement To New Jersey
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball — ... It’s all rumors and speculation right now, but LeBron sat down in an interview and cleared the air a little on whether or not he’d join the Knicks. He didn’t rule out playing for the Knicks, not by any means. But he did say his favorite city is Brooklyn, where one New Jersey Nets team plays. ...

Where “Retarded Media Combined With Shallow Fans” Happens
Cleveland Cavaliers — ... LeBron is the chooser. He has at least 40 million reasons not to choose them, and a 1.47 percent chance that he will. How are those for odds? And when’s the last time a marquee NBA free agent switched teams? Better yet, when’s the last time a marquee free agent turned down a max offer and took less money to switch teams? The media was telling you that LeBron would set that precedent in 2007 or 2008 when his rookie contract expired. I told you he wouldn’t. What ended up happening? It’s no surprise that ESPN.com’s Chris Sheridan, who is a gossip queen himself, uses next to ...

Tuesday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... The idea that LeBron James wants to play in New York does not just come from the imaginations of sportswriters. UPDATE: ...

NBA Weekly
Hip 2 Da Game — ... before but this week Lebron added fuel to that fire with his comments about Brooklyn being his favorite borough in New York City. Brooklyn just happens to be the birth place of his good friend Jay-Z and the borough that the Nets are planning to move to in a few years. Ironically, there was a rumor that ...

Bracing for 2010; Lebron James Contract Facts
Cleveland Cavaliers News — ... to our newsletter or RSS feed to get full coverage of the “Summer of Lebron” - Bracing for the 2010 sweepstakes (SI 11/20/2008) - Teams Prepare for the Courtship of LeBron James (The New York Times) - Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James fielding contract questions (Cleveland.com 11/17/2008) - LeBron’s a going concern (ESPN: 11/7/2008) - Summer Forecast: Where will LeBron be in 2010-11? (ESPN 9/16/2008) - LeBron aware that Nets, Knicks looking to snag All-Star in future (ESPN 7/1/2008) - Free ...

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