Where You At Wednesday : Lebron’s New Team?

Yo Bron

What’s crackin’ man? I know that everybody and their grandmother is talking about your free agency, so I thought I’d like the Monster Blog pile on as well. Why don’t you let us know where you’re going to go next year? Do you even know? I stepped inside your head, and this is how I see it…

This is going to make my friend Coop hella-mad, but I think if you pick the Knicks, it basically means that you don’t care as much about winning as you say you do. I mean, sure, you’d be in Madison Square Garden and have tons of off-court marketing opportunities, but it’d be a minimum of 3 years before you even had a shot at a title with the guys around you. That’s even if they convinced Bosh to come with you. Plus, there were questions about Mike Brown’s defensive schemes in Cleveland, being that you are a defensive guy. That laughing you hear? That’s Mike D’antoni. He’s not sure what “defensive scheme” means, he’s just mad you took 15 seconds off the shot clock to get up a 3.

If you pick the Clippers, I’d say you’d have pretty much given up on basketball.

If you pick the Nets, then you’d have a high-risk, medium-reward situation on your hands. Sure, you’d have a new owner willing to spend whatever it takes (and the dollars in his bank account to back it up), a new coach who loves defense and has proven he can get to the Finals (even though he choked there), and a pretty nice roster in place around you as far as young talent. But are you willing to wait for guys like CDR to develop? Is Devin Harris going to come back as strong from his injury? And man, oh man, are you willing to risk it with a team that won like 12 games last year? Can you convince your boy Bosh, or anyone else to go there with you? Remember, it’s a while off before they move to Brooklyn….IF….they move to Brooklyn.

Sure, Chicago has a lot of things going for them. A great young PG to give you the rock (Derrick Rose), a defensive hire for the coach (Tom Thibodeau) who pretty much shut you down in the Playoffs last year, and the money to spend to get you and Bosh, or another max level guy there. They also have a decent roster in place. But what’s all this talk about Joakim Noah being such a quality player. You know as well as anyone that that isn’t true at all. Dude’s an overhyped lame. He even had the gall to trash talk you from the sidelines one game. You really wanna be passing that clown the rock? Plus there’s that elephant in the room. You know, that guy, who used to play there. You know, that guy who won 6 titles there? The one you idolize? Are you ready to be compared to him NON-STOP? Don’t you want your own legacy?

Maybe it’s Miami? The nice weather, the girlies….and WADE. Or “Mr. Wade” as they probably call him in Miami. A dream of a teammate, but can you share the ball with him? Word on the streets is you met with him and Bosh and all three of y’all are thinking of doing South Beach together. No lie, that would be a hell of a foundation for a squad. But they only have 3 guys under contract for next year. You could end up surrounded by guys with the skill level of a Brian Scalabrine. But then again, that might be all you need. Plus, Pat Riley himself would clearly come out to coach you if you wanted. Will your numbers deflate there though? Do you care? What if your legacy is watered down? Then again, it’s all about the chips man, the TITLES.

But your hometown Bron! Your hometown! Cleveland is the city! How can you leave? What if they work a sign-and-trade for Bosh? You won so many games last year. They have a good foundation. They are looking for a new coach that you could probably hand-pick if you want….

The choices are tough, I know. But seriously……where are you going?

The Monster Blog

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