djsunyc wrote:is there any doubt? stern has been pulling strings in many instances. look no further than how crooked nba referees are and the mandates they get.lebron to ny was signed sealed and delivered 2 years ago when stern basically replaced alot of knicks officials with nba employees. why else do you think d'antoni picked ny over chicago? why else do you think d'antoni only had a choice of ny or chicago? is it a coincidence that chicago gets the #1 overall pick after d'antoni chose ny? and why else would a 95 year old man leave the only place he's been in 20 years?
Stern Publicly said he wants Lebron to stay in Cleveland. The reason........ he's more interested in every Franchise being as profitable as possible than for a small select few to be. Notice the Jordan blurb here to who won in Chicago and became the sports most iconic figure playing in the midwest. Where were you when Stern came out and spoke on this?....
Says Stern about James: "You know, he hasn't won anything yet but he may be the best player ever
to descend to this planet. It's a delight to watch him; it's a delight
to watch him grow, to see his width and breadth, in terms of his
interest and capacities. He's a great kid and a great player."
Referring to observers who claim James is over-rated, Stern says, with a reference to Michael Jordan:
"He may be the best player ever to have played. Michael might dispute
that, but he has a lot of canvas yet on which to paint. I have no doubt
the picture is going to be beautiful."
James can become an unrestricted free agent after this season. Asked if he has any guess where James will play next season and beyond, Stern replies: "None whatsoever, although I hope it's in Cleveland."
Which Stern shouldn't be talking along these lines whatsoever but this doesn't sound like a commissioner who is doing everything to assure Lebron lands in New York. Also it could be argued Stern has assisted Ferry in making some very low risk high reward trades in Shaq/Jamison. I doubt it though.
As to our GM's inside info please this is all speculation by Sheridan and not an ounce of facts here because if so then why....
Our GM would have went immediately to Dolan with the inside info. Not to mention all the way up to the point of the trade deadline it was assumed Lebron was coming here without much angle, now that the trade was made it's because an angle finally surfaced.... and it was 2 Max all along....LOLMost critics feel Lebron has everything he needs to win a chip right now. Guess what he doesn't have a 2nd Max player on his team. We had cap space coming the following season. Why would Lebron feel a 2nd Max is needed or even us for example, if all our assets remained in tact? Why give all that away? You think Lebron has that naive of a basketball mind? Seriously Lebron + Jordan Hill/2011 swap pick value of Wilson Chandler/2012 pick value of Gallo and/or chandler>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2 Max 27yrs of age average. I mean did Lebron specify who that Max player would be for him? Wade is already on several records for saying "I Will Help Miami Recruit", Amar'e has publicly said "I'd like to play in Florida", and Bosh has said "Why Not Build Around Me."
So really why trade what we traded for a chance at Johnson/Gay/Boozer. We should have told Lebron's camp "HELL NO!" You want to come here well come here because you truly want to be here.
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If he actually had inside info he wouldn't have got cold feet over making the Rockets deal. He flat out said he thought our deal with them was dead with the Rockets after the Bulls game when he first heard they had a deal in place with the Kings. It was then he decided to get back into the frey. This tells me he doesn't have any inside info because seriously if Lebron's camp says I'm coming if you clear room for two maxes you make the deal with the Rockets right away. Since many feel we didn't quite give up as much as suggested since the 2011 pick is a swap and we have a strong feeling to be good by 2012.
