"I'm from there, so home is home for me," James said. "And that's the way I was putting it at that time. No matter where you go or if you ever move somewhere else, it doesn't matter. Home is always going to be home. And that was what I was basically letting them know."

And with that, LeBron managed to do a week's worth of work in a six-minute interview. He managed to say nothing offensive to his fans back in Cleveland while pushing the 2010 story forward yet again.

"When I decide to make that decision, it's going to basically put me in a position where I feel I can win multiple championships," LeBron said. "And if it's staying here, then I'll be here. And if it's moving elsewhere, then I'll have to look at all my options."

You do what's best for you and your family, and you do what's best for your career," James said. "Loyalty definitely has a big part to do with it, but the time that you spend with that respective team, you give a lot of loyalty to them. Every night I go out and I play hard, and that's loyalty."

No player owes his team any more than that.

The Cavs are well aware that LeBron has one foot out the door, and that he'll only pull it back if the Cavs win a title or two -- or at the very least are right on the doorstep. Look at the moves they've made in the past two years -- Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Mo Williams. They're all about winning now.

"Yeah, we don't need to clear no cap space," coach Mike Brown said. "We just need to get busy right now. If we do, we're going to give ourselves a good chance ... just as good a chance as anybody."

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Bippity10:

I think the fixation on Lebron is false. 2010 should be about shedding contracts and setting ourselves up for the future. If by doing this you put yourself in position to obtain a true star why wouldn't you try? I don't get how after 7 years of crap that the shedding of any contracts would bother anyone. Have we forgotten where we came from?

if nothing else the Knicks are the model of how to build championship teams based on their past history of success... why would u wanna mess with a winning formula?

The funny thing is that we really don't get tired of it.

Posted by GKFv2:

http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/ny-spberg1119,0,1943153.column

"I'm from there, so home is home for me," James said. "And that's the way I was putting it at that time. No matter where you go or if you ever move somewhere else, it doesn't matter. Home is always going to be home. And that was what I was basically letting them know."

And with that, LeBron managed to do a week's worth of work in a six-minute interview. He managed to say nothing offensive to his fans back in Cleveland while pushing the 2010 story forward yet again.

"When I decide to make that decision, it's going to basically put me in a position where I feel I can win multiple championships," LeBron said. "And if it's staying here, then I'll be here. And if it's moving elsewhere, then I'll have to look at all my options."

You do what's best for you and your family, and you do what's best for your career," James said. "Loyalty definitely has a big part to do with it, but the time that you spend with that respective team, you give a lot of loyalty to them. Every night I go out and I play hard, and that's loyalty."

No player owes his team any more than that.

The Cavs are well aware that LeBron has one foot out the door, and that he'll only pull it back if the Cavs win a title or two -- or at the very least are right on the doorstep. Look at the moves they've made in the past two years -- Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Mo Williams. They're all about winning now.

"Yeah, we don't need to clear no cap space," coach Mike Brown said. "We just need to get busy right now. If we do, we're going to give ourselves a good chance ... just as good a chance as anybody."

Posted by misterearl:

4949 - "All that has to happen is Curry and Zach gets traded and those two contracts get divided. That's all that has to happen. From there, Donnie will make the right moves."

Don't you get the feeling that just by negotiating an impossibly delicate situation (and signing the steady and generous Chris Duhon) with Marbury that Donnie Walsh has already made the right moves?

Fortunately, for Walsh, Isiah left behind some players that could actually play. Young guns Nate, Lee, Zach Randolph and The (loud applause) Mayor were ripe for a system and a belief they could make it work. The feistiness they showed in Boston is a good thing.

Morphing Curry and Zach's salaries into disappearing salaries, or productive talent will be complicated. If The Marbury Freeze strategy is any clue, expect the unexpected.

My spider sense tells me Donnie hoards draft picks and goes for frontcourt size.