July 9th, 2010
Czabe has some thoughts on LeBron to Miami:
In a span of 27 eyeball glazing minutes on ESPN, LeBron James morphed himself from potentially “The Greatest Player of All Time” into a jezebel Scottie Pippen.
I don’t follow the NBA closely enough to know, but the superficial answers would have been (1) Go to NYC for the money or (2) Go to Chicago for the long-term run at championships. I’m not sure what goal Miami satisfies.
The most interesting question is whether or not players are allowed to formally collude in the way in which it seems James, Wade, Bosh, and possibly Paul may have. (The operative word here is “formally,” not “collude.” Players informally collude all the time.) Owners almost certainly couldn’t act this way without running afoul of anti-trust. Legally, I suspect the players are fine–although I’d love to hear a smart lawyer’s thoughts on the matter.
From the league’s perspective, however, this might not be fine. It will be interesting to see how the owners–and eventually the league office–deal with this affair.
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