Lebron is going to the best place to "win", Miami. Once again Pat Riley pulls a coup and reloads himself for more titles. I am honestly shocked that this happened in hindsight. I can't figure out what made Lebron and Bosh think Miami was the best place to start winning at. Wade is a great player, but there really isn't anything else floating around to help. Arroyo, Haslem, Beasley, Chalmers, Richardson are not names that inspire fear into opponents. If LeBron really cared about winning he would have signed the mid-level exception with the Celtics, or Orlando Magic.
This is about money and winning. He got his money, which was expected, but I honestly don't think Miami is the best place to win immediately at. There are better established teams, some with money, that posed a much better option. I think if you add James and Bosh to the Clippers and Bulls, two franchises that could sign them, they are significantly better than the Heat are with them. It also blows me away that LeBron has been playing for 7 YEARS. He gave Cleveland the best years of basketball in their history, but now he has ripped their souls away. He's set the franchise back immeasurably. Cleveland may never be that good again at basketball for our lifetimes. This team is going to command national attention from now until the end of next season. They are going to be televised and talked about way too much.
It's too bad that there was off-season shenanigans. I don't like this working together bullshit rather than fighting each other. I hate Kobe Bryant, but when there was talk of him leaving the Lakers when he was driving them into the ground, he stood touch, resigned Phil Jackson, and devoted himself to winning and not taking the most shots possible without being beaten to death by your own teammates.
It is all about winning championships, but doesn't this seem to cheapen it? It's the Yankees buying a championship, only NBA style. I will admit I want to see this three-headed triumvirate of basketball greatness. This is a great experiment with free agency being what it is. Can you "buddy up" with a few other great players and make a run at it? I'm excited, but also worried about how much this will be talked about for the next few hundred days. Makes me feel bad for the Bucks.
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