The Decision

I shouldn't have a blog if I'm not going to say anything about what I just witnessed on ESPN. What a ridiculous circus. I've never seen anything like it. The pull that this free agent story has gotten over the past couple of months is proposterous. This story has completely trumped everything else that is going on. I know that in the summer we're hard up for sports stories (you can only have so many story lines over a 162 game baseball season) but I still can't get over it. It's still going on. ESPN has analysts in Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and Miami to talk about fan reactions! This is crazy!

But man, I'm super pumped to watch the Heat next year. People say well, what about the role players? You can't win without role players. I think Wade, James, and Bosh are enough world players. They still got guys like Beasley and Chalmers. Michael Jordan had Scottie Pippen. Sure, Steve Kerr hit a game winner and Dennis Rodman grabbed a lot of rebounds, but are you telling me Michael Jordan didn't win those championships? It will be tough, but they're going to be an awesome team. Tell me what sub-par role player isn't going to take a little less money for a couple years to play alongside these superstars. Sure, I might be able to try out for the 11th and 12th spot on that team, but I think they'll be fine. The Celtics won with the three power players (given, who knew Rondo would be so good. But why can't some nobody from the Heat emerge like that guy?).

In the end, we found out that what Lebron is about is winning. He's taking less money, swallowing his ego a bit, and joining a Heat team who's already got their star. The Heat is Wade's team and James is willing to go there and sacrifice some of his own game to play together to win a championship. This is going to be wild. I don't care much about the NBA but I care about this.

Believe me, this will make for great television.