In the National Basketball League (NBA), the days of waiting are over. July 1st has come and gone, and the hopes and dreams of many teams to land one of the three coveted free agent giants, have diminished for all but one team, the Miami Heat. The Heat have plenty of things to lure all-stars, the beach, a recent World Championship trophy, and an administration that has the formula for success. I have no issues with the Miami ballers, as they seek the future dynasty of NBA hoops. In the upcoming season, LeBron James and Chris Bosh will join Dwyane Wade in Miami, which also brings high expectations to South Beach.
When speaking of loyalty, the old-school Dwyane Wade is the only one of the trio that currently accessorizes with a NBA Championship ring from 2006.
Chris Bosh, the former face of the NBA franchise, Toronto Raptors; is the Raptors all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, double-doubles, free throws made and attempted and minutes played. Bosh played his high school hoops in Dallas, Texas before a short one-year career at Georgia Tech. Bosh was drafted fourth overall in the 2003 NBA Draft. Bosh has led the Raptors to a Playoffs berth, and Toronto’s first ever division title, but it was either the cold weather or the lack of help in winning efforts that persuaded him to shop around for his new team for the upcoming season. Bosh doesn’t get a reprieve from me, he hoped on the bandwagon, and traveled south to Florida. Maybe he couldn't tolerate the cold weather any longer?
The bandwagon’s and faithful behind Ohio’s homegrown talent, Former Cavalier LeBron ‘King’ James, are devastated. In 2007, just three short years ago, the Cleveland Cavaliers were in the NBA Finals, led by the charges of James. James was Ohio’s golden boy, he was cherished from border to border in the buckeye state, until now.
In a televised announcement, where LeBron James announced his free agent intentions, that should have taken five minutes or less, was an hour long. Are you kidding me, he looked as comfortable as a fat guy in a little coat, for the 10 minutes that I watched the circus. Within the short time that I viewed the program, the word loyalty came up numerous times. Loyalty; I think not, Mr. James you abandon your team, and state for money and the chance to win a championship somewhere else because you don’t think Cleveland can win a title. I am sure that I personally, would pay more than a penny for your thoughts, Mr. James, if Cleveland would finish in the money from the longshot position in the near future. If you are truly the ‘King’, why can’t you get the Free Agents to come to Cleveland and play with you, You are nothing but a joker or butler or any other understudy of royalty, following the orders of a higher power.
Throughout the Summer months, there have been plenty of NBA stars trying to stir up interest for the upcoming 2011 season, but no matter how many jersey’s are burnt, how many superstars go to South Beach, there is only one championship trophy and to get that hardware, the road goes through Los Angeles.
