This Summer the NBA world will be focused on one figure ... its most dominant player in marketing ... all eyes will be focused on Lebron James .
He says he wants to be up with Jordan , Magic , and Larry Legend , so I ask this ... Why not just sign back with Cleveland ? Jordan struggled with Detroit , Magic struggled with Detroit and the Lakers , and Larry had to knock off the Lake show to return to greatness. So Lebron is right there ... he is surrounded by mediocre players around him ... SHAQ was too late returning and the Jamison experiment went up in smoke against those damn Celtics ... the east slept on them and woke up in the nightmarish feeling of defeat.
He is right there where Jordan once was ... a coach who could not help Lebron because he could not help himself in the pressures of winning in the post-season. Out there lurking is a coach that could turn around Cavaliers ... who is it? Doc Rivers is talking about leaving coaching , but why would the guy pass up the oppurtunity of coaching the top name in the NBA ( yeah Kobe fans I said it !) .
Pat Riley has to be hungry to coach again , so why not just leave Miami and coach the King . See the free agents this Summer are talking about winning rings , so why not pull one of the biggest moves ... take some pay cuts and sign the best players. Dwayne Wade , Chris Bosh , and Lebron James could all play on the Cavaliers if they take less money ... add in Pat Riley and Shaq ... I see a remake of Chicago Bulls that went 72-10.
Lebron knows he has to win in Cleveland. The great players won their titles in the cities they were drafted. All the money in the world cannot define NBA history because lets look at Kobe Bryant who won three titles in the beginning of his career and won one as the veteran leader of the Lakers ... Now how can Lebron expect to be in the " Greatest of All-Time" talks if he couldn't win as the leader ? As much as I cringe about the possibility of this but it could work . Larry Brown might just be what James needs to get to the top . Take the Pistons before Brown showed ... loaded with talent but they couldn't play defense when it mattered ... they couldn't play together because they didn't have roles. Brown walks into Cleveland and he can tear everything apart and give players roles ... add in alot of defensive pressure and Lebron will win an NBA championship next season. Hello ! The Pistons knocked off the Cavaliers to win Larry Brown his first NBA title.
Now Pat Riley coming to Cleveland is a long shot because Dwayne Wade would have to included in this whole deal , but there could just be a way. Lets take SHAQ saying he has three more years left in him. There has to be a title push somewhere in there ... the Celtics and Lakers can only be powerful for so long ... two teams are lurking ... the Spurs will be back . So the east next year will run through the Cavaliers because Boston will have their off year and everything will go bust. This Celtic team that knocked off the Cavaliers are like the last Bird-led team. They bought into the sleeper-persona franchise. Garnett got himself back in time for the playoffs , Allen found his shot in time , and Pierce stepped it up as always ... but where did this come from ? Doc Rivers and his coaching philospy ... which comes from who? Well Doc Rivers was on that New York Knick team that was knocked off by Houston in 94 ... Damn Ewing if only you dunked ! So as much as it is a long shot ... Pat Riley might come back and coach Lebron , but we could see Doc Rivers on Cleveland's bench.
So the King's crown is right there for him in Cleveland. The Cavaliers' front office just needs to bring in the right coach, and Lebron needs to trust the mind that has already experienced basketball greatness. Who will it be ? Larry Brown is an obvious pick but there is a defensive mind in Boston that every team would love to have ... Tom Thibodeau is the top defensive mind in the NBA today ... he was a major factor in 2008 when the Celtics contained Kobe Bryant on their way to the title. Everyone saw Lebron was rattled by the Celtics defense in the Eastern Semi-Final ... I wonder who laid out the blueprint for that ! And the New Orleans Hornets are not going to wait huh ! I could see the Cavaliers' defense being number one next year ... hey a certin number six will probably win a defensive player of the year award . I don't see Lebron wearing any other jersey until he wins one in Cleveland. How will he ever be up there with Jordan if he just bails to another city for money ? Lebron stays in Cleveland ... stay tuned .
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