LeBron James. New York. Jay-Z. Brooklyn. 2010. Yada. Freaking. Yada. We've heard all about the possibility of James bouncing out of Cleveland (and we're guilty of promoting the media hawking too!) and you're probably tired of it.Well, guess what: Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, also thinks that the LEBRON IS LEAVING pseudo-hype is a bit overdone, and he said as much on CNBC last night.
"This is not LeBron James saying this stuff, this is just a media phenomenon here that will pass in time," Gilbert said. "We're focused on this year and you know what, so is he, and he's focused on this year and next year and hopefully a long career in Cleveland, Ohio. We believe that and we think we have a great situation here and we're off to a great start."And well, despite the fact that Gilbert doesn't have a fantastic history with trusting particular athletes, he's kind of right on this one -- most of the fuel on the LeBron to New York fire is directly a result of media types being perfectly willing to accept the fact that a corporate behemoth like Bron would never sacrifice money, fame and the unwieldy power of being a Knicks superstar for sticking with his homegrown team that somehow managed to backdoor into drafting him.
Well, that and a totally coincidental circumstances that has every team in the L dumping salary in anticipation of 2010 faster than the King dumped the Indians in the ALCS two years ago.
