Legal Commentary

LeBron

By Big Tent Democrat

Lebron James has a one hour special on ESPN tonight to announce his decision on where he will be playing for the next 5 or 6 years. This spectacle will cap one of the most absurd processes ever seen.

A man seemingly obsessed with his "brand," LeBron James has bungled this about as badly as could be done. "The Decision" was a terrible, terrible idea. And if it culminates, as many are now reporting, with LeBron abandoning Cleveland and joining the Miami Globetrotters (where Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh already reside), James will become one of the most reviled sports figures in the United States. In short, James and his new team would be the figures everyone will root against. And not in a New York Yankee sort of way.

If he does this, LeBron will have done something I would not have thought possible - he would have made Kobe Bryant the most popular figure in the NBA. And if the Lakers beat the Miami Globetrotters next year, Kobe Bryant becomes a folk hero.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).