So Lebron James has chosen to go to Miami. Amidst all the big hype and taking away attention from the World Cup, James is leaving home and headed off to the big leagues. Here are the Top 5 reasons he made the right choice.
(#5) Miami is a good place to be
When it comes to picking a place to play, it not only matters to be on a good team, but being being in a good city. Miami has better beaches, better women, and a better shot of winning the NBA
(#4) Cleveland is the capitol of Sports Hall of Shame
If you’re going to be a big baller like Lebron James, the last place you want to be is Cleveland. The city is known for giving up “The drive” to John Elway in the AFC Championship game, “The Shot” to Michael Jordan in the 1989 NBA playoffs, and “The fumble” to the Broncos on the two yard line. Note that all of these famed incidents occurred at the expense of Cleveland. We don’t want our Messiah to fall fate to this city and be remembered as a flop. It’s better that he left.
(#3) Good publicity
Can you believe this press conference is considered one of the biggest in sports history? I’ll give you a hint why, and it has little to do with Lebron moving to Miami. How about our information/ipod/facebook/everybody-wants-to-knows-what-everybody-else-is-doing-right-now age. Oh, and the fact that ESPN analyzes, and over-analyzes everything from Tiger Woods affairs to Steve Smith’s pick-up football game. If Lebron’s timing on how he blinks is irregular, you can be sure he will become a top 10 trending topic on the yahoo news feed. So blah blah, he’s moving to Miami. Good for him. Let him Enjoy South beach, and we all can go on with our lives (meaning get prepped about the World Cup finale!)
(#2) Personal Growth
Not that LJB hasn’t grown much in the last few years, but most of us know that leaving home
can be a discomforting, yet very beneficial thing. Now that he’s not near his hometown family and friends, he can rise, shine, and flourish like a grown man should. Being away from his momma’s homemade Paul Pierce bashing swagger, he can discover who he is and win a couple Eastern Conference titles while he’s at it (if he’s lucky).
(#1) Enjoy losing in a more fun city
Miami is still not the team to beat. Creating a super team still doesn’t guarantee success (Lakers in 2003 with Payton, Malone, Shaq, and Bryant). Also, the Eastern Conference still has a strong Magic team and a Celtics team with Coach Doc Rivers who is one of the best in the game. What it ultimately comes down to is teamwork, with a couple guys leading the way and others filling their roles and doing it well. Even assuming James will be the team player he claims he is and has played since coming to ‘the league, his role is a leading scorer, as is Wade’s. If there are two big scorers, there will be competition for a leading scorer. Either Wade or James will have to accept a lesser role, and I can’t see the two-time MVP giving up that role anytime soon. Oh, and one other problem. There is that little bleep on the map in California representing a team that wears yellow. The Lakers have won the last two NBA Championships, work harder than anybody else, have Phil Jackson returning as the head coach, Ron Artest reportedly keeping his same psychiatrist, are hungrier than ever for their 3-peat, and when people claim that the Heat will be the team to beat, guess who’s engine’s heats up hotter than the Heat ever will. I’ll give you a hint, he wears the number 24. At least Lebron will have more fun losing in Miami’s downtown party scene that he would have had in Cleveland.
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