This summer LeBron James has bought a lot of hoopla to the free agent period. On July 8th, 2010 James had a hour-long ESPN TV special entitled, “The Decision” that had people the edges of their seats just so he can answer a question that could’ve been answered in ten seconds. Nevertheless, fans from many different cities were upset at James decision to go to Miami and team up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to form a new “big 3.” James had his reasons why he felt that the move to South Beach was the right choice. I have my reason also why I think it was a good choice and also my reasons why it was a bad choice.
PROS
Going to Miami gives James a legitimate shot at winning a championship. This is something he never had a chance at doing in Cleveland. In the seven seasons James has never had a solid supporting cast that can help him win a ring. In Miami he has two superstars to compliment him and also solid players in Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem. I don’t see them winning seven titles as James thinks they will, but I could see a few in the making.
The media market is huge in Miami. Even though James is already a huge name around the world, but the move will give him more of a name and also more endorsements. Being in such a small market as Cleveland really held back the endorsement monster James can really become. Of course your thinking that James already has many endorsements, but just think about this. Would a product rather endorse someone in South Beach or Cleveland? Just think about it.
One more quick pro, Miami’s weather and nightlife trumps Cleveland. You can’t blame James for making the move. He’s young and of course all young people want to be in a place with a great nightlife.
CONS
James’ legacy is tarnished forever because he couldn’t win a championship with him being ‘the man.’ Everyone knows the Heat are Wade’s team and no matter how much has James has put on himself, he will never be the man in Miami.
Being in Miami also will cause his numbers to fall. James will be sharing the ball with two other players who are very capable of scoring 30 any and every night. Of course all three players have shared their thoughts about this and they don’t care about stats, but let’s be serious what player doesn’t care about their stats?
Even though it looks like the Heat are the team to beat because of the "big 3", but every other team will be gunning for them. Every night, players will be motivated to play their best against the Heat. With this being said, the Heat might not even win any championships. Then James would be looking stupid and frowned upon by fans everywhere. If would look like James has tried everything he could in order to win a championship but he never could get that ring. This would put him out of the category as one of the greatest players ever.
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