Let me be the 13 millionth person to chime in on LeBron James signing a free agent deal to team up with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh for the Miami Heat.
There has been a ton of discussion about the process which led James, a six-time NBA All-Star and two-time MVP to make the determination of where he would play basketball for the next several years.
For the most part the one-hour made-for-TV event was ripped to pieces by almost everyone. It was called everything from classless to unprofessional to a journalism disaster. Many said James either tarnished or completely destroyed his legacy by choosing to bolt from the only home he ever knew in Cleveland via national television.
ESPN’s production of “The Decision” didn't rub me the wrong way. For the last two decades programming has featured common folk going on television making butts of themselves by revealing infidelity, mothers determining the fathers of their children, and rockers and rappers stringing along low self esteemed laced love interests in the hopes of "finding the one."
People now are famous for doing nothing. Well, embarrassing themselves by being egomaniacs, promoti ...
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LeBron James Saga: Everyone Got What They Deserved
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