24Hansen » Basketball http://www.24hansen.com Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:28:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Yi and Lebron http://www.24hansen.com/2008/06/26/yi-and-lebron/ http://www.24hansen.com/2008/06/26/yi-and-lebron/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:55:43 +0000 Michael http://www.24hansen.com/?p=326 The New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks are just about to make a trade that’ll send Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons.  Totally unfair trade in favor of Milwaukee — they’re getting a veteran guy coming off of his best season. 

But look past that and you’ll see that this is a move to clear some salary for the Nets.  Why?  Lebron James.  King James will be an unrestricted free agent after the 2010 season.  By then, the Nets will (or should) be playing in Brooklyn. 

Lebron already stated that he loves playing in Madison Square Garden.  But throw in buddy, and Nets co-owner, Jay-Z and you could have Lebron playing a few miles from the Garden.  Lebron will be playing in New York or New Jersey after the 2010 season; there’s no doubt about it. 

I certainly understand why a team would want Lebron; he’s pratically the next coming of Michael Jordan.  I’d like for him to stay in Cleveland, though.  I love the idea of a franchise player — the Patrick Ewings, the Derek Jeters, the Cal Ripkens.  There’s something special about franchise players.  Lebron is certainly entitled to want more money and fame.  Hell, he deserves it.  But think about your legacy, too. 

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We played basketball last night for the first time in only god knows how long. I could barely keep up — I knew I was out of shape, but I didn’t think I was that bad. Today I’m extremely sore, and while the soreness does make my day extremely frustrating, it also feels quite good. Aside from the soreness, I feel very fresh and in good spirits. Basketball should become a routine Monday night thing, so I look forward to getting into shape.

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