Lebron leaving the heat is such a pipedream. I think miami would do everything they could to keep lebron and buy enough people to keep them competitive even if bosh continues to degrade and wade loses his knees. Therell be all sorts of hoopla over his free agency but he'll end up signing a 3 year agreement with the heat with an opt out clause if things go south. Theyre a really strong team in a weak conference, i think he likes automatically going to the conference finals every year which is something no other team can kindof semi-guarantee, plus hes ultra comfortable with everybody on the heat now.
Theres nothing dan gilbert or chris grant can do to bring lebron over. Cavs dont have a system in place, mike brown isnt better than spoelstra and the cavs dont have a deep roster or the money to make it worth it. Hes only making shout outs to ohio so people might hate him less. Its not working.
Lakers dont have a system in place anymore, im sure lebron would want to play with kobe but i doubt the reverse is true, they dont have a young team anymore and who really wants to spend a whole season, probably two, trying to figure out team chemistry and building with new players? I doubt lebron wants to do that. and even if they do the west is just so much stronger that theres no real guarantee that theyll even make it through the playoffs.
Anyways, go rockets, they were an awesome choice, thats gonna be a fun team to watch. Also, whoever said they should just drop the conference bullshit and make it a 16 team mixed bracket was spot on.