With LeBron and Carmelo still on the market, nothing too significant is happening in NBA free agency. There have been multiple signings, but the big boys who will put the pieces in motion have yet to come to a decision. So that’s where we can start.
As stated before, LeBron has been reported to be demanding the max contract from his suitors. That’s about the only concrete thing we know other than he’s on a fishing trip with his family. Which makes you think that he’s waiting for Miami to sign a significant free agent to please him enough to stay in South Beach. But the longer Miami goes without signing said free agent(s), the more the mind wanders to other options. Could he really be leaving? I’m not going to speculate anymore about him. Where ever he ends up, they’ll be contenders at least.
In Carmelo’s case, he’s been on a nationwide tour since Tuesday morning. He began in Chicago, then did Texas two-step on Wednesday visiting Houston and Dallas, and today he took meetings with the Lakers and his current Knicks team. Like I said Tuesday, I still think he goes to the Bulls, because who in their right mind would come to the Western Conference right now. If LeBron and Carmelo move West, we might as well rename it the Western Conference Basketball Association & Friends.
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