Posts tagged The Decision (ridiculous)

A collection of different newspapers and how they decided to cover LeBron James leaving the Heat; for the newspaper nerds like myself who like to argue about three-column photos versus banner headlines and such. Again, an NBA player going to another city is not the biggest deal in the world, but it’s always fun to compare how different newspapers played the event. [Charles Apple, Visual Editors]

Does LeBron James want to be King James? Or does he want to be Head Jester for Dwyane Wade?

Sometime tonight, LeBron will act like a 17-year-old high school recruit and put a hat on that speaks to where he would like to play professional basketball. During tonight’s display of how to make 90 percent of the sporting public disgusted, he should emerge wearing a Cleveland Cavilers hat. If it’s a Heat cap, as everyone says it will be, he has forever tarnished his growing legacy as the Next Great American Superstar.

Then, King James officially becomes Robin to Dwyane Wade’s Batman. He officially becomes the league’s best second banana, after being anointed as possibly the best of all-time, a throne held by greats such as Jordan, Magic, Bird and Russell.

He is no longer the King then, but a prince, a jester, something else.

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