Due to a startling lack of substantive sporting news outside of the domestic violence debacle with Ray Rice* (apologies to baseball, golf, tennis, and others, but my ESPN.com pageviews are down about 400,000% since the NBA playoffs ended), I'm paying far more attention to the NBA trade talks, specifically regarding Kevin Love. This may or may not have something to do with to a certain former Davidson player being somewhat of a focal point on one of the teams involved. But I digress.
*Two games? For shame, NFL.
I'll try to keep this fairly brief, but I couldn't help but write it down after a discussion with one of my co-workers inspired the title of this post. In a nutshell: what if LeBron is gaming the entire NBA on an entirely different level than we even thought possible?
What are the odds that he's pulling all the strings--that he's already convinced Love to stay in Minnesota next year so he can leave as a free agent without the Cavs giving up anything? It's a little conspiracy-theorist of me, I admit, but it's terribly amusing. And I can totally see the author of "The Decision" and Miami's erstwhile Big Three coming up with the seeds for this diabolical plan.
But it doesn't stop there. You remember that letter Gilbert wrote? Of course you do. So what makes you think LeBron forgot about it?
Short answer, he didn't, and it's roiling in his guts like a gallon of spoiled milk (not now, I'm rolling). So, not only is he going to swindle Minnesota by convincing Love to stay a year and walk, he's also going to swindle Gilbert out of a team.
The potential ouster of Donald Sterling (and/or the potential boycott by Clippers players and coaches) sets exactly the precedent LeBron (fictional, devious LeBron in full Che Guevara regalia) was hoping for. Now all the pieces are in place for him to plant tape recorders and goad Gilbert into mouthing off in just the wrong way at just the wrong time.
The Warriors are now an afterthought in the Love sweepstakes, despite Klay Thompson being the talking-head-consensus-best trade chip, because Love has already been convinced to play in Cleveland. And LeBron has Cleveland dangling Wiggins (with no intent to actually give him up) to stall the Twolves out whenever they get close to making another move. What about the Cavs front office, you ask? Don't be daft. This is ALL LeBron. Right? Right?!
Just you wait. The pieces are all in place. When everything goes down, and LeBron somehow rises as the new majority owner of the Cavaliers (and the first in a long line of super-powerful player-owners), don't say I didn't warn you.
The Coup d'eBron is coming.
*Two games? For shame, NFL.
I'll try to keep this fairly brief, but I couldn't help but write it down after a discussion with one of my co-workers inspired the title of this post. In a nutshell: what if LeBron is gaming the entire NBA on an entirely different level than we even thought possible?
What are the odds that he's pulling all the strings--that he's already convinced Love to stay in Minnesota next year so he can leave as a free agent without the Cavs giving up anything? It's a little conspiracy-theorist of me, I admit, but it's terribly amusing. And I can totally see the author of "The Decision" and Miami's erstwhile Big Three coming up with the seeds for this diabolical plan.
But it doesn't stop there. You remember that letter Gilbert wrote? Of course you do. So what makes you think LeBron forgot about it?
Short answer, he didn't, and it's roiling in his guts like a gallon of spoiled milk (not now, I'm rolling). So, not only is he going to swindle Minnesota by convincing Love to stay a year and walk, he's also going to swindle Gilbert out of a team.
The potential ouster of Donald Sterling (and/or the potential boycott by Clippers players and coaches) sets exactly the precedent LeBron (fictional, devious LeBron in full Che Guevara regalia) was hoping for. Now all the pieces are in place for him to plant tape recorders and goad Gilbert into mouthing off in just the wrong way at just the wrong time.
The Warriors are now an afterthought in the Love sweepstakes, despite Klay Thompson being the talking-head-consensus-best trade chip, because Love has already been convinced to play in Cleveland. And LeBron has Cleveland dangling Wiggins (with no intent to actually give him up) to stall the Twolves out whenever they get close to making another move. What about the Cavs front office, you ask? Don't be daft. This is ALL LeBron. Right? Right?!
Just you wait. The pieces are all in place. When everything goes down, and LeBron somehow rises as the new majority owner of the Cavaliers (and the first in a long line of super-powerful player-owners), don't say I didn't warn you.
The Coup d'eBron is coming.
