If the LeBron-O-Meter looks a little better today, it's owing to Barack Obama, Ozzie Guillen and Dwyane Wade
We're feeling a little better about things today, mostly because of what's coming out of Chicago.First, the Windy City's most famous son, President Barack Obama, has weighed in on the subject in a way that can only hurt the Bulls' chances of landing the NBA's most sought-after free agent.
"I don't want to meddle," Obama told TNT, and then promptly did. He suggested that with a core team that includes Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose, "you could see LeBron fitting in pretty well there."
The president's comments were hedged about with all sorts of qualifications, but we think he just jinxed the Bulls the way he did when he lobbied for the Olympics to come to Chicago.
An assist goes to White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who showed his usual class in taunting Cleveland by marking up a baseball with the words, "Bye Bye Lebron, LOL!"
Dwyane Wade didn't do Chicago any favors either when he dissed the Bulls organization to the Chicago Tribune and then said he would get in LeBron's ear before either of them signed anywhere.
Finally, the Chicago Sun-Times raises the possibility that the Bulls might hire Mike Brown as coach. If that were to happen, we can hardly imagine LeBron following him.
Yes, in our way of thinking, when Chicago's mojo is reduced, Cleveland's increases in proportion.
Today, therefore, the threat level is reduced.
TODAY'S METER READING:
Yesterday's Meter Reading: Uh-oh.