In the absence of actual post-Larry King news, the 'Meter goes unchanged.
Like everyone else in Cleveland, we wonder what LeBron James will do when his contract is up this summer. Will he stay home, or follow the bright lights to Broadway? Until he decides to talk, we have to rely on hunches, instincts and educated guesswork. We'll report our findings, more or less daily, using the LeBron-O-Meter.
Sports pundits worldwide are still parsing LeBron's words from yesterday's Larry King interview, trying to divine the hidden message beneath his statement that Cleveland "has the edge" when it comes to signing him when he becomes a free agent.But if you ask us, some of the reasoning has been pretty weak. At espn.com, for example, NBA analyst Tim Legler argued that if LeBron was really committed to Cleveland, he would have made that plain on the King show and put all the speculation to rest.
"It was more telling that he didn't go further," Legler said.
Well, maybe, but it seems more likely LeBron is keeping the pot boiling just because he's enjoying it. Right now all eyes are on him, but the minute he commits the spotlight will shift elsewhere. Clearly he's not ready for that.
Not surprisingly, Chicago blogs are giddy over LeBron's comments to King that he grew up a Bulls fan. If that's the case then LeBron must know he could never replace Michael Jordan. In our minds, then why even try?
Other than the King interview, of course, there's no actual LeBron news out there. In fact, people are starting to complain that the LeBron coverage is getting out of hand. On philly2philly.com, for example, Dennis Bakay says ESPN's coverage is "sickening."
Think he'd say that if LeBron played for the Sixers?
Today's meter reading:
