With Danny Ferry out, LeBron is more kingly in Cleveland than ever, if such a thing is possible.
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.
Yesterday we weren't so sure how the news about Danny Ferry's resignation might affect LeBron's decision-making, thinking it might cut either way. But now that we've had a chance to digest the news, and be swayed by analysts more expert than us, we're inclined to think it's probably good news for a city desperate to keep him.Not that Ferry wasn't a good GM. Until a few weeks ago, most people would have said he was one of the better ones in the NBA.
But as Bill Livingston argued in today's PD, the team is more than ever LeBron's, and thus he might be somewhat less likely to walk away. Much the same argument was made today by Kevin Olsen at gather.com\ and Mitch Lawrence at the New York Daily News.
Does John Calipari figure in this? It's said that Ferry was far from keen on Calipari, who is close to LeBron but is also one of the more ethically challenged coaches ever to work in the college ranks. Calipari says he's staying where he is, but his word is not exactly gold, so maybe he's in play now as a candidate for head coach,and that means the 'Meter must move again.
Today's meter reading:
