Also, Matt LaPorta needs to produce for the Tribe, or the C.C. Sabathia trade starts to look like a bust, Bud says.
LeBron to Chicago a done deal? Bud Shaw doesn't think so.Welcome to today's edition of Starting Blocks TV, our Web video show about what's going on in Cleveland sports. Today's show is hosted by Bill Lubinger and Branson Wright. Today's highlights:
• An unnamed NBA source has said that it's a 'done deal' that LeBron James will end up going to the Chicago Bulls, along with Toronto's Chris Bosh. Do you think the die has been cast, even though the official free agency period doesn't begin until Thursday? Cast your vote in the poll now posted on the Starting Blocks blog.
• Plain Dealer columnist Bud Shaw, today's guest, says why he doesn't think the Bulls deal is done, and that he believes LeBron will end up re-signing with the Cavaliers, as he wrote in today's column.
• Speaking of changing places, Bud says it's time that Matt LaPorta was given an opportunity to play every day with the Indians. He adds that if LaPorta doesn't show have a productive season the rest of the way, it will call into question whether the Tribe's deal that sent C.C. Sabathia to Milwaukee a couple of years ago was a bust.
• Bud talks about Manny Acta's comments after Friday's loss that he has told the team not to worry about wins and losses, just to worry about getting better.
SBTV will return Tuesday.