The LeBron-O-Meter: Bull hockey!

Less than three days to Free Agency. Our nerves are stretched to the breaking point Hold us.

One thing we can say for sure about LeBron's impending free agency: the closer we come to the Big Day, the dumber the things being said about him. So many pundits,  prognosticators and pinheads have declared him definitely headed to one team or another that one writer finally declared not that they're all wrong, but that they're all right:

"Breaking News: LeBron James to play for six NBA teams next year."

But for everyone who recognizes the absurdity of this situation, there are two that turn away in disgust like Christina de Nicola on bleacherreport.com, handing out "shame-on-yous" to ESPN and everyone else in sight:

"But mainly shame on you, LeBron.  Shame on you for toying with basketball, and making yourself bigger than the sport you grew up loving."

We here at 'Meter Central have no use for scolds like that. Half the fun of following the LeBron speculation -- heck, half the fun of watching sports in general  -- is talking about what is and speculating about what could be. Yes, it's out of hand in this case, but so what? No one's getting hurt by it.

So if people want to say LeBron to the Bulls is a done deal, based on the musings of one unidentified NBA executive, then we say "HA!" And our "HA! " is just as good as your shame-on-you.

Except we're getting more nervous by the day as July 1 nears, and in true Cleveland fashion, expect the worst.

Today's Meter Reading: Uh-oh



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.