Apparently, LeBron is planning an hour “special” on ESPN to announce his free agency plans. This is Busch League, Bron. It’s what high schoolers do who announce where they will play college ball. I’d say that you are better than this, but apparently, you are not.
Remember when Jordan broke the biggest news possibly ever to hit the NBA– when he returned from the baseball experiment? Two words, no presser: “I’m back.” He could have justified a one-hour TV special, because people would have been rapt by the drama of him, his father, his childhood dream, etc. Here, you are simply serving your own self-aggrandizement. My ambivalence toward you is headed toward antipathy; and, I suspect the same is true of others.
Stan Van Gundy Quote.
“It’s gotten ridiculous. It’s almost like a parody of itself, this whole situation now. Come on, an hour long? It takes 15 seconds to say I’ve decided to stay in Cleveland but we’ve got another 59 minutes and 45 seconds to, what? Promote LeBron James?
“As if we don’t do that enough. Look, the guy’s a great player and wherever he goes, my bet would be Cleveland, that place will be excited. But an hour-long special?”
Hollywood and Van Gundy are One
Has anyone ever done this before? Has anyone even announced a signing with more than just a typical statment of “I’m signing with this team, yay, $$”?
People have press conferences for it, I believe. But I don’t know if anyone has ever turned it into a Charlie Brown TV special. Apparently, Lebron had to ok the advertisers who bought time on the program.
My secret hope is that he will almost tell us where he’s going and then ask us to tune in next week. It will be like that LOST show that the kids love so much. LeLost, dig?
And this:
http://deadspin.com/5581889/lebron-james-is-a-cocksucker?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+deadspin%2Ffull+%28Deadspin%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
I should note that the advertising is apparently going to charity, but still ultimately glorifying the King