In and around the 2008 Bejing Olympics, rumors came out that some of the members of the US Men's basketball team bonded to such an extent that they pledged that they would play together. Specifically, LeBron James, Dewayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and Chris Paul all conspired to find a team where they could play on the same team, with James, Wade, and Bosh all coming over in 2010 via free agency, and Paul coming over via trade or as a 2012 free agent.
I heard this in 2008, thought it was hilarious, and dismissed it. Then the Knicks started tanking, trading away what few effective players they had for players whose contracts were expiring in 2010, and started a whisper campaign to start wooing LeBron. I still didn't really believe it since the Knicks are basically the Keystone Kops of the NBA.
But then yesterday, word leaked out that Wade and Bosh both signed with Miami. I still didn't quite believe it since Miami has tons of cap space and LeBron would probably want to be on this own team and be his own man.
And today, LeBron announced, via one hour television special on ESPN, that he would be joining Wade and Bosh in Miami. Bum, bum bummmmmmm!!!!
I am now officially a believer in the great Olympics/NBA Free Agency Conspiracy of 2008. By the way, the rumors that Chris Paul was looking to get traded out of New Orleans leaked about two weeks ago, and now I'm sure rumors are going to fly. Very, very interesting times in the NBA hot stove.
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