For three years, NBA fans have been counting down the days when Lebron, Wade and Bosh would become available for every team with a boatload of cap space. It has become a riveting and compelling yet tiring spectacle as speculation dominates over substance. NBA teams have gutted their teams much like desperate people keep buying lottery tickets in the hope that they would hit the jackpot.
On July 8, 2010, the first domino to fall will be when Lebron James announces where he will go. Every NBA fan as well as the long-suffering Knicks and Nets fans will hope he will be the savior that leads them to former glory. It will be the culmination of all the rumors that have spread starting from the proposed but fading Big 3 (Wade, Lebron, and Bosh) in Miami to Lebron going back to Cleveland while Wade goes to Chicago and Bosh going where the money is.
Cities like New York, New Jersey/Brooklyn, Chicago and Miami, are trying to catch the fancies along with to a comedic extent, the Los Angeles Clippers. The courtship has become reality show upon itself as they try to attract them to a team in the hopes of glamor, marketing power and on the side a chance to rule the NBA for the next decade. In fact, they may dominate the rings for the 2010s as Kobe retires within five years.
At 9pm/6pm Pacific Standard Time, it will be an event that may forever change the NBA landscape much like how the signing of Shaq sent the balance of power to the West. His decision will bring joy to a city while bringing heartbreak and despair for another. The Summer of 2010 will be a year to remember. Yet, it has a sequel to along with it: An impeding Lockout of 2011. Till Then, Enjoy the show.
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