Knicks and Bulls out of equation officially now. South Beach is ready for their Queen. Fits the bill well with all those homos. And Jerry rips the Heat current roster, wow.
Reinsdorf not banking on getting LeBron
CHICAGO -- Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is taking a realistic approach to LeBron James' announcement Thursday night.
As James prepared to reveal on ESPN which team he's going to, Reinsdorf did not get his hopes up.
"We're not banking on getting him," Reinsdorf told ESPNChicago.com's Melissa Isaacson. "He certainly has not given us any indication that he's coming here, so we have to assume he's going somewhere else.
"I have to think the team he's going to must know."
Indications Thursday morning suggested James would join Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade in Miami.
And while Reinsdorf wanted to sign James, he's not conceding any ground in the Eastern Conference.
"Miami will have three great players, but no center, no point guard and no cap room," Reinsdorf said. "I think we'll be better if he comes to us, but I think we'll be a great team without him."
And that was the message Reinsdorf, vice president John Paxson, general manager Gar Forman and coach Tom Thibodeau conveyed to James during their meeting Saturday.
"I opened the meeting saying, 'If it's in the best interest of your family, and for loyalty reasons, you want to stay in Cleveland, you should stay in Cleveland. I am not here to tell you to leave Cleveland, but to let you know that if you decide to leave Cleveland, we're the best place for you to go,'" Reinsdorf said. "I wouldn't even try to talk him into leaving Cleveland, but I would tell him that we're better than New York, New Jersey and Miami.
"If he comes here, we have a great team. If he goes to New York or Miami, we're going to be better than New York or Miami."
And Reinsdorf shot down the notion that a perceived lack of loyalty to former Bulls stars such as Michael Jordan impacted James or other free agents.
"LeBron told us he talked to Michael, and Michael said very positive things about the Bulls and about me," Reinsdorf said. "It's nice to hear, but I've seen Michael many times since he stopped playing, and we have a very cordial relationship. So I wasn't shocked, but I was gratified."
Reinsdorf not banking on getting LeBron
CHICAGO -- Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is taking a realistic approach to LeBron James' announcement Thursday night.
As James prepared to reveal on ESPN which team he's going to, Reinsdorf did not get his hopes up.
"We're not banking on getting him," Reinsdorf told ESPNChicago.com's Melissa Isaacson. "He certainly has not given us any indication that he's coming here, so we have to assume he's going somewhere else.
"I have to think the team he's going to must know."
Indications Thursday morning suggested James would join Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade in Miami.
And while Reinsdorf wanted to sign James, he's not conceding any ground in the Eastern Conference.
"Miami will have three great players, but no center, no point guard and no cap room," Reinsdorf said. "I think we'll be better if he comes to us, but I think we'll be a great team without him."
And that was the message Reinsdorf, vice president John Paxson, general manager Gar Forman and coach Tom Thibodeau conveyed to James during their meeting Saturday.
"I opened the meeting saying, 'If it's in the best interest of your family, and for loyalty reasons, you want to stay in Cleveland, you should stay in Cleveland. I am not here to tell you to leave Cleveland, but to let you know that if you decide to leave Cleveland, we're the best place for you to go,'" Reinsdorf said. "I wouldn't even try to talk him into leaving Cleveland, but I would tell him that we're better than New York, New Jersey and Miami.
"If he comes here, we have a great team. If he goes to New York or Miami, we're going to be better than New York or Miami."
And Reinsdorf shot down the notion that a perceived lack of loyalty to former Bulls stars such as Michael Jordan impacted James or other free agents.
"LeBron told us he talked to Michael, and Michael said very positive things about the Bulls and about me," Reinsdorf said. "It's nice to hear, but I've seen Michael many times since he stopped playing, and we have a very cordial relationship. So I wasn't shocked, but I was gratified."
