Absolutely no one knows for sure where LeBron James will be next season. Probably not even LeBron himself.
If LeBron does end up leaving Cleveland, and shattering the hearts of Cavs fans everywhere, then he won't do it because of money. More than likely Cleveland can offer LeBron just as much money as any other team can thanks to their cap space.
However, if LeBron's top priority is winning a championship anytime soon then he's has to get out of Cleveland. The last few years have shown that he just doesn't have the supporting cast that it takes to win a championship.
We saw that first hand in Game 5 of the Celtics series when LeBron had one of his worst games of his playoff career. The Cavs fell apart like a wet newspaper as soon as they realized LeBron was not going to be his heroic self.
Championship teams don't rely on just one player, even if it is one of the best the game has ever seen. Whenver Michael Jordan had a bad game, which he did, his supporting cast was always there to stop the bleeding.
He's already admitted that winning a championship is all that matters to him which leads me to believe he's not coming back to Cleveland.
His best option if he wants to win a championship as soon as possible is the Chicago Bulls. This team is full of young talent that's only going to get better. They played right with LeBron's Cavaliers in this postseason, but were lacking just one more playmaker.
If LeBron would have been on the Bulls instead of the Cavs this season then you're looking at a Bulls sweep of the Cavs, hands down.
Critics of this scenario say that there's not enough room for LeBron and Derrick Rose, but I beg to differ. Rose is a laid back player who doesn't need to ball in his hands to be effective. You also got rising stars like Joakim Noah and Luol Deng to help LeBron out.
This is going to be a dangerous team in the Eastern Conference in a few years, with or without LeBron.
Even though LeBron's personal brand will sky rocket if he goes to either the Knicks or the Nets, these two teams don't give him the best chance to win a championship. He's better off staying in Cleveland if he wants to use that reasoning.
Some people are guessing that he'll go to the Clippers and try to create a legacy of his own with a new franchise, much like Jordan did with the Bulls. However, LeBron cares too much about his personal brand and playing on the west coast will keep him from getting that mass appeal.
It's really a shot in the dark at guessing where LeBron will be next season, but if winning championships is truly his top priority then Chicago is his next stop.
LeBron's Top Five Choices
- Chicago- supporting cast: Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Brad Miller
- New York- supporting cast: David Lee, Al Harrington, Tracy McGrady, Chris Duhon
- Cleveland- supporting cast: Antawn Jamison, Mo Williams, Anthony Parker
- LA Clippers- supporting cast: Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Blake Griffin, Drew Gooden
- New Jersey- supporting cast: Devin Harris, Courtney Lee, Brook Lopez
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