Lebron James, Nba Free Agent | featured news

Maybe it's a seismic shift in the NBA landscape. Or it's just a little wave washing up on South Beach. One way or another, LeBron James has the league's attention. Around the NBA Friday, everyone was talking about the impact of James' decision to spurn the Cleveland Cavaliers and form an All-Star trio with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami.

Dear computer users: If you're ever going to write a fuming letter, think twice before setting the font to the oh-so-mockable Comic Sans.

Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert says LeBron James "quit" during the playoffs and should be accountable for his actions. Gilbert, who posted a letter to Cavs fans on the team's website shortly after James announced he plans to sign with Miami, tells The Associated Press late Thursday night that he feels "personally betrayed" by James and that it's "accountability...

Wow. That felt a bit like American Idol. And in the end it's Miami, which everyone had predicted. How does LeBron explain his decision to leave his hometown team? "It's heartfelt for me," James said. "It's hard to explain. But at the same time my heart and the seven years I gave to that franchise and that city was everything."

LeBron James' dramatic and historic free agency will have a fitting conclusion - on TV. ESPN reported Tuesday night that James will announce his future NBA plans during a one-hour special on its network at 9 p.m. Thursday. ESPN's Chris Broussard said James' "representatives" contacted the network and asked for the unusual arrangement.

A New York Knicks official said the NBA club had a second meeting
with the agent for LeBron James on Saturday morning in Cleveland,
the New York Post reported Sunday.

It's not Lebron James, which is probably the most anticipated signing of the NBA free agent season, but it is a signing, and we'll see more to come, at least among teams with sufficient cap space and money to do so.

Finally free to leave Cleveland, LeBron James is ready to hear reasons why he should. The NBA's long-awaited free agency period opened early Thursday, with teams such as New York and Miami focusing their attention on California.

An NBA executive says the Bulls have emerged as a favorite in the free agency sweepstakes for LeBron James, along with Chris Bosh, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

The NBA says Dwyane Wade did not break any league tampering rules by saying he wants to talk with other marquee players before deciding whether to stay with the Miami Heat.