This summer has been unlike anything else I have ever seen before in the NBA. It all started with the most coveted group of free-agents in league history, most of which in their prime, available to most teams in the NBA.
The most sought out of them all, LeBron James, decided to "take his talents to South Beach" to join up with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, generally considered the two other top guys available, to make the Heat into an instant title contender and challenge the Los Angeles Lakers, the reigning champs.
The Heat brass, led by Pat Riley, not only convinced these guys to join forces to win titles, but also convinced them to take less money to do so, with James and Bosh leaving around $15 million apiece on the table and Wade taking a bigger cut, around $18 million, since they were coming to join forces with him.
Sounds like everything that NBA players are accused of not doing, right? Too many waste the prime of their careers on teams that will never win a title in order to cash the biggest paycheck available, and then title hop towards the latter parts of their careers when their skills have detoriated, and winning is now the mo ...
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