Where In the World is ... Lebron James?

GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING. Today is the day that people have been talking about for 2 years. It is July 1st 2010. The date hardly matters, but what can occur starting today does. Today is the first day of free agency or as it is called this year the first day of the Lebron sweepstakes. Over the next few weeks he will most likely be wined and dined by every NBA team that has any prayer of signing him. Not since MJ made his move to Washington have I heard such buzz about what one person can do for a city.

But where will Lebron end up? As I am moving to Chicago you can imagine my excitement when I found out that the Bulls were a front runner only to find out the next day that according to another source that Miami Heat were the new number 1. Then I wake up this morning and New York is leading the race because Lebron was seen checking out Bill Joel's old apartment. Who knows what tomorrow will show, possibly the New Jersey and Dallas billionaires will be battling it out to see who can spend the most money on impressing King James. And what if, I know it sounds crazy Lebron decides to stay in Cleveland, talk about the most anticlimactic ending ever.

Now I will throw in my 2 cents projection about where I believe Lebron will end up, but even as a betting man I wouldn't put any money on this. And if you were wondering how one could put money on this sweepstakes, the answer my friends, season tickets! Right now season tickets for all teams bidding for Lebron are at a reasonable price, BUT on the day of the signing or just before the signing the ticket prices will go through the roof and your resale of the tickets would provide a nice kickback.

Projection Percentages:

Chicago 35% New York 25% New Jersey 25% Cleveland 10% Miami 5%.

Cowboys get Sicko

Cowboys picked up the free-agent TE, Scott Sicko, yesterday after saying that he would pass on the NFL in order to pursue graduate school. Sicko was cause a bit of an internet stir over the weekend when he announced Saturday that he would not play in the NFL after not being drafted. Some critics thought of it as his ego coming into to play, while others applauded his focus on his academics.

Sicko received calls from 5 teams on Saturday including the Patriots who had a private workout with him, offering contracts for the 2010-2011 season. At that point he said that he had decided in the 7th round that since he hadn't been drafted he would pursue his studies to fulfill his dream of becoming a History teacher.

Sicko has said that if he makes the Cowboys, he will begin taking online classes in either Political Science or History to begin his graduate school studies and if he doesn't' end up with a spot on the roster that he will enroll in one of his graduate schools in the fall.

"What can I say? I changed my mind. I got very comfortable with the Cowboys over the last couple of days. And I made a compromise with myself," Sicko told reporters at the UNH campus Tuesday. After all the talk of if Myron Rollie was really committed to football over his other academic pursuits, a couple of eyebrows are being raised to this changed mind of Sicko and how long it will be before he changes his mind again.

No Ceilings, No Floors

The free agency period has been a active one but not as busy as some would expect considering the lack of a salary cap for the upcoming season. One would assume that without a salary cap everybody would just begin spending as much as they wanted without regard to price as long as the owner could front the money. 


Instead it seems that a majority of the NFL is looking ahead and cleaning up their cap space in anticipation of the eventual return of a cap. Which brings up one of the little talked about aspects factored into this uncapped year: in addition to their being no ceiling limiting the amount of cap space for a team, there is also no minimum that the teams must meet. Going into this season we may see a trend of non-contending teams cutting some of their older players in favor of saving some money in the long run and getting younger. That is not to say that the free agent season has been lacking in action for teams trying to win now. So far we have had 35 players resign with their team, 35 players sign with a new team, and 7 trades.


At the end of this free agent period I'll come back and give you guys a breakdown of the most prominent moves of each of the 30 NFL teams as well as what direction each organizations seems to be headed in.


Here are the most significant players left on the market:
QBs: Jake Delhomme, Derek Anderson, Troy Smith (RFA) and Dante Culpepper
RBs: LaDainian Tomilson, Brian Westbrook, Leon Washington(RFA), Pierre Thomas(RFA), Willie Parker, Jerious Norwood (RFA)
WRs: Terrell Owens, Josh Reed, Steve Breaston(RFA), Brandon Marshall,
TEs: Randy Mcmichael, Alge Crumpler, L.J. Smith
OTs: Jared Gaither (RFA), Mike Gandy, Chester Pitts
DE: Paul Spicer, Derrick Burgess, Adewale Ogunleye, Tyler Brayton, Charles Grant, Ray Edwards
DT: Dwan Edwards, Jimmy Kennedy, Cory Redding, Alfonso Boone
LB: Keith Bullick, Jason Taylor, Antonio Pierce, Larry Foote, Joey Porter, Pina Tinoisamoa Elvis Dummervil
CB: Dre Bly, Deshea Townsend, Rod Hood, Phillip Buchanon
S: Darren Sharper, Roy Williams, Jermaine Phillips, Gerald Sensabaugh