The Lebron James saga: When did basketball get infected by reality TV?
Lebron James's televised announcement of where he plans to spend the next phase of his basketball career has people asking where reality television draws the line...
From EW.com:
Let’s just say up front that I am not a big basketball fan. What I am a fan of, though, is a good sports story, and this past week has provided one of the most fascinating spectacles I’ve seen in a long time: LeBron James’ extended, torturous mulling over his free-agency prospects.
It culminated last night in a live announcement on ESPN where the 25-year old forward confirmed he would be leaving his hometown team the Cleveland Cavaliers—not to mention disappointing high-profile suitors like the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls—to play for the Miami Heat with two fellow stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
As an outsider, it’s been interesting to read the morning-after commentary from sports columnists, almost all of whom have been brutal toward James. And it’s not necessarily because he decided to ditch Cleveland or jilt New York—it seems he was guaranteed to piss people off no matter what he did.
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