Enter: LeBron-gate. the LeBron saga of would the free agent SF stay loyal to Cleveland or bolt to a bigger market team took over ESPN and virtually every sports media outlet. Everytime LeBron took a piss or took out the trash, rerporters were there chonicling his every move. The LeBron fiasco was almost worse than back to back years of Favre-gate.
When LeBron finally revealed he was going to the Miami Heat along with recent Raptors refugee Chris Bosh in his much contrived hour long special "The Decision" (which aired live on ESPN -_-), the next big question was: OK, now when will they win a championship?
If the Heat don't win a championship in 2011, this entire soap opera of the Heat trying to build their own Big Three like Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen did in Boston will be all for nothing. The Celtics Big Three came in an instantaneously won an NBA title that season showing us all that "anything is possible". Since the Heat are mimmicking the Celtics big move from a few years ago, all of America is expecting the same instant results.
The sports media is thirsting and hovering on the edge of their seats waiting to see if the Heat come through with a championship. If they don't, much of the ire will likely be directed at Mr. James himself, who many are already disgusted with after the way he handled his exit in Cleveland which showed a lack of class and loyalty. It's also in question whether a primma donna like LeBron will be able to handle taking a backseat to Heat star Dwyane Wade, who is the captain of that ship.
If the Heat don't produce an NBA title this season they may as well get out of the kitchen because there is going to be a lot of backlash after all of the offseason hooplah surrounding them.
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