It was made official Thursday - LeBron James is heading to Miami to play with the Heat and his buddies, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade.
Last week I blogged, hours before the LeBron's Decision TV special and what do you know I and everyone else with any interest in professional sports were right.
He signed the identical contact Wade and Bosh did and now three of the NBA's best players will all be wearing the same uniform.
Forget about the all-star game. Every Miami Heat game will now be considered an all-star game.
The three superstars all gave up on winning a championship themselves and having the spotlight shine directly on them, for a pay cut and instant chance to legitimately win the NBA championship.
In no other professional sport is the starting lineup as important as it is in basketball. Sure the bench is key, but without stars on the court for most of the game no team can win a championship.
Boston and Los Angeles have their fair share of stars, but they don't match up to what the Heat have just signed and now the NBA has a three-headed monster in Miami.
I may follow basketball more next season than I have before and, yes, it will be because of the Miami Heat and yes in the end this could be better for the sport - kind of like when Gretzky went to the Kings, but I really hope the Heat can't buy a championship like the Yankees do in baseball.
The most talented NBA team will no doubt have a bull's eye on their backs and if someone can beat them I, along with many others fans and everyone from Cleveland, will stand up and cheer against the three all-stars.
There is a reason baseball fans either love or hate the Yankees. I am guessing the Miami Heat will be in the same situation for the next five years.
Respect the players for wanting to win and taking a pay cut to play together, but is it fair to the rest of the league?
I guess that doesn't really matter. No team thinks of how their opponents will feel after making a deal and Toronto and Cleveland are both not going to ask the NBA to start investigating whether the stars signing was a case of tampering.
In the end, if the players don't want to play with their old team, the team shouldn't want them back. Move on and try to shove it in their faces.
If you thought Edmonton Oilers' fans were ticked off when Chris Pronger left town, imagine what Cleveland fans are thinking of LeBron. They held parades and rallies to try to convince him to stay and he jumped ship. When Miami plays in Cleveland there's a good chance we will hear the boos from the Battlefords.
The King is dead in Cleveland and could be scheduling some championship parties in Miami.
