by C. Sharpe
The Superfriends W.B.J. on the Super Heat!
9:32 pm in Celebrity, Sports by C. Sharpe
All right Miami!!! It is official. The final piece of the puzzle, the icing on the cake, the cherry on the sundae has been made. Your basketball team is officially the Super HEAT of South Beach, Miami… at least on paper. That is because the 3 top picks of the 1993 draft will sign with the Miami Heat.
Lebron James made it official at about 9:25 PM on Thursday July 8, after Bosh and Wade had committed a day earlier.
W: Dwyane Wade
Wade, nicknamed Flash or otherwise known as D-Wade, agreed to re-sign with the Heat… terms estimated at 6 years $125 million US dollars. The 28 year old Wade was the #5 pick of the 1993 draft and has carried the Heat to a championship in 2006, when he was 24 years old.
B: Chris Bosh
Bosh, nicknamed CB4, agreed he cannot win a championship by himself and agreed to come to Miami, estimated at 5 years $96 million. The #4 pick of the 2003 draft, Bosh ended up in Toronto with the Raptors and didn’t taste as much success as his other two brethren but decided to roll with his boys into South Beach to enjoy the wild ride.
J: Lebron James
And now, a few minutes ago, Lebron James has agreed to come to “South Beach and join Bosh and Wade.”
Everyone knows King James or LBJ. He was the #1 pick of the 2003 draft straight out of high school. The man was more matured than the typical 18 year old. Over the years, he’s had lots of individual success and accolades but fewer team successes than he would like… like an NBA championship or 2 or … 6, for example. Only time will tell if his last-minute 1-hour announcment (obviously orchestrated by ESPN) on Thursday will manifest itself into the type of success he is looking for. As the 25 year old James said, “I just want to win.”
Conclusions?
This is the making of a 3-man super team, just better than the Celtics when they signed Garnett, Pierce, and Allen together.
So, after this, thr Heat should have 4 men under contract (the fourth being Chalmers) because Beasley is probably included in a trade to Toronto for Bosh. They still have to sign their 3 draft picks bringing it up to 7 players. So they will still need at least another 5 players for minimum to just above-minimum contracts. Anyone of you Yawdies with any game who are willing to go to Heat camp and play for a small $250K or so?
Let’s see how this plays out and if it translates into sold-out arena, playoffs, and championships in Miami.
Will this combo work?
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First I must commend you on this article, but I must say that track & field is larger in the Caribbean than basketball. Though it’s nice that the Miami Heat is now a mini-dream team, It would’ve been good to report on the details behind the positive test by Shelly-Ann Fraser. Apparently she didn’t declare a toothace medicine she was taking. She does wear braces.
I hope it’s nothing more than a misunderstanding as Jamaica doesn’t need this right now. Also, Track & Field has suffered enough my yute.
Thanks for your comment, @tnoon (Troy). C.Sharpe (@csharpe), Peta-Gaye (@immaculategirl), others, and I do not and cannot report every story. This is not a news network. We do provide certain news posts whenever we can so people stay informed.
Very few responses
We get sometimes between 200 and over 1000 visitors every day here and very few of them read the articles (a very small percentage) and a much smaller percentage posts anything, stimulating though most of the posts are. We gauge these numbers by unique visits to the post pages vs unique visitors to Yowlink site,
What this indicates?
I speak for myself when I say that it seems to indicate one of 2 things:
(1) people already know the details of every posts we put here
(2) people do not care and are here for other reasons
You are empowered and encouraged to post these things… one of the main reason for Yowlink
In any case, this network empowers you and every member to create a blog, or groups, or forums, and post about things like this that you think will benefit all of us on here.
In terms of the positive test
On the positive test, it’s unfortunate. I join with you hoping it’s nothing more than a misunderstanding. I do love Shelly-Ann and respect and commend her for what she has accomplished thus far.
Wade, Bosh, and James post
I love the post, not because @csharpe is my bredren but because most of us tuned in to ESPN to see the fiasco… er… announcement. Lebron looked like the bad guy but this was actually an ESPN charade.
It is a great thing that three of the 5 best basketballers on the planet are on the same team. All my brothers, Caribbean male friends and some females have been intrigued by this for weeks… Basketball is very popular amongst Caribbean folks…
My brother/sister, I wasn’t suggesting that you report everything. As one yute who read your posts and value ALMOST ALL of them, I want to see more from you that pertains to the Caribbean. That’s all I was saying.
Secondly, the brother writes very well and I notice he writes a lot about Sports. The problem is that he writes many things about Tiger Woods, NBA, etc., which many of my people nuh interested in.
I do understand your point about people not reading nor replying because I’ve witnessed it myself. But, it is worse if the items do not pertain to them.
The article is pertinent. All I’m saying is, I would’ve liked to see something on the Track & Field recent happenings with Fraser, etc.
On the other hand, I’ve noticed that your other articles (social & site-related) are 100% on point like Dudus, the new T&T prime minister, etc.
Dem breda deh a go mash down di place. You are talking 3 of the best players in NBA history, perhaps top 100 of all times. Anyway, the crazy owner of Cleveland Cavaliers had this to say in his “Open Letter to Cleveland fans”:
The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you. …
You simply don’t deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.
In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:
“I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE”
You can take it to the bank.
But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called “curse” on Cleveland, Ohio.
The self-declared former “King” will be taking the “curse” with him down south. And until he does “right” by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.
Just watch.
Da bredda yah cold… I only hope he’s not working obeah or believe in witchcraft or anything like that. This bredda is wishing for the worst for the player who left Cleveland for:
– less money
– to play with 2 other superstars
– better hopes of winning a championship
– less empahsis on individual stardom
Sounds not-so-selfish to me…
Dem fine the Cleveland Cavaliers US $100K, not a lot for a guy with so much money, but a lot by NBA fine standards for de letter him write the other day when Lebron left Cleveland.
Correction to above: The above should seh, “Dem fine the Cleveland Cavaliers US $100K,…”
Sorry for the consecutive posts.