To follow up on THIS POST this morning, this is what it looked like over at the 8th Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets in Manhattan around 7 a.m. this morning. Hoops breaking out in the rain with the Red LeBron basketballs left on the court. Apparently red basketballs were left on 23 playgrounds around the city and we’re hearing there might be something going on up by MSG pre-game tonight …
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November 25th, 2008 at 11:58 am
calvin brodus says:
It seems that Bron almost has more home court advantage in NYC than he does in Cleland.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
rlf says:
isn’t this sort of tampering? i think the owners of the cavs have a case if they want to take it to the nba.
i mean sort of tampering if the knicks are involved in any of this.
but i’m sure nike is doing all of this.
it’s x-mas time for the guys at dime, there boy crush is in new york!!!
November 25th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
justice says:
stealing as new yorkers, are schools closed today? if so all those balls are gone at all locations..
November 25th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
eddy says:
i love this….i love the hype….i told u guys before this is why he should come here…everything is blown up in ny….he comes here he will be the best player of all time, all he gotta do is put up the same numbers and bring one championship…think about it in what other nba city does this happen? not even l.a. and they have a winning team….
November 25th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
srb says:
I know you gotta cover all this stuff Dime, but are we really going to have to hear about this stuff for the next season and a half?
lebron in 2010 is getting to be like Brett Favre’s text messages to the pakcers for me. ANNOYING.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
eddy says:
this is starting to show that hes the best player in the nba… believe it or not he has more fans in new york than ne where you cant go nowhere without somebody having a pair of lebrons on… when i play ball thats all everyone talks about “lebron”….nike’s been doing this on purpose, i knew he was going to n.y from day 1….when i was in highschool and playin outside nike reps used to come and show us the new lebron shoe and give us lebron stuff…and he was in his second year in he league when everyone though carmelo was better….
November 25th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Max says:
If Lebron comes to NY and the Yankees with the World Series with CC being one of their aces, I think the city of Cleveland is going to set itself on fire.
November 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
JCARR says:
Is there a part 3 and 4??? WOW!!
November 25th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
rlf says:
enjoy dime:
The Cleveland argument is that James already is a marketing icon. But according to Manhasset-based Marketing Evaluations, Inc., the Q Scores Company, James has a 47-percent “level of familiarity” among a poll of general population from the past summer, which ranks sixth among basketball figures.
Michael Jordan, who retired in 2003, leads the way at 82 percent. Shaquille O’Neal is tops among active players at 80 percent and his former Lakers sidekick, Kobe Bryant, is third at 75 percent. Magic Johnson is fourth at 73 percent and it drops off dramatically after that, with Yao Ming just ahead of James for fifth at 49 percent familiarity.
Among sports fans, James is fifth in level of familiarity at 72 percent. Bryant leads the way with 90 percent and Jordan and Johnson are tied for second (89), followed by Shaq (87).
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/ny-spknix255941251nov25,0,1652333.story
nike just wastes their money on lebron, this guy has more advertisment than any other athlete and basically is not working. so SAD!
November 25th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
that's whats up says:
it’s to Nike’s great benefit that LBJ play in New York.
The League too.
Unless Lebron gets a major injury within the next year and a half, he is going to be the most marketable Superstar and the GLOBAL demand for him will be extremely high. He will also be in his prime and probably surpass Kobe as best all-around by then. hell, he might do that this year.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
MadSammyboy says:
It’s interesting, and exciting in a way, I guess, but I’m already getting sick of hearing about this. Are other companies going to start throwing money around in other cities that have projected cap space in 2010?
Meanwhile, somewhere in America, some family is trying to decide if they’re going to keep their house or their car, because they can’t afford both anymore… what a waste of money. LeBron’s the man, but this is the last thing our country needs.