It is. Are you?
Lebron James is the most well-known man in present NBA. All media are praising unanimously: In this season Lebron defending the regular season MVP is almost certain. And his Cleveland Cavaliers has locked the regular season champion ahead of time – for Lebron, the foison of both the personal honor and the team combat gains is inevitable.
The biggest sponsorof James, Nike Comapny, also offers an option contract in time. The contract for 93 million high price in 7 years signed by both sides in 2003 is about to expire. In order to be able to get around the superstar, Nike hurriedly sent fat contract to before the door of his home. “We are proud and honored to keep the partnership between us.” Evidently, Nike is enjoying holding the cash cow. They hold James in the hands so that the fans will continue to regard Nike as the cock in their field.
However, none of MVP, champion of regular season or the cheque of Nike is able to distract him. He has treated the following few months as a turning point for his career, so he will focus on doing everything well during this period. “I will have an extremly busy summer,” James seems to have already had his own plan when talking about his summer plan, “I need to make some vital decisions in this summer.”
Everyone knows that what James considering is only two things: winning and signing. However, for an NBA star, these two things are the two most important issues during his career. “There won’t be ‘large city additional clause’”.Nike renew a contract with James, affecting Lebron’s intention of signing with its strength. Big city clause means although James will choose New York, Los Angeles or Chicago these big cities in 2010 summer, Nike won’t provide an extra reward for the time being. No one can ignore this in silence, because the leaving or staying of James is the storm of whole NBA.
Lebron really hopes that he can be in the eyes of the typhoon in the storm, so he must be careful to make every decision. For his own career , he has even thougnt about giving up the World Championships in Turkey this summer. “It would be extreme honor to fight on the behalf of my country,” he said, “but I have many thing to deal with in this summer, so I will consider the possibility of takig part in the World Championshios.”
No one will blame James for his so called patriotic psychology, because he fought for his country in those summers in the past few years. He has experienced the falure in 2004 Olympic Games and 2006 World Championships, and he has witnessed the success of Dream 8 in Wu Ke Song stadium in Beijing. “It’s possible that I will not go this year.”Sadly, James said. He didn’t mean to miss this game, but at this vital link, he has no alternatives.
“No one can be the franchise player of the USA Team, I don’t want to see players refuse the team that they love without any warrant.” responds Jerry Colangelo, the majordomo of American man’ basketball . He said that there will be no exact list before the training in July, also secretly opening the door for James.
In the future half year, it seems a chain lock is paved before James. What he should do is concentrating on unlocking all the locks in turn in all his effort.