Ok, everyone I’m giong to make the announcement before anyone else: LeBron has picked Chicago!
Congrats, Bulls fans. And good luck with your many future titles!
Of course, we haven’t yet confirmed this. But we wanted to be the first — just like all the other journalists and faux journalists (a.k.a., “bloggers”) out there. And since we are not connected in any way to LeBron James and really have no clue what he’ll say on ESPN in a tad bit, we’ve reduced ourselves to a projection based on nothing. But we’ll just keep reporting that James made his pick based on team chemistry, his love for Chicago and the team’s six championships under his hero Michael Jordan.
“I have some big shoes to fill here,” James didn’t say Thursday. “I just hope I can live up to the expectations of Chicago fans and win some championships.”
Fans at Chicago sports bars were reportedly cheering wildly while drinking beers and ignoring the Cubs. Meanwhile, there was an audible groan from Cleveland fans and Dwyane Wade, the latter saying, “Hey, wait — I stayed in Miami for THIS? I promised to take LeBron boogie boarding if he came to Florida!”
As part of the deal, the Bulls agreed to retire whatever number James chooses before he even plays a single game in Chicago and to erect a statue that’s 1 inch larger than Jordan’s outside the United Center, which is to be named the King’s Court.
