Were the Clippers a Suitor For LeBron James?
If all you did was watch the ESPN special, “The Decision”, you might be pretty confused about who exactly LeBron James was considering during free agency. When ESPN had to report something FACTUAL, they managed to actually say the name of the Clippers without laughing or gagging. So early in the show, Stuart Scott listed the names of the six teams that met with LeBron last week (listing the Clippers last of course, but at least he included them). The graphics department, however, apparently only had the budget to photoshop five uniforms… because, you know, six would be so much more work, and would take up so much more time. So as we went to the first commercial, the big teaser was LeBron in five different unis – Heat, Cavs, Knicks, Bulls, Nets…. The Clippers didn’t even get in the game this time. They got a ‘Did Not Play – ESPN’s Decision’. Perhaps even more insulting, the Clippers were also omitted on the crawl (which let’s face it, it’s text and it’s almost worthless, how hard wo
