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February 25, 2008
Jay-Z’s relationship with James should worry Cavs
Yahoo! Sports
by Adrian Wojnarowski
Two years ago, the Cavaliers heard Jay-Z’s public position on LeBron’s future and could only imagine what might be said in private. When asked about the possibility of him someday joining the franchise, the Nets’ part-owner paid no mind to league tampering rules and gushed, “How amazing would that be? I tell people all the time, he’s my friend first. If Cleveland is building a championship team around him then my advice is to stay there. If it’s the Nets who are building a championship team that could be around him then my advice is to come to the Nets.”
The league office noticed the comments, but never leveled a fine for tampering. What can Cleveland do? Complain? No chance the Cavs will try to tell James who his friends can be, especially when they pre-date his days in the NBA.
NoLandGrab: Jay-Z appears to have as much respect for the NBA's rules against tampering as Bruce Ratner has for private property.
Posted by eric at February 25, 2008 6:30 PM