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November 19, 2008
The Mad Overkiller Oderizes NBA Superstar
Will the NBA's hottest property come to New York and will it be with the Knicks or Nets?
NY Newsday columnist Ken Berger reported on the hype from a pregame interview with The One:
The last time he was in the metropolitan area, on a pre-Olympic tour with Team USA this summer, [LeBron] James mentioned that New York was his favorite city and Brooklyn his favorite borough. His favorite rap mogul, Nets investor Jay-Z, had the best seat in the house for LeBron's visit Tuesday night, and could only have been dreaming about the possibilities.
"I don't know, man," LeBron said, when asked what's going on with the Nets' glacial move to Brooklyn. "I haven't been hands-on about what's the problem. I think we all saw the cutting of the ribbon, but that was the last time we've seen anything going on with the Nets moving to Brooklyn.
"I don't know if it's still in the works, but that's not my problem," he said. "I'm not invested in the team or anything, so I can sleep good at night."
Asked what his friend who is invested in the team thinks, LeBron said, "Um, I don't know. I haven't asked him. And even if we did talk about it, I couldn't tell you guys."
LeBron James may be able to sleep good at night, but Norman The Mad Overkilling Fact-Checking Machine Oder doesn't sleep well unless he sets the record straight on his Atlantic Yards Report blog:
For the records, there have been Atlantic Yards announcements that may seem like the equivalent of a ribbon-cutting, but no ribbon has been cut.
Posted by lumi at November 19, 2008 5:45 AM