ON LEBRON AND ECONOMIC BOOM

At past noontime tomorrow (Manila time), the LeBron James  sweepstakes officially takes off. Various internet reports say that the King is leaning towards the Chicago Bulls as his next NBA destination. But other teams remain hopeful that they will land basketball’s most precious property. Aside from the Bulls, other teams likely to get a crack at the Akron, Ohio native includes the New York Knicks, Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks.

Whatever team James chooses for the coming season and beyond will not only benefit from his cage exploits but the whole City itself will reap dividends economic wise. There are reports that a cash windfall of at least $ 2 billion awaits the city of Chicago if ever James becomes a Bull.

The LeBron James bonanza will surely go down as the most anticipated and biggest free agent lottery in NBA history.

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The Ginebra Gin Kings will parade new import Chris Daniels of Kentucky when it goes up against the Rain Or Shine squad in tomorrow’s playoff game for the second quarterfinal berth in the PBA Fiesta Conference.

Daniels replaces Denham Brown and will be the Ginebra’s fourth import in this conference alone. So far, half of the ten-team league had already changed import during the course of the confab. Alaska’s Diamon Simpson, San Miguel’s Gabe Freeman, TNT’s Shawn Daniels, Sta. Lucia’s Anthony Johnson and Barako’s Sammy Monroe were the only reinforcements who survived the 18-game elimination campaign of their respective ballclubs.

As per PBA rules, teams are allowed to replace imports until the end of the semi-finals.

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Boston Celtics great and former Minnesota Timberwolves GM and coach Kevin McHale might make a comeback to Beantown. With Glen (Doc ) Rivers still undecided if he wants to continue coaching the Celtics, McHale’s name has been floated as the possible top choice for Rivers’ post.

During the recent NBA finals, McHale was asked of his reaction regarding the possibility of a coaching vacancy in Boston that may happen during this summer and says:

"That's way down the road, we'll see where it goes."