I don't see why he needs to dispel every rumor regardless of accuracy. What player is asked to do that? EVERY player says "I'm not commenting until I hit free agency."

And what's the incentive to commit long-term when he's done Gilbert a favor by coming back in the first place? He contributed to the mess? Again, I agree, but that doesn't mean they have to do some dumb shit that's going to piss him off. If he walks next offseason then they go back to being mediocre.

>Then there's the talk that LeBron wasn't very active in
>"recruiting" free agents to join the team. Now, I've always
>found the insistence that players help recruit free agents
>when they're otherwise on vacation a little dumb, but if he
>really believes the team had to make moves this off-season to
>be competitive next year, then he really should have hit the
>phones and worked his connections.

Either you believe they should have to recruit or not, can't have it both ways. And having LeBron in a weak East is incentive enough for someone to want to sign.