Hell, it's louder now than when he actually left Miami to go back to Cleveland. It got out there immediately that "his wife wants to move to LA," followed by reports that he wants to move to LA.

>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.

Weak East or not, free agents aren't going to want to commit three or fours in Cleveland if LeBron has got his eye on the front door. Even with potential trades for Butler and George were partially stalled because those players didn't want to commit to coming to staying more than a year if Bron is gone. Well, that and no team wanted the lousy contracts they'd have to assume in a trade for Love, Smith, and Shumpert, which LeBron campaigned for.