This news is not shocking to me at all. I always had a hunch that LeBron felt personally responsible for Cleveland's humiliation and self destruction of themselves these past couple years. What I would like to see happen though is for Dan Gilbert to leave the organization. He has been ridiculously blessed with three number one draft picks (one bust, potentially two since Wiggins hasn't played yet) and an unexpected joining of the King himself, LeBron these past four years. For making such an ass of himself, he should of at least apologized and he himself didn't even apologize to LeBron publicly. To me it shows a lot of character for LeBron to go back to an organization that disowned him in such a way. Kudos to him, as a Celtics fan and a huge NBA nut I tip my hat off to him, even though I still dislike him for various reasons.
In other news, I believe with this news Carmelo has no choice but to go to the Bulls if he wants to win anything in his career while still being a key contributor. With an addition of Carmelo, the Bulls will gain the offensive presence they want with him and now McDermott coming off the bench, and if D-Rose could get healthy again and play at a high level or even be a mediator on offense they could possibly have a very interesting and scary offense running there. Thibodeau being a great coach can get Carmelo to play higher level defense, unlike previous coaches like George Karl and Mike Woodson who praised offense before defense. I believe what the Bulls have already and with an addition of Carmelo could be a lethal team, and I believe that they will be able to overcome the Cavs or mentally frail Pacers in a deep playoff run and possibly make a run at the finals.
Also, with this Lin trade and possible trade of Omer Asik, this Houston Rockets team just maybe the biggest winner in free agency. As much as I love Terrence Jones, there weakest link was definitely the inability to really stretch the floor like they wanted too last season. With the addition of Bosh they now have the true definition of a 'stretch four' and a high caliber player who has been severely under rated in these past four years. An excellent offensive player who can take over games, an excellent defender of power forwards and occasionally centers and a leader on the court who knows what to do in clutch scenarios. I think the Rockets with the starting lineup of Beverly, Harden, Parsons, Bosh and Howard is one of the nastiest and best put together lineups in the league right now and honestly have a great shot of doing some work in the West. I'd say they right now if everything pans out like they want are the second best team in the West behind only the Spurs, and I believe this is a huge nightmare for other teams in the West like the Thunder and Clippers. This season will definitely be one of the best seasons to watch and a real exciting one at that. I can't wait to see how this season pans out.