Recently, reports have had the man of the summer LeBron James and Kentucky coach John Calipari linked in a phantom package deal if you will, in which if the Bulls wanted to sign LeBron they would also have to bring Cal in as the new Head Coach.
ESPN Reports:
James and Calipari have become friends through their mutual friendship with Wesley, who is considered one of the most powerful men in basketball. Wesley is part of the “family” that James referred to repeatedly in his postgame comments after the Celtics knocked the Cavaliers out of the playoffs. Wesley was also reportedly involved in steering Rose and Tyreke Evans to Memphis when Calipari was coaching there.
However, according to Chris Broussard of ESPN the Magazine, reports of James demanding Calipari be the coach of whatever team he plays for next season is not true, according to his sources.
Whether this Lebron/ Calipari thing is true or not , to me all this talk about Calipari and Wes sounds like LeBron owes people favors for past transactions. I don’t really believe that LeBron would like a coach so much that he would not play for any other coach, especially John Calipari, did he not just finish playing for Mike Brown? I think a James/Calipari pairing would be similar to what we saw with Mike Brown minus the defensive mentality and we all saw where a LeBron dominated offensive strategy got Cleavland.
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