LeBron James, first you upset the people of Cleveland by abandoning their basketball team. Now you’ve helped the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls in five games, closing the series out last night with an 83-80 victory. That means there’s no sixth game for the NBA Eastern Conference Finals this Saturday.
Caught by a gamer at the recent NBA All-Star game, here’s Miami Heat superstar LeBron James talking about which games he plays (and why he doesn’t play online).
The NBA’s tumultuous off-season involved far more than LeBron James jumping ship to Miami, and basketball video games, which release October 5, will have to react to that on short notice.
Will NBA Jam accommodate the new free agent signings the league saw in the past week? Yep. The game released three screens today showing Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh and, yes, LeBron James, all wearing their new threads.
LeBron James’ decision to leave Cleveland sign with Miami will also change the fortunes of those franchises’ video game counterparts. Expect to catch a lot of the Heat in online multiplayer. And the Cavaliers, formerly the top choice, will vanish.
LeBron James just announced that he will leave Cleveland to join Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the NBA’s Miami Heat, ending the greatest free agency courtship US sports have seen. Here he is in his new threads, via NBA 2K10.
NBA superstar LeBron James convened a six-team pitch summit over the long weekend and could soon choose his next club. Thanks to the magic of video games, we can see what all potential outcomes look like.