NBA Free Agency: Knicks Sign Amar'e Stoudemire, Where's LeBron James Going?

Otto Greule Jr/Getty ImagesKnicks have officially agreed upon a free agent agreement with Amare Stoudemire on a contract worthalmost 100million for 5 years.My guess is that theKnicks must know whether LeBron's choice is NY or other cities that recruited him. I believetheyhave a strong reason Reebok Dallas Cowboys #82 Jason Witten Realtree camo Jersey
tothinkJames is coming to New York. Here's my reasoning.Reports have beensaying that Knicks had made progress with Amare and the deal was on the table. It was, however, said to be contingent upon LeBron's decision. The offer wasgoing to be off if LeBron chooses NY and wants to bring his handpicked teammate, say Chris Bosh. Now the Knicks have gone ahead and made an agreement.Maybe Knicks were scared of being shut out in this summer and wanted to get at least one elite FA when they can. But if you think about it, it was almostan onehorse race for Amare. He's had meetings with other teams but only Knicks made a serious offer to him. He also wanted tocome to New York knowing thatKnicks werethe only one willing to take a risk on his once fragile body. So what's the Reebok Dallas Cowboys #9 Tony Romo Realtree camo Jersey
hurry when there was very little competition? Surely the Knickscould have waiteduntil LeBron's decision?There was that second meeting.Knicks executives and LeBron's agents hadan extrameeting after all the teams made their one time appeal to LeBron himself. It was supposedly about salary caps and contract offer to Amare. Until that second meeting, offer to Amare was just that, an offer. Now it is an agreement. Knicks brass must have gotten some hint from that meeting. If they got any negative vibe about Amare, Knicks would have held off on theagreement.Chicago can't give him the scoring power inside unless they trade Deng which will be extremely hard or sign David Lee who LeBron never seemed too interested. And what if Wade signs with Chicago first? Then he can't even go Reebok Denver Broncos #15 Tim Tebow Realtree camo Jersey
to Miami, where it is sobarren at the moment.He could take Bosh to New Jersy but Bosh didn't seem so interested in going there.He could stay in Cleveland which is probably the right thing to dothat isif he has enough confidence in himself that he can win with whichever surrounding cast given to him, without future draft picks and cap room.By Knicks signing Amare and Joe Johnson staying with Hawks, LeBron is getting squeezed. His choices are dwindling.