This free agency period has been very entertaining to say the least. With Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James dominating the free agent headlines there has been a lot of speculation where they will end up.
All reports have mentioned “sources” that have shared information with some of sports most reputable reporters. The “sources” have been front and center, and have taken the spotlight during free agency.
Chris Broussard, Brian Windhorst, David Aldridge, Chris Sheridan and Adrian Wojnarowski have been keeping the basketball world afloat during this free agency period. A lot of people give Chris Broussard a hard time (including myself), but he works for ESPN for a reason.
Many people wonder if the “sources” are real, but I am sure that some of the reports aren’t coming from left field. I understand that guys like Broussard and Windhorst want to leak information by the minute, but if something goes wrong it looks bad. In the grand scheme of things it looks masterful making the right guess when trying to predict where the big stars will go during free agency, so I get trying to prove to the sports world that they have some Nastradamus in them.
I am sure that Broussard has more insight than most, but it looks bad when someone reaches. A tweet from Michael Wallace from ESPN Miami even raised concern about the sports reporter/free agent melee. During the last big free agent period in 2010 LeBron James stole the spotlight with the The Decision, this time around it goes to the “sources” of free agency.
I understand wanting to break the biggest sports story of the year, in reporting where LeBron James will land, but it looks like a crapshoot more than anything. I respect the aforementioned guys for what they do in their profession, and I am pretty sure that it is a whirlwind as of now when it comes to free agency.
We may not know where Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James will end up, but we can say that the “sources” have taken over free agency.
