Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 9:00 am  |  61 responses

Welcome to the … LeBron Channel?

by Marcel Mutoni

It’s LeBron James, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Why the hell not, right? It’s not like there’s anything good on TV these days anyway.

All four major sports leagues in the U.S. have their own television networks, and according to the latest (and juiciest) rumor out of New York, the Knicks believe LeBron is a big enough brand to merit his very own.

The NY Daily News reports:

Speaking of which, the latest LeBron to the Knicks rumor I’ve heard is that Cablevision – which owns the Knicks but not the Daily News – will circumvent the salary cap by giving LeBron his own channel. I don’t know exactly how that will work but that’s what I’ve heard.

As of today, I say there is a 90 percent chance LeBron is coming to New York … and 100 percent chance that I won’t be watching the LeBron channel.

If the League allowed the Knicks to do this, to pretty much waltz around the restrictions of the salary cap, the idea may just be crazy enough to work. A television network could potentially be the source of enormous revenues for Team LeBron — just ask the New York Yankees.

These Knick-related rumors are only going to intensify as the summer of 2010 draws closer; by next June, the tabloids will be telling us that James Dolan is promising LeBron mayorship of the city.

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  • g

    sounds wack

  • that dude

    everybody here needs to stop frontin’. I’d watch, and everybody who has commented here will too.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    he really wants to become a billionaire though you can tell.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    for the record i would only be watching ACTUAL GAMES if they are shown. LeBron doesn’t have the personality to keep me interested.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    I’ll believe it when I see it.

  • http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Guy-Dupuy-s-ridiculous-new-dunk;_ylt=ArUf78nf1e6m.CYLHndihuG8vLYF?urn=nba,187926 Dacre

    OKAY CLICK ON MY NAME: self alley, over a dude, THROUGH THE LEGS windmill!
    watch it now.

  • T Bone

    why are so many people so shocked at this idea??? all of the big football teams in europe have their own channels. its not like this would be a new idea…..

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Blinguo

    Taking the NBA TV “24 hours of LeBron” last season to the extremes. Or just stealing the idea.

  • Yesse

    Wouldnt watch it.LeBron is all ready overrated and over commercialized.He is a good player, but all the hype of him going to the finals and shit did not happen.NBATV shows LeBron almost 24hours a day.

  • BallerUnknown

    I’d watch is, only reason is cause the NBA Channel cost money, which this better not, won’t be worth it.

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