Ricketts reiterated his complaint “there are a lot of things we have to deal with at Wrigley Field that other teams don’t, whether that’s signage restrictions, rooftops, other people selling Cubs gear right outside the park.”

Um, I think Mr. Ricketts needs to visit other ballparks around the country. I'm pretty sure, oh, just about all of them have sellers just outside of the ballpark selling the teams' (not to mention, other teams) merchandise. Sure, some might be partnered with the team in question (ie, Grandstand and the White Sox) but you can't tell me that every one of those selling merch just past the viaduct on 35th are legit and licensed with the Sox.

It sucks so bad that they refused to even publicly mention the idea of playing somewhere else.

For all the Lebron love that this show has, I wish they'd return back to the original problem with Lebron going to Miami. It's hard to judge him for real. He's clearly great but he's playing on a team with two other all star starters. It's hard to tell if this run of his is actually because he's the most unstoppable force in NBA history or if teams simply have no answer for 3 of the 5 best players in the conference*. This was the problem all along. Lebron took the easy way out. He took a path that was still hard to judge him on. We know he is a top 10 all time player. We just will never know if he's a top 1 all time player.

...or they could just continue to sound like obsessed fan boys.


*-I know that all star starter does not necessarily mean they are top 5, but it certainly puts them in the discussion.

It's hard to judge him for real. He's clearly great but he's playing on a team with two other all star starters. It's hard to tell if this run of his is actually because he's the most unstoppable force in NBA history or if teams simply have no answer for 3 of the 5 best players in the conference*.

Couldn't you have said the same thing about Jordan?

No. It looks like he never played on a team with more than Scottie being an All-Star. Grant and Armstrong were All-Stars in 93-94.

Come on, Rick. I don't believe your point is really about who made an All-Star team. Rodman is in the Hall of Fame. Just about every great player played on teams with other great players. I don't think it's hard to tell who is who at all.

While I clearly appreciate what Rodman brought to the table, he wasn't All-Star caliber in Chicago.

Didn't he lead the league in rebounding all three seasons?

I haven't watched the NBA closely this year but isn't it mostly LeBron?

Wade is pretty old for his age and Bosh is nothing special.

I don't think Bosh and Wade are better than Pippen/Grant or Pippen/Rodman

Didn't he lead the league in rebounding all three seasons?

How many All-Star games did he make?

Rick you're putting waaaaay too much stock into all star appearances

Not in this context. The whole point is that Lebron is playing with two other current All-Star starters. People love to put down Wade and Bosh and pretty make it all about Lebron. However, they are both good enough to start at the All-Star game. That does mean something especially when both of them are on pace for over a decade of appearances.

Are Bird and Russell less than great because they happened to play with four other Hall of Famers at the same time?

You seem to have mapped out a course for LeBron to be the greatest ever and are upset he veered off it

LeBron is the best player in the league and his team is dominant because of him. He has good teammates just like all the greats did.

All star appearances should not be looked at. Its fan voting. Yao Ming is an all time great according to all star games