Everyone can't stop talking about Lebron James

With all the talk of fans and fandom in the reading this week, and the NBA finals in full effect (one of my favorite times of the year), I couldn’t help but think of Lebron James, and the constant chatter around what his next career move will be. Just this morning h was on the cover of the Redeye with ‘Chicago’s Most Wanted’ in big bold letters next to his picture. And later in the afternoon, I went to check my e-mail only to fin yet another article about the basketball superstar which stated he may be ‘the most powerful person in the free world.’ Fans everywhere are going crazy with speculation as to whether or not Lebron will leave the Cleveland Cavaliers or take the many offers from other teams when he becomes a free agent on July 1^st. He has already gotten offers from both the Chicago Bulls and the New York Kicks, and based purely on speculation and fan hype, people cannot seem to stop talking about what they think will happen. In fact, the article in the Redeye gave quotes from Chicago natives who are already celebrating Lebron as a new member of the team. Similarly to the way that the Jenkins article talked about how a common interest in a certain star or media form can create a community, which overtime becomes more important than the subject itself, it seems to me that people in the basketball community are putting so much analysis and thought into this topic because many of them don’t have much else to talk about. With only four teams let in the finales, many fan, especially Cavs, Bulls, and Knicks fans, are out of the series and therefore need another subject to keep them occupied until July 1^st when all of their questions will finally be answered.