Expect LeBron, Rivers to Flow to Chicago
by Terence Moore
He's going to the Chicago Bulls.
Trust me.
Oh, and here's another thing: When LeBron James switches his dribbling home around the Great Lakes from Erie to Michigan, he'll bring his own coach with him.
It'll be Doc Rivers.
Now you can move on with the rest of your lives.
What I just said isn't a done deal, but only because it is slightly an eternity between now and July 1, when teams officially can begin negotiating with free agents. I mean, James could search deep into his soul, discover that he really doesn't wish to leave the area of his birth and youth in northeastern Ohio and reverse some of those curses on Cleveland sports teams by declaring he'll stay with the Cavaliers.
As for Rivers, his Boston Celtics could win a second world championship in three years this June, and then he could decide to remain with the Big Three for a shot at a third in four years. He also has a year left on his contract. So, when the Bulls ask the Celtics for permission to buy out Rivers' final season, the Celtics could do the illogical thing by telling their coach who wants to go elsewhere that he isn't allowed to leave.
Then you have the Bulls, who could shrug over remaining in a free-fall since Michael Jordan left in the late 1990s and refuse to allow James to dictate the terms of his signing.
You also could have little green men invading Earth.