[Michael Eden]

I also thought this was a good place to reminisce about LeBron James and LeBama Hussein both talking smack about "because they got me."

[stevem]

My memory may be playing tricks on me, but didn’t Rush once say that about Charles Barkley? If so that must be one of those one percent of the times he is wrong.

[BenLurkin]

LeBron “says”: http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/benoit.wav

[whershey]

“Mind you, LeBron James clearly is arrogant given his above remark and his hour-long self-promoting ESPN infomercial, but he's got the actual abilities in his job to back his arrogance up with performance. I think the last year and a half rather shows that Obama doesn't.”

Considering the fact that LeBron doesn't have a ring on his finger while playing for the team with the best record in the NBA the last couple of years, I'd say he's a lot more like Obama then you think.

[OldDeckHand]

Everyone focuses on the tax implications for his NBA salary, but they forget his endorsement deals. Whatever his NBA Salary is, I imagine his NIKE and other endorsement deals are far behind. By moving to FL, James pays less on that income as well. All told, I imagine his move to Florida probably saves him in well in excess of $20M over 5-6 years. I don’t care who you are, that a tremendous amount of money.

[al baby]

Is that old wind bag still on the air ?

[mewzilla]

JAMES, LEBRON
CLEVELAND, OH 44114
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS/ATHLETE

DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
06/30/2008 20000.00 28992190579

[Teacher317]

While Florida, (and other states) have no state income taxes, I’m comfortably certain they make up the difference in other ways. Yes, no income tax concerns... but higher fees, gas prices, property taxes, etc probably eat the majority of the difference away.

[SeaHawkFan]

His former teammate, Delonte West, screwing LeBron’s mother didn’t help Cleveland’s position.

[sausageseller]

His contract just expired, was five years, $96 million. If LeBron James had earned that money in New York he would have had to pay an additional $12.34 million in state and city income taxes than, say, if he played in Miami

I hate to say it but this is where Rush gets it wrong. Sports figures pay taxes on where they play the game.

IE. LeBron plays an away game in NJ. He is paying the income tax for NJ on his per game salary.