Posted on 07/21/2010 8:46:12 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Since announcing he would be bringing his talents to South Beach, LeBron James has been called a one-man stimulus package for South Florida — but among the area's real estate circles, the Miami Heat's entire starting lineup looks like a walking, dribbling dollar sign. At least four of the Heat's highest-paid players are looking for a place to live.
With hundreds of millions of dollars of net worth combined, the Heat's newest acquisitions — James, Chris Bosh, Mike Miller and Zydrunas Ilgauskas — could each drop millions on a new South Florida pad in the coming months.
Add Dwyane Wade to that list of high-end house-hunters — the Heat's top scorer recently sold his six-bedroom Pinecrest mansion, and with the ink still wet on his $107 million dollar, six-year contract, he's looking for flashy new digs.
With the influx of vertically gifted men with eight-figure salaries, real estate agents — and multimillionaires trying to sell their homes — are watching, speculating and maneuvering like a small forward aiming for an offensive rebound.
"The Realtors, some of them are desperately throwing themselves at these [athletes]," said real estate agent Hazel Goldman, who recently sold Wade's home in Pinecrest for $2.5 million. "They're trying to show that they're the ones that have the 'in' and know the market and know what to buy."
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
Enough with LeBron James! If I hear or see another media story about him I’m going to puke. I don’t care who he plays for, I don’t care where he lives, I don’t care who he sleeps with, I don’t care what clubs he frequents, I don’t care what he eats, and I really, really, really don’t care to hear about his ignorant political opinions.
Poor LeBron. Treated like a slave.
Did you come in here just to say that?
I think you do care.
Can we assume that Delonte West will not be joining his former teammate in Miami?
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