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'''LeBron James''', nicknamed "King James", is a forward in the [[National Basketball Association]]. He has played his entire NBA career with the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] after being drafted by them in 2003. Some have suggested that James will sign with the [[New York Knicks]] after his current contract expires in 2010.<ref>Lupica, Mike. "Knicks set stage for run at LeBron James with team's best day in ages"; ''New York Daily News'', November 22, 2008</ref>
'''LeBron James''', nicknamed "King James", is a forward in the [[National Basketball Association]]. He has played his entire NBA career with the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] after being drafted by them in 2003. As a 2010 [[Free Agent]], it has been widely rumored among NBA sports fans and in the media that LeBron James may sign with the [[New York Knicks]] after his contract expires, which officially expired on July 1, 2010.<ref>Lupica, Mike. "Knicks set stage for run at LeBron James with team's best day in ages"; ''New York Daily News'', November 22, 2008</ref> On the first day of becoming a free agent, LeBron James met with the New York area's two National Basketball Association franchises. The New York Knicks and the [[New Jersey Nets]] both want LeBron James, and the Cleveland Cavaliers want him to stay in [[Cleveland]].
==2010 Free Agent==
LeBron James's contract that expired on July 01, 2010, was five years, $96 million. On a five-year contract worth $96 million -- what he'd get from the Knicks over the Heat -- LeBron would pay $12.34 million in [[New York]] [[taxes]].<ref>[[Rush Limbaugh]]. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_070110/content/01125110.guest.html Will New York State Income Tax Cost the Knicks LeBron James?], RushLimbaugh.com, July 1, 2010.</ref> The ''New York Post'' reported on LeBron James, as a free agent, suggesting that, "If James goes to the [[Miami Heat]] instead of the Knicks, blame our dysfunctional lawmakers in Albany, who have saddled top-earning New Yorkers with the highest state and city income taxes in the nation, soon to be 12.85 percent on top of the IRS bite. There is no state income tax in Florida."<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/local_penalty_gKjEuLeOZg4ot9W5yzxzDL LeBron James would suffer local penalty], ''New York Post'', June 30,2010.</ref>
==NBA career==
Although at the age of only 24, James is already widely regarded as one of the best players in the NBA today. He is known for having the play-making ability and athleticism of guard in a power forward's build, making him extremely difficult to defend.
Although at the age of only 24, James is already widely regarded as one of the best players in the NBA today. He is known for having the play-making ability and athleticism of guard in a power forward's build, making him extremely difficult to defend.