Why Many Teams (and Fans) Are Looking to the 2010 NBA Free Agent Class

The LeBron James watch is making the 2010 free agentclass more interesting than 2009 class.NBA.com is posting an interesting piece about how the free agent class of 2009 may actually more interesting to watch than the one consisting of Lebron, D-Wade and Chris Bosh et al. in the summer of 2010. There is no dispute that the overall talent in 2010 is better, younger too, but they point out a couple of features that may make this summer's spending session a little more interesting. The first is that while several teams have been supposedly clearing space to make a run at these stars, who are reaching their prime, they are unlikely to leave max (or near max) deals from their former teams on the shelf to hang out in one of the NBA furthest outposts. In all likelihood they are only looking at a few desirable locations. Unfortunately for them, Sacramento and Memphis are not likely to be among them no matter how much cap room they clear. Rightly or wrongly there is still a gener...