He isn't costing Thompson anything. If NOT for LeBron demanding that Cleveland pay Thompson then Thompson would not get anywhere near the money he is going to get.
Thompson's ONLY power in this negotiation is that LeBron wants him around and they share the same agent (also a crony of LeBron).
If you want to attack LeBron in this situation you're taking the wrong angle. Thompson is NOT the victim, he is the farthest thing from the victim, he is the MASSIVE profiteer in LeBron's selfish game. The victim is the Cavs.
What is best for the Cavs would probably be to deal Thompson in a sign and trade while his value is high, but they cannot because they are being held hostage by LeBron and his cronies.
I've acknowledged that Lebron is running things, I even stated that it probably will completely screw over the Cavs... AND that Lebron is the only one with a golden parachute. I.E. He has the 2 year deal with an opt out after this year.
If his moves to load up the Cavs with super luxury tax levels for mediocre or on the downward spiral players, he can leave Cleveland holding the bag again. (I hope he knows he can't leave without him basically being a most wanted person in Ohio)
That said, this isn't about a negotiation. The negotiation was over. Lebron helped him with that. That's all true. He got that money.
...But now he could of gotten him even more. Not from negotiation, but by the process with which these things are signed or turned in or whatever. Just format.
I am rightly attacking Lebron AGAIN because his impatience ACTUALLY cost his guy that he helped out over a million dollars in a separate event.
It once again shows everyone that Lebron is really only in it for himself. Even those he helps, he'll screw over, to the tune of over a million dollars, for not being able to wait four days. Perhaps he didn't know, I'll leave an opening for that, but somehow I doubt it.
Again if I'm leading someone, even if I've helped them massively, I still don't want to let something small hurt one of those guys. In the end despite the pay raise, in reality, he will still be getting less then he could of gotten. That's a loss even when in total he's gaining. He's just gaining less, and again, only because Lebron couldn't wait the horror, a full 4 days per ESPN.
...and the less he's getting is the tune of over a million dollars. I mean if someone got you a job, great, you're thankful no doubt... but then you find out that your friend forgot to do something or did do something which cost you an additional...say five dollars an hour. Yeah it still happened, even if you are still thankful to that person, they still hypothetically cost you five dollars an hour more. A job is better then none... but that job with five more an hour would be even better. To say both situations are equal is wrong.
