Now, I’ve been away from workable computer all day (thanks Sprint/Dell) and I just saw Biggie’s link to the Weekend Dime. They describe Lebron’s suitors and mention some intell that I dropped several hours ago from my blackberry. Now, let’s just say that I did not get what I heard from an agent or an exec, I don’t have ESPN’s corporate card, but I got mine from a serious mole.

“… New York

There is no greater evidence to convey how far the Knicks have fallen than the fact that ESPN hasn’t chosen to televise a single game from MSG in more than three years.

And we all know Knicks jokes have replaced Clippers jokes from coast to coast.

However …

Dismiss the lure of Madison Square Garden and the Mike D’Antoni-Donnie Walsh partnership at your own peril.

MSG will forever be a basketball mecca, with or without its forthcoming expensive renovation, because Jordan declared it so. The Knicks also happen to have a coach who has undeniably strong street cred; D’Antoni is admired by just about everyone he’s worked with on Team USA. For all the valid questions about what the Knicks will be able to put around him, after stripping their roster all the way down to create maximum cap space, D’Antoni and Walsh are going to have a legit shot at LeBron.

Perhaps I’m a hopeless (and gullible) romantic, but I even believe that the prospect of being the guy who resurrects the Knicks and MSG appeals to LeBron almost as much as the aforementioned Cleveland-curse-lifter scenario.

What has to worry the Knicks — even before they get to the obvious nightmare scenario of missing on LeBron, D-Wade and Bosh and then manufacturing a passable Plan D — is how much and how quickly the landscape has changed.

The leaguewide consensus for much of last season, when you broached this subject with league executives, pegged this as a purely Cleveland-or-New York decision for James. Not any more.

The Knicks might quietly have the first seeds of a quality supporting cast in their possession if Danilo Gallinari keeps developing and they find a way to re-sign David Lee, but they legitimately can’t even be sure that they’re still the Cavs’ biggest threat…”

I personally believe, and have been thinking about this for weeks,  that Lee won’t be on the team next year. Just my feeling, but the media continues to shine Lee as the only real asset on this team.

Anyway, DD also mentions Miami in the same light that I did before and again I reiterate that I can’t see Lebron trailing D-Wade in rings. Wade has plenty left in the tank, and he is their brand, I just can’t see Lebron sharing the stage for the next 6 or 7 years. So that said, I rank Miami very LOW on my list of suitors.

“…Let’s not overstate the chance to work with Riley or the South Beach factor but instead focus solely on the opportunity to hook up with his fellow 2003 draftee and form what might be the most dynamic perimeter tag team of all-time. At worst? LeBron and Wade could sure put a modern/scary/spectacular spin on the Jordan-and-Scottie Pippen concept…”

Lebron in the “Robin” role? Yeah, just can’t see it.