Poll: Lebron James' One Hour ESPN Special: PR Genius or Disaster?

The NBA’s biggest free agent, Lebron James, will tell the world which team he will play for next year via a one-hour special on ESPN tomorrow night.

The move squashes speculation that James would announce the news via Twitter or his own website. But is it too much? The New York Daily News says that James’ self-importance has “reached new levels of absurdity.”

Sports Illustrated‘s Michael Rosenberg thinks James will stay in Cleveland: “Does he really have the guts to dump his home team on national television? Even James must realize what a public relations disaster that would be.”

Which leads us to our poll:

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