*The date has been circled on calendars around the NBA for years. July 1, 2010: The day LeBron James becomes a free agent.
The day the league might begin to change forever.
“I think the landscape could really shift,” former Phoenix general manager Steve Kerr said.
Shopping season starts at 12:01 a.m. EDT Thursday with James as the biggest prize, a two-time MVP just reaching his prime and one of the most sought-after players ever to hit the free agent market in any sport.
*Tyra Banks has added another venture to her expansive media portfolio. The former supermodel and talk-show host has reached a deal to create a Web-based media brand focused on fashion and beauty, reports the New York Post.
The entertainer’s New York-based company, Bankable, is partnering with Los Angeles-based Demand Media on ventures that will include creating an Internet site, producing online video segments and developing a series of apps for smartphones.
“But when the industry can’t tell the difference, I’m like, ‘Damn that’s a little closed minded,’ because when white people play a character people expect it to be a character. But black people-we can’t just be character actors, we have to [really] be the things we’re hired for, which is what offends me. I don’t answer that question, ‘Are you gay or not,’ when it comes down to industry people. But if it’s a regular person asking me, that just says that maybe I’m doing a good job. But when a casting director or an agent asks me that question it takes on a deeper thing that says, ‘I can’t believe you’re doing this unless you are that.’”
