But all things weren't equal. Cleveland had the best player in the game. And they still couldn't get anyone to play there. If all these vets are (supposedly) willing to play for peanuts in Miami, why wouldn't they do the same to play in Cleveland? Rhetorical question, BTW Why rhetorical? I think that's a simple question to answer. First of all, the vets that are going to Miami to play or talked about going are all mediocre role players (Miller, Ilgauskas, Fisher) Cleveland had plenty of those. Secondly, the recent FA classes were seriously weak and full of mediocre role players, not stars that could come in and take pressure off Lebron. Third, on paper, Cleveland offered much less of a guarantee of a championship than Miami does right now.