LeBron James is expected to decide on his team around mid-week, according to a league source who has been provided the timetable by James' camp. With that in mind, here are five questions still on the table this holiday weekend. 1. Why does James need so much time? Original reports suggested that James would announce his decision Monday. That is unlikely, according to the source, and it's easy to understand why. James has been provided with a lot of information by the six teams who made presentations over the past three days, and there is no sense in rushing along his decision until he has made sense of the different proposals. Another reason for him to take a few days before committing is to negotiate with one or more fellow free agents and decide whether they can work out a complicated deal to play together. Will James go to Chicago or Miami to play with Dwyane Wade? Will he stay in Cleveland and try to convince Chris Bosh to join him there in a potential sign-and-trade? No doubt he'll investigate a number of options. James is the No. 1 free agent and he holds the most power, but he doesn't control everything. The attraction of Cleveland, Chicago, Miami, New Jersey, New York and the Clippers depends in part on the quality of players who will join him there. At the moment no one can say for sure how the market will shake out. Just as the top high school basketball and football recruits are often forced to postpone their decisions until the last moment of NCAA signing day, so too may James be forced to put his decision on hold as the market around him continues to take shape. James is expected to make his decision by Thursday, which is the first day free agents can sign new contracts. The source has been told that James could decide as early as Tuesday or Wednesday. But Monday now looks like an unreasonable target date to resolve his future. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../03/five.questions.free.agency/#ixzz0seu0jzfP
