By Jim Scott
DNAinfo Senior Editor
MANHATTAN — Everyone is weighing in on the future of LeBron James these days — even President Barack Obama.
The First Fan wants James to play for his beloved Chicago Bulls, one of the teams expected to be in the hunt for King James when he becomes a free agent July 1.
"You know, like I said, I don't want to meddle," Obama told TNT during a televised interview. "I will say this: (Derrick) Rose, Joakim Noah it's a pretty good core. You know, you could see LeBron fitting in pretty well there."
Opinions on James' future vary greatly — some predict he'll play for the New York Knicks, others say the Miami Heat and fans in Cleveland hope the Cavalier will choose none of the above — but the only one that matters is that of the two-time MVP himself. An opinion currently shrouded in secrecy.
Meanwhile, seemingly everyone from former Knicks to the mayor have weighed in.
Patrick Ewing, the Knicks Hall of Fame Center, thinks King James is staying in Cleveland, citing league rules that give a player's current team an economic advantage over potential suitors.
"The league designed it that way," Ewing told the Daily News. "If you stay you can make $30 million more. And if you already have a good team, why leave?"
The Knicks haven't been a good team for a decade. They've had two winning seasons since trading Ewing to Seattle in 2000, and they came in the first two years after the deal.
But Ewing knows how special it is to play basketball for the Knicks in the bright lights of Manhattan when the team is winning, something most Knicks fans and the mayor would like to see James do.
"I think it would be great for New York if he would come here," Mayor Bloomberg said in a recent radio interview. "If he calls me and asks what's it like to live in New York, I'll give him a big sales pitch for New York."