Thread: LeBron opts out of contract.

If it's true, Incarcerated Bob had it first.

I hope he goes back to Cleveland.

Hopefully the report is true. I'm one of the few people who actually liked and rooted for the Heat big 3, but I'm kinda bored by them now. That team got really old and not as exciting to watch. Seeing LeBron go back to Cleveland and team up with Kyrie and Wiggins would be great for the NBA.

I will say though, I'd feel bad for Wade if LeBron and Bosh both leave. He will really be left holding the bag there in Miami. Would be interesting to see if he stayed loyal to them and re-signed, or tried to go latch on to a team like the Bulls.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Hopefully the report is true. I'm one of the few people who actually liked and rooted for the Heat big 3, but I'm kinda bored by them now. That team got really old and not as exciting to watch. Seeing LeBron go back to Cleveland and team up with Kyrie and Wiggins would be great for the NBA.

I will say though, I'd feel bad for Wade if LeBron and Bosh both leave. He will really be left holding the bag there in Miami. Would be interesting to see if he stayed loyal to them and re-signed, or tried to go latch on to a team like the Bulls.

I hated the big 3 but only because I'm a Raptors fan and seeing Bosh leave sucked. I'd love to see James go back to Cleveland and lead all those young Canadian's to an NBA championship
As for Wade, I think he stays and tries to make the best of it with whatever kind of team they can put together now with nothing on their roster. I can also see Wade retiring in the next few years, he is so beat up and taking a position with the Heat front office.

Chris Sheridan just came on the Herd and was adamant that he 100% sure that LeBron to Cleveland is a done deal, and he will stake his reputation as a journalist on it. Those are some pretty strong words for him. He's either about to look really smart or really really dumb.

I don't know if this is true or not, but my son told me that LeBron's twitter account said something to the effect of "happy to be going back to Cleveland", and then was taken down shortly thereafter.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

It would be a cool story if he went back to Cleveland, but I'd bet money against it. If I was a betting man, that is...

If all the above posts are true, it's a good thing I'm not a betting man.

I hope he knows what he's doing...

Cleveland is bracing for the second coming. If it doesn't happen, LeBron James has unwittingly made himself the villain once again.

Surely he understands this. The narrative has been that LeBron James realized the folly of his ways. While The Decision made for a great soundbite and was a massive ratings success, it was immediately seen as unnecessarily cruel to the city of Cleveland. How can he do that again? To pull the rug out now is even meaner than 2010. That was a blindside. This spurning would be a swift kick to a city that was just getting off the floor.

All the goodwill he won back after the debacle of The Decision will be wiped away. LeBron James will be the selfish superstar who toys with fans’ emotions and Cleveland will be a city scorned, once again and forever more.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/lebr...urn-miami-heat

The thing that is killing the East right now from what I see and what many have said in their commentary is the lack of depth compared to teams in the West. The Spurs can just send out wave after wave of talent and if the superstars on the team from the East don't show up we get what we saw in the finals this year. I have nothing against Lebron, I just don't understand the thinking here.