The nature of the meeting, I probably won’t discuss much

But it was in consideration for sure. I mean, obviously, as a team trying to build towards a championship and things of that nature, I was trying to decide where I wanted to go with the rest of my career, to finish my career, or the next step. So, they had a lot of consideration for sure.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lebron-james-says-signing-cleveland-221228230.html

SoftwareAny4990 | CLE

121 | 2 days ago

Honestly they proved him right last night.

New-Association-3410 | LAL

89 | 2 days ago

He couldn’t go to the Cavs right after they won the finals analytically.

SquidwardLover48 | CLE

35 | 2 days ago

I hate kenny atkinson more for subjecting me to read this more than anything else hes done

ColdAsHeaven | PHI

17 | 2 days ago

It’s an all time quote honestly.

How TF does someone actually say that quote when losing and going down 3-0 Smh.

This quote will never be retired.

EstablishmentOld9838

17 | 2 days ago

This game demonstrated exactly WHY the Cavs would be different from Lebron. They win this 100% with Lebrons leadership

viktorfbg9 | HOU

20 | 2 days ago

Then again, having a backcourt of Harden, LeBron and Mitchell would have been interesting defensively..

mattryan02 | CLE

14 | 2 days ago

There’s a non zero chance he murders Harden within the first week.

PhatYeeter | PHI

4 | 2 days ago

If they never traded for Harden does LeBron sign in cleveland?

PrimoTest | LAL

10 | 2 days ago

Harden is not worse defensively than Luka

EstablishmentOld9838

5 | 2 days ago

Acting like a frontcourt of Lebron and Embiid is much better

IMadeThisOn6-28-2015 | LAL

14 | 2 days ago

It literally is as we’ve seen so far against last years ECF teams

viktorfbg9 | HOU

9 | 2 days ago

It is

Vikings2016 | MIN

45 | 2 days ago

So was Minnesota but Polymarket is banned there

theinternetisnice | UTA

7 | 2 days ago

I am angry I was denied a LeBron and Gobert lineup

aubades | MIN

7 | 2 days ago

Yeah, I wanted to see the GOAT playing next to LeBron!

RathOfMan49 | GSW

69 | 2 days ago

I kinda love the choice he made. If he helps Philly win a title, it only adds to his legacy

KindlyGuarantee3978 | POR

46 | 2 days ago

Would be bonkers to win a chip with a fourth franchise at age 40whatever

1800-CLAPPED

11 | 2 days ago

He’d be 42 which is wild

CIark

12 | 2 days ago

lebrons bbiq is too high, bro looked at that roster of chokers and said no way

va1us_taaurc | SEA

2 | a day ago

And if not, nobody will blame a 42-year-old LeBron.

PracticeAcrobatic748

13 | 2 days ago

You only love it if he wins, which isn’t terribly likely, even though it’s possible. The decision looks great if that happens. Kind of the opposite if it doesn’t.

RathOfMan49 | GSW

19 | 2 days ago

You’re telling me what I do and don’t think now? Lol ok

Evilfart123 | PHI

6 | 2 days ago

This place is supposed to be a hive mind, you’re not allowed to think the way you do.

ColdAsHeaven | PHI

13 | 2 days ago

If they don’t win it looks bad? Really?

So when Shaq went to Cleveland and Boston, those years are counted negatively on Shaq? Or the years Jordan went to Washington? Or final year of Wade when he went to Cleveland and Chicago?

Come on man. Just say you don’t watch basketball seriously lmao

No-Fill1769 | DAL

4 | 2 days ago

Flairless individual, don’t mind them

PracticeAcrobatic748

5 | 2 days ago

Yep, looks dumb. Recency bias is a hell of a thing. I mean he went there to live in NY, that much is obvious. Shaq isn’t in the conversation for GOAT. Neither is D Wade.

naive-dragon | PHI

4 | a day ago

What about MJ?

soycameron | POR

5 | 2 days ago

There is no other team than OKC or New York that would have given him a better chance of winning a chip imo. Maybe San Antonio. LeBron made a fantastic choice of where to sign.

Also, literally not a single bad thing can happen to LeBron anymore he’s like 42. Jordan’s Wizards years dont count for bad things, so Bron’s 40s dont either

PracticeAcrobatic748

2 | 2 days ago

Did he? His championship hopes hang on Embiid’s health.

undergrad01 | TOR

3 | 2 days ago

That’s not at all what he’s saying

QUITCHEBITCHIN

11 | 2 days ago

Things of that nature

ChickenLiverNuts | PHI

3 | 2 days ago

LeTomlin

trucksarekewl | DAL

8 | 2 days ago

This just in, water found in ocean. More at 11

BidDaddyLei | PHI

6 | a day ago

JB trade probably made the decision very clear tbh.

No_Command_8477 | LAL

10 | a day ago

LeBron is the only player to still be in free agency talks after free agency

Mrjuicyaf

4 | 2 days ago

Always if but never is

RealLanceStorm | BKN

7 | 2 days ago

Rich Paul said Cleveland would have likely easily got LeBron if they didn’t trade Garland during those summer podcasts before LeBron announced Philly.

mattryan02 | CLE

7 | 2 days ago

Which is funny, because Rich Paul had been trying to get Garland moved for over a year because he (correctly) didn’t think Mitchell and Garland were a great fit.

Philly is a better team though (especially post Brown trade), LeBron obviously made the right choice.

killersky99

1 | 21 hours ago

said the same thing he went to the sixers cus of maxey a klutch agent, the move is also an opportunity for klutch sports to make maxey (or if it was cavs, garland) the new face when lebron retires

TheFatmanRises | MIA

3 | 2 days ago

Was Memphis a choice?

BeyondTheVault | MEM

9 | 2 days ago

Wouldn’t it be poetic to start his career with a Boozer and end it with another Boozer

No-Fill1769 | DAL

3 | 2 days ago

[insert picture of Carlos Boozer’s insane painted hairline]

djabae

2 | 2 days ago

Yes there was a meeting and Mitchell reached out to James personally while Harden held off his extension to give the Cavs flexibility.

air_volek007 | SAC

2 | 2 days ago

Laker fans didn’t deserve him

Soapstarboi | CLE

2 | 2 days ago

He knows this Cavs team can’t compete shit. He made the right choice for himself.

PracticeAcrobatic748

1 | 2 days ago

Idk, I mean they had it to the ECF. What’s Philly’s ceiling if they lose Embiid?

Soapstarboi | CLE

6 | 2 days ago

Yeah Embiid’s health is the gamble there. At least Brown is a proven player and Maxey welcomes pressure. and VJ is a very athletic perimeter defender. This Cavs team panics in every big games, especially when the opponent starts full court pressure. No one can dribble.

No_Conclusion9808

1 | 2 days ago

They would’ve lost in the first round if Raptors were fully healthy

PracticeAcrobatic748

1 | 2 days ago

Raptors were healthy. BI was just playing like ass.

Cavs win in 5 if refs don’t hand the Raptors games 4 and 6. See how dumb that sounds?

crimxona | Canada

1 | a day ago

The same Brandon Ingram out with a partially torn Achilles?

No_Conclusion9808

1 | a day ago

IQ was injured lol nice try. Cavs struggled in every series they played they’re just a soft team.

Apprehensive-Rain601 | LAL

1 | 2 days ago

I feel like Philly players and Gansey did more to sell Bron on the idea of coming.

dokocha0216 | CLE

1 | 2 days ago

He didn’t want to play with Harden and the cavs probably weren’t gonna move him. It is what it is

the_chin2

1 | 19 hours ago

Why didn’t he want to play with Harden? Because he tends to disappear in the playoffs?

usernmetakenalready

1 | 15 hours ago

Hardens play doesn’t lead to winning he Is selfish

venezuelanwanderer

1 | 2 days ago

LeThingsofthatnature

LifeBanana3347 | Japan

1 | 2 days ago

Minnesota would’ve been so cool but philly seems to be working.

The fairytale route of cleveland will always be a thought.

bestdoer

1 | 2 days ago

Philly was the right decision the cavs just don’t hit the way they used too.

Unfair-Rhubarb-3022

1 | 2 days ago

So stupid, I am sure he considered every team in the league. The question is, how long?

lialialia20 | MIN

1 | 2 days ago

he hates ohio but he will never admit it

Emotional-Chef-7601

1 | a day ago

Cavs, and Knicks ruined their chances with LeBron in one season. One with a trade and the other with a championship.

LeBron James says signing with Cleveland ‘was in consideration for sure’