Wednesday, July 23, 2014

No Place Like Home

As we all know by now,  the King has returned back to his homeland. After four years in Miami, LeBron James decided that he wants to be back in Cleveland. In a well written letter, he wrote that the main reason he departed from Miami is because his decision was "bigger than basketball". This decision occurred after LeBron and the Heat took 4 straight trips to the NBA Finals. With that in mind, LeBron is a very historically aware person when it comes to sports history. When speaking about Northeast Ohio, LeBron stated: "Our city hasn't had that feeling in a long, long, long time. My goal is still to win as many titles as possible, no question. But what's most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio." I think that anyone who loves their hometown as much as LeBron does and has the chance to do something great for their community like he does, it's easy to understand why he made the decision.

The people that still question his decision are the people who say that the owner is simply trash. After LeBron departed to Miami, Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert wrote a long letter about how disgusted he was due to the departure of LeBron. He claimed that "Cleveland would win a championship before the "self-proclaimed King". Everyone was well aware that either Gilbert was on crack or just writing out of spite. Or both.



LeBron made sure to have the upper hand at this time around, signing a 2-year 42 million dollar contract with the player option in the 2nd year (which means that if he wants to leave, he very well may do so).Therefore, if Gilbert wants to keep LeBron, he better do anything that LeBron ask him to do.

By returning to Cleveland , many fans and gamers are looking forward to both NBA 2K 15 and NBA Live 15. These games will mark the closing chapter for one era, and the continuation of another for LeBron, Cleveland, and basketball gamers all over the globe.