Cavaliers Receive Exciting LeBron James Update After New Insider Report
· Yahoo Sports
Along with at least four other teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers are on firm LeBron James watch over one week into NBA free agency.
James, 41, told the Los Angeles Lakers he intends to move on from the franchise after eight seasons. The league’s all time leading scorer is now the hottest name on the open market with multiple teams in both conferences jockeying to land his services.
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The Cavaliers, meanwhile, have been most closely linked to James. Many point to the Cavs as the frontrunner in the James sweepstakes because they give James the opportunity at a storybook finish to his iconic career. Especially after it was reported that James could produce a documentary chronicling his final NBA season, making a return to Cleveland all the more compelling.
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For the fourth time in his career, James is an unrestricted free agent. The last time he was, he moved to the Lakers after a second stint with Cleveland. Could James now return for a third run with the franchise that selected him No. 1 overall in the NBA Draft 23 years ago? According to NBC Sports NBA insider Kurt Helin, the belief around the league is that James is Cleveland bound.
“League sources continue to tell NBC Sports that, reading the tea leaves, it feels like LeBron is headed back to Cleveland,” Helin wrote. “That said, LeBron and his team are playing this very close to the vest, and nobody is sure exactly what he has planned.”
Spending time in his hometown this summer, James has only fueled speculation. Last month, James and his former Cavs teammates from the 2016 championship team gathered to celebrate 10 years since Cleveland’s first ever NBA title.
Despite the nonstop buzz, it doesn’t appear James is exactly close to making a free agency decision.
“While there was an expectation — or, maybe better phrased as a hope — in some league circles that LeBron would announce his decision this weekend, while the NBA media was largely assembled in Las Vegas for Summer League, it looks like things will drag out longer than that.”
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As ESPN’s Brian Windhorst has repeatedly noted, James’ decision will be rooted in what he feels would make him happy.
When it comes to pure satisfaction, it is hard to argue there is a better landing spot for James than the Cavs. Perhaps only the Miami Heat — the team James departed Cleveland for 16 years ago as a first-time free agent — is in the same tier as an elite competitive suitor for James.
“We have known from the very beginning, even before LeBron gave his decommitment from Los Angeles and the Lakers, that Cleveland and Miami have always loomed as the most likely landing spots because — similar to Kawhi (Leonard) and Toronto — that familiarity with those organizations,” said NBA insider Jake Fischer in a live stream.
With James reportedly wide open to accepting a midlevel or veteran minimum contract offer, it makes sense why he hasn’t made a decision official yet.
Fans can only hope the news breaks sooner than later.
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