OFFICIAL: LeBron announces return to Cleveland

[FinNasty]

LOL @ miami heat fans.

Got stomped in the finals and then Lebron crapped on them.

Bet you they will not be watching "their team" anymore.

Where are y'all getting this? We just won 2 titles in 4 years, and 3 in 8. The ones who were Heat fans in the first place will be out here watching just as adamantly as we always have.

Really?. Your crappy fans walk out in the third qtr during the finals. Walk out in game 6 the season before. The only difference is the fans will walk out the whole year.

Keep bashing us man. It obviously makes you feel good... so do whatever you got to do.

[TheAdmiral]

[Belexandor]

I think we should get an additional 1st round pick next year for being the team that broke up the super friends and sent Lebron home. Just sayin.

[Michigantown]

nba tv can remove that Breaking news from the side of the screen now

[Heat_FinsFan]

4 great years which I will never forget. Man he was a pleasure to watch day in and day out.

[SOUL]

"I almost left... to the Bulls"

[druggas]

Just proves that when the going gets tough, the tough jump teams.

[FinNasty]

I love how people are playing it off like its not a big deal. The best player in the NBA just left your organization. If its not a big deal, then you must not be a real fan then.

Tell me exactly how I should be reacting? I think we've all expressed disappointment. But should we be cursing LeBron? Burning jerseys? Egging his house?

We're all very grateful man, and have love and respect for the guy. If you would have been the type to be cursing him and burning his jersey... thats on you.

[ropjhk]

I will say that the letter was well crafted and that his PR is much better this time around.

[FlashTheKilla]

I love how people are playing it off like its not a big deal. The best player in the NBA just left your organization. If its not a big deal, then you must not be a real fan then.

Tell me exactly how I should be reacting? I think we've all expressed disappointment. But should we be cursing LeBron? Burning jerseys? Egging his house?

We're all very grateful man, and have love and respect for the guy. If you would have been the type to be cursing him and burning his jersey... thats on you.

He's gonna express his hate regardless dude. If we react poorly, we're classless. If we take the high-road, we're not real fans. C'mon man. We've just taken the biggest beating a sports franchise may have ever taken over the last 4 years, and we're STILL out here expressing our gratitude. We're out here, and the real Heat fans aren't going anywhere.

[mswenson]

The guy is a ring chasing quitter. Now that Cleveland has loaded up on talent, he comes back. He'll probably get Love there, too. Love is a punk if he joins this clown, but as we all know, Love is a stat stuffing loser, too.

Dude will never enter my top 10.

what talent 15 wins a year talent?

if he was ring chasing he would have went to the spurs or thunder and in 2010 he would have went to the lakers

[SuperCoolMayo]

Wouldn't be a Lebron thread without a random mention of Kobe

[Tim_Hardawayy]

Said this on the Heat board but I wish him nothing but the best. Won't root for his new team, but him personally, class act.

I do think he gets a mulligan for this season, but he's going to have to win after that or people will turn on him again. But for the first time in 4 years I think he'll be universally liked, and I know that's big for him, so that's something.

For Miami, its either bring Bosh back and slip into that "contender" status in the East where you're not a great team but get a good enough record for a 4/5 seed, or if Bosh moves on, pay Wade/UD for their sacrifice and get ready for the rebuild.

[Promezclan]

Too bad Embiid got injured just before the draft. Imagine
Irving
Waiters
LeBron
Thompson
Hakeem

[kevindurant1]

Baiting

[bballcool34]

Odd how people are so hostile towards Heat fans who have been awesomely classy this entire period. Good to see after the last decision and Cleveland going crazy.

[TheAdmiral]

Ouch:

[Mich3006]

Unbelievable!

The "feel good" story of the year imo

[NBAfan3024]

Cavs won't start with offering Wiggins in love deal.

[choppermagic]

How is EPSN's "HEAT Index" doing?