[FULL] LeBron James' 'The Decision' (7/8/2010) | ESPN Archives 

Woj was still dropping things ahead of time in this era as well, but this was not meant to be revealed ahead of time officially. And there were heavy sources and rumors about Bron going to Miami the night before and the day of, believe me it was not a surprise he announced Miami.

Naaah even Lbj said only a few people knew about the decision

Tank

They could've done that when this happened too. It's not like it was that long ago.

Le’Veon Bell facttttsss

Jay Calloway Same for KD

Yup now he’s 3-6 In the Finals 👏👏👏

Foh. KD would've never went to the Warriors if LeBron never went to Miami. KD didn't get a ring because of the SUPERTEAM Miami Heat not just cause of LeBron.

Same. I wasn’t that knowledgeable about basketball back then.

The cavs wasted so much of his career if you think about it its sad. If it wasn't for loyalty he could of had 2-3 more rings by now.

How Miami fans felt at that time?

@Jack Rubble well...he have 3 rings 😂

@Jack Rubble and? He still have 3 rings

Jack Rubble facts

Lebron to the bulls would’ve been a 3peat because a Dwayne Wade Derrick Rose Backcourt and a Lebron boozer and joakim Noah front court would’ve been nasty

Honestly

Big time salty Bulls fan here, i hated the way you guys dominated us in the playoffs lol

He’s now LeGM 🤣

Eyoy1001 Prime Derrick Rose never stood a chance😫

Them heat days felt like forever tho lol but I’m so glad my Mavs won in 2011 😎

Jeremy Hayes YOU THE REAL MVP. LOL

Jeremy Hayes: You're the G.O.A.T. hands down!!!

Jeremy Hayes lmao

Sike

Why are people praising you for this comment liked you're not the 547,000,000th white kid that has said " triggered" motherfuckers on here getting dumber by the second.

Wasn't just Cleveland , some dumb people too. The bandwagons and the clowns don't deserve to watch Lebron , but their will still will cause he's that good. Their shouldn't tho Lebron is letting them watch him and their should appreciate.

KingJohn301 facts, he didn't do anything wrong..

KingJohn301 Exactly why I lost all respect for him going back there

KingJohn301 Exactly those Cavs fans are just butthurt that their crappy team was going to be shit! Like utter shit! FUCK THEM FOR BURNING LEBRON JERSEY smh can't believe they rather be cavs fans instead of LeBron fans fucking sad and pathetic

The Gooch if Lebron never came back then his city would look at him like the nba looks at KD 🐍

What durant did is 100 times worse than what LeBron did. Joining the team that beat him after being up 3-1 🤦🏻‍♂️

Jose Carranza I agree what he did was worse no doubt. But both moves were weak. Lebron is held to a different standard this guy is compared to MJ and he went to form a super team.

Moy The Goat both moves are weak but durant is 100 times worse period. LeBron left because he gave Cleveland 7 years of his youth prime, and they didn’t put better players on his team. So you can’t blame LeBron for that.

Jose Carranza Lebron the best player in the world formed a super team and became the villain. Um yeah he deserves some blame he started the free agent movement era. Not 5 not 6 not 7 whole league thought nobody would beat that team. 4 straight finals. What kd did was weaker no doubt

@@KingoftheJungle214 He started it, but that doesn't mean they should have followed. KD rly thought he was on the same level as Lebron when he left OKC. Top 30 player of all time for sure, but he didn't achieve the same amount of greatness Lebron had. KD's move was a 1000 times weaker. Lebron didn't join Boston when he lost in the second round to them. He joined a 6 seeded Miami Heat team that lost in the 1st round. In hindsight, it wasn't a superteam either. They didn't blow anyone out, they just played great basketball with the right set of players around the big 3.

Everybody knew he was going to Miami cus all the journalists were mentioning it the night before

everyone knew it was miami..this was a fake charade for attention

No there were talks of him coming to Chicago, him even staying in Cleveland

​@@rmleiderthey didn't. That's why jerseys were burned after the announcement

Fahim Choudhury u really in love with this nigga

Exactly. LeBron only cares about Narratives, Brand, stats, and fame. He keeps losing cause he doesn't want to do the little things that doesn't get credit but helps your teammates out in a big way. Nope he just wants to be praised

BeastMode 21 Like what?

Alexander The Turtle he won't answer cause he doesn't even know

Fahim Choudhury Lavar Ball got something to say about that.

s617 _ they wasted his whole career

Foh. You not a Celtics fan. Anyone who feels sorry for this Fake ass Diva ass fraud don't understand. He quit on his teammates in the 2014 Finals with Miami and he held Dwade and Miami back in the 2011 Finals. Dwade constantly sacrificing possessions just to try to get him going cause of his "Feelings". You see how Bronsexuals act when KD wins Finals and say it was "bought". Cause they salty KD didn't have a mental breakdown like LeBron in 2011 where he was supposed to win vs the Mavs but underperformed. He became a meme for all of the media for that choke

BeastMode 21 KD didn't have a mental breakdown... smh are you serious... cough ... losing a 3-1 lead in the western conference finals against a 73-9 team , then joined that same team in that off season... c'mon kid that's worse than what LBJ did... not saying he didn't show up in the 2011 finals cause he did choke or quit , but to say KD never had a mental breakdown is hella foolish and not even a big LeBron fan 🤷🏽‍♂️

Randall the kid Me and you both know that shit wasn't directly on KD. Cause its becoming even more evident that the main guy responsible for that 3-1 collaspe is that shot chucker/First Round exit stat padder named Russell WestBrook who got beaten by a rookie... Gtfoh with this mess, KD when leading OKC beat Kobe in the playoffs and dispatched the Spurs after being down 0-2 to go to the Finals. He literally won game 3 vs Cleveland by himself dropping 43 on LeBron. I don't got time for LeBron excuse makers

Agreed

It’s a habit to some people without knowing

At least he doesn’t say “y’know what I’m saying” 1000 times like udonis haslem

He has an 80 IQ...cut him some slack

I think it was nerves. This was a huge moment in sports history. Frontlined player empowerment.

Jet Almighty me to

Jet Almighty 😂😂

Jet Almighty thats exactly what he said

Jocquez Warren too

@@havaianasslipper8655 He's talking about Decision 3.0, 2018 free agency.

M2K - LEARN ALL THE 2K TRICKS I was a pre teen when this happend now I’m almost 20 lmao

King Wani you're 20?! Trolling on youtube lmfao

M2K - LEARN ALL THE 2K TRICKS True talk

Crazy

Right, remember the day like it was yesterday.

no it didn’t at all

@@walkdownjr4995 it did. free agents being able to choose and not being forced to run from organisation to organisation is biiiig

@@yungturtle7033 Curt Flood. LeBron is nothing special. He was just the biggest free agent spectacle ever. There was nothing revolutionary about this.

How did this empower players? Free agency already existed for a long time, what he did didn't "empower" anyone to do anything. People act like before 2011, guys didn't demand trades or go to whatever team they wanted to in free agency. Superstars just typically didn't want to join other superstars in their primes because it was viewed as a weak move that basically cratered your legacy. It was viewed as somewhat okay if you were slightly past your prime and getting older (mid-late 90s Rockets, 07-08 Celtics), but the whole "let's get a couple top 5 players and another all-star together in our primes to win an easy ring" is still viewed as a weak move by pretty much every fan. Doesn't mean people were never allowed to do it, they just understandably didn't want to.

@@logicaldude3611 this empowered, not just star players, but also significant role players who used to not have any leverage in contract negotiations. You can see role players now getting 80m a year because they know the teams need them more than they need the team. If the team cant give them the money that they want, they can just leave.

Me

Methayus King yuh

Dude he’s going to the lakers and I really wish he would do it this way 🤣🤣🤣

Rollercoaster Addicted. Toronto will be pissed

hell yeah they would lol do they have the right to be tho? He won them a title!! @@benmangrum8626

acee outlaw Dude time goes by soooooo fast. Its crazy

acee outlaw it's crazy man look how thick his face looks that was a lebron a few years before his prime the young bull himself 25 years old

MaskSo James shit me too lol. I was sitting there swearing he would go to Miami and everything. Kept getting mad when the white dude kept stalling lol

Right feels like yesterday.

Julius jeaN baptiste fr bro

You gotta understand, he was probably the most nervous person on the planet at that moment. Literally the entire world was looking at him with a magnifying glass. No matter what, he knew he would be scrutinized and vilified HEAVILY. A huge change was on the horizon and he knew he wouldn’t be looked at as the “rookie” or young LeBron anymore; he was about to be the most hated NBA villain ever.

@@murtajiz545 Entire world? Pfff. North America maybe. You have to realise that basketball is way less talked about outside North America.

@@vika0194the basketball planet

​@Murtajiz if you're nervous you don't go on TV and hold a 2 hour announcement show. It was all ego

@@usa5439 bro the media prob begged him to

😂😂😂

HFR83 ☠️☠️☠️

tbh it looks better now

Less stress

EddieRHS I don't think that actually happened. Your skeletons aren't mine

That shit skiing lmao

Heat Lebron was a monster... man i miss those days

@@faceripper77 he was at his peak back then those days were fun.

RumbleXBL sad they were so short

@@faceripper77 dirk laughing at this

Don;t forget the MVP they gifted to Rose

Why is this suggested in 2020?

@@Mothebronco69 why is this suggested in 2021😳

@Claud Flee yeah prolly

I’m here in 2021 bro

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He was always at that next level. Cleveland was just too bad to make use of him.

He is not the goat, clown. Michael jordan is the goat

@@loupolo7286 People have their own opinions. Don’t be dumb.

Ay Davis

Wassup Davis

Wsg davisss

lol

Y’all swear he gonna see this

Me

Mee

This came up on my recommended,

Fuck kawhi

Everybody

King Wani who your favorite player

I Lost My iPhone Lebron

King Wani I had strong hopes he would go to my New York Knicks. But I was 13 at the time. Now I definitely want him in Ny now

me 2

King Wani I remember watching this hoping he would join the Bulls

He already did a landslide

BeastMode 21 shut up LeBroston

Facts. And the fact that he WENT BACK to Cleveland and got them a championship.... he doesn't deserve that shitty team a DAMN thing now! COME DOWN HERE TO HOUSTON!!!

BeastMode 21 u so salty 😂😂😂😂😂

10 already

Luis Garcia man I was about to say 😠

11 now

@@johnsingleton39313 now

ONTOPnow100 Same way I see KD. He made the right decision

Prince Simmons Join the team you lost to? Nah

ONTOPnow100 cut him some slack it was 2010 😂

ONTOPnow100 go Cavs.

Only poor people care too much about the clothes they wear

*His only

@@tntcrewEJ still beat bron, wade, and bosh

Then went back to a first round exit the next year

@@deekay2710 still beat that trio

@@dylansunico2381 Bron had sold out & underperformed because of the 2006 rigged finals

wasted the first 7 years of his career

and is stilll the goat

Looking at it now, Miami and Cleveland both benefited from this. Lebron made it up to the land and brought home the championship

Chris Roberts oof

Until you opened your mouth

Bruh moment

This didnt age well

@@KT-vq3md not at all

Kyle Wowry Dan Gilbert should have created the superteam in cleveland. Now people question lebrons two titles in miami

Brent Pham it’s easy to say what he should’ve done but let’s be real nobody wants to play in Cleveland 💀

Albert edmond LMAOO stoop😭

Everyone did

Kyle Wowry Same and that 2012-13 heat team is my favorite LeBron James and my favorite team in NBA HISTORY.

LeGiannis 😂

Nah Giannis is not that a big player

warn karn I hear you, but at the same time he could be a 3 peat MVP before his “Decision”

warn karn Matter of fact Giannis could just do it on his Instagram live or sumn so nvm.

WhyHighC he’ll sign for one year and if they don’t win, i could see this happeningz

Ummmm good luck

why tf would he leave for a team that he swept 💀

Turned out Giannis didnt move AND WON! He aint NOT lebitch

@@countertenorflor2107 Yup just had to play in a season where a lot of all stars got injured.

right after a back to back w Kobe LMAO they woulda at least three-peated

6 peat lol. The lakers likely dun have cap space.

Miami

Lebron just won the championship against the heat

King Gucci where?

Diamond Lion Red t-shirt on the right it was 8 years ago

Jayson tatum is too

Adam E W

Lol stop it Warriors was not a super team before KD , Kd made them a super team

Adam E dumbass

Faxx

James Diligents Nigga What? 😂😂😂

This is exactly what I've been telling to people recently. Did everyone collectively forget 2010? All the drama and the circus? He arriving to Miami and saying that he was going to win 5-6-7-8 rings just because he joined two superstars? so much arrogance.

qwerty6801 😂😂😂😂

Just like Kobe who got swept, and KD

qwerty6801 But like... it’s dirk.

qwerty6801 Kobe and KD got swept too

qwerty6801 MJ too

dumbass, i like lebron... what i am saying is you can't deny that his interviews now are way different from before (such as this one) because of the media crucifying him for this, which is understandable...

Now he has 4 chips

Lol a superteam is a superteam. Y'all really need to get over it. And LeBron didn't really build it though....

Josh Lee According to logic, it's better for Jordan to go to the Hawks and get Chuck to come with him along with Olajuwon and all play with Wilkins to take down the Pistons. Super team is super team, no matter what's way it was formed

Boston Celtics! Hello??

I disagree, they didn't go to the strongest team in the league. The Heat needed LeBron to have any success. GSW never needed Durant and don't need him now. Miami and Boston wasn't that much better than everyone else. All KD did was give himself an easy path to the chip.

The warriors weren’t a super team when he joined them,and the heat weren’t either,But both teams were in a position to win a championship when they joined their respective teams.

Nah brah… that would of been insane,D-Rose prolly wouldn’t of won the mvp tho

@@mr.s845 shouldn’t t have won it anyways.

wow two top 5 Players in the same Team to win 2 Rings in 4 years. who would have thought of that.

He probably gonna take them to San Fierro soon when the Warriors get Klay back 😂

Vice city*

No its just one of the most ridiculous narcissistic things an Athlete ever did. Even Bron has admitted he regrets doing this whole thing, instead of just simply choosing a team and having his publicist release like every other player has.

🤣🤣🤣

worldwide tashaun 😂😂😂😂

Lol yeah its way worse now. But he's balding more now which is more evident then the hairline.😂😂😂

worldwide tashaun the video saying 2010 might have given it away as well.....js

So I guess he’s the only person in history whose hairline faded as he aged??? Damn find something else to talk about other than an aging man’s hairline!

And his beard

REVOFEV Yeah I remember too.

The other 50 mins was his jerseys getting buried and analysts talking about his decision.

here i am thinking both those generations are the same. This was literally only a few years after 9/11. i mean lebron joined the nba in 2003.. acting like theyre so far removed in history only shows how young you actually are

My generation will be the lebron question but most importantly “where were you when Kobe died?”

@@MattMajcan he joined in 2003 but his decision wasn't until 2009 or 2010

I was watching the desision with my dad duh

He deserves some on a shift in power balance. People will yell Boston but they would’ve lost to D Rose or Dirk. They were fading out age wise. Bron had a 66 win team and joined his draft class mate who already won a championship and was a top 10 player at the time.

LOL

I was only 3 💀

DP30 I'm gonna take my talents to South California and join the Los Angeles Lakers

If he goes West, he is joining Coach Pop and the Klaw

idk, im thinking the rockets

I see him going to Hou to play with his bro CP, but if he really weighs the options, I think Spurs would suit him well and be a humble move for him. Him and Kawhi and Dejounte (a prospect of Bron's and a friend of his), along with LaMarcus, Rudy Gay and everybody else can put in some serious work in the West. It is up to him though, and I'm not sure if he'll even leave the East.

LOGICAL MIND That's Kobe fans not Lakers fans.Kobe fans think if he comes there and be successful in LA he'll overshadow everything Kobe has ever done there bcuz the media puts LeBron over Kobe now and compares him to Jordan.No matter what he does in LA he'll never overshadow what Kobe did.Kobe will have a statue outside the Staples Center soon LeBron never will.Kobe has a jersey hanging up,LeBron will only have one hanging in Cleveland and maybe Miami.Even if LeBron came and won 2 or 3 titles in LA he'll never be loved more than Kobe or Magic

Absolutely. This is total pro wrestling heel move. He pissed on five cities simultaneously.

Being a huge wrestling fan I'd always picture a moment where the star player of a team sinks the winning basket on their own team and then takes off the jersey to reveal that they've had the opposing team's jersey on the whole time 😂, this is the closest thing to that lol

Mopey facts

Mopey GOAT = Going.On.Another.Team 😭😂😂😂💀

Caligrown92511 Yall call Mj the goat soooo

"GOATs" don't get swept or swept twice at that.. just sayin..

Bernardo Lira - Many GOATs have gotten swept lol