LeBron's Return to Cleveland 

This and that comeback win in Cleveland to keep the 27 win streak alive are some of my favorite lebron regular season moments

Both sides were wrong. LeBron was wrong for the way he handled it and the citizens of Cleveland were wrong for taking it so personally. I understand it, but still, it wasn't that serious. They should have been mad at their team's front office for not giving LeBron any good reason to stay.

It’s really crazy that Cleveland fans thought that he should stay. The biggest problem with LeBron being so good, that he could get a 19 win team to the finals or conference finals each year as the 1st-3rd seed is the fact that they won’t have any assets. Cleveland were stuck in limbo were they could “challenge” for titles but they would always lose to the Celtics or whoever has a more complete team on the western conference.

I gotta say props to LeBron for being able to play for the Cavs again in his career. I know I would have been too petty to play for that crowd again

Sign that said “like father like son” is wild

It's so ironic that the Cavs fans hated LeBron James so much in 2011 and then humbled themselves and begged him to come back after Dan Gilbert fed them lies about how the Cavs would win a championship before the Miami Heat. The Cavs just got worse and worse every year LeBron was in Miami and we all remember the man with the "2014 come back" shirt and how LeBron said that it would be nice to play again for Cleveland in the post-game interview. The Cavs fandom had the biggest 180 turnaround ever.

As a Heat fan, I cherish the years we had Bron. It was Prime Bron. I've seen fans be salty about it but those 4 years were a blast. I was there for that insane introduction party and I was there for game 7 vs the Spurs in 2013. Hell of a ride.

The NBA scriptwriters were cooking that day.

The most hostile NBA crowd looks like an average wrestling crowd.

There’s a part of me that never forgave the Cleveland FO on how they’ve wasted their biggest star ever and especially Dan Gilbert on how he threw gas into the fire when LeBron left. But apart of me felt bad for Cavs fans. Cleveland for the longest time was a sad sports city, and LeBron was the closest thing they had to success in recent years, so I understood they felt betrayed. But still no excuse for this game tho, cuz that was very brutal

KD going back to OKC and, funny enough, Kristaps Porzingis heading back to NY were two of the other loudest and vitriolic returns I’ve seen in the NBA

I went to this game and I was 8 at the time, the security checked for profanity but that was all, I remember everyone yelling crazy shit, some people were throwing out slurs, my mom almost left the game early because she thought shit was going to pop off, but one thing I also remember is that Big Z, he got the absolute opposite of what LeBron got, everyone was cheering when his name was called.

The reaction to this was some of the most childish shit ever from so many grown people 😂

I’ll never forget this game and the second time he went back in 2011 he skipped the player introductions

As someone from Europe, when American crowds are brought up of being hostile, when there's no barrier, fence or line of security between the court and the fans, I always have a little bit of a chuckle. I get that it's unique over there and thus memorable moment, but it always seems quite tame compared to South American or European experiences for sports. That level of animosity displayed feels like an average game over here.

Y'all keep up the work honestly best editing style on RU-vid by far and y'all are funny and great matchup

Never forget the Dan Gilbert comic sans letter

that Like Father Like Son sign is legendary😂😂😂😂

You should do a video about all the times Vince Carter played against the Raptors and completely traumatized the fans.

I miss Miami Heat LeBron and early 2010 Heat. But when he return to Cleveland, then won for Northeast Ohio.

as a cavs fan who didn’t have fox sports as a kid this was one of my earliest memories as a cavs fan when i was 9 years old watching this on TNT and it was awesome

I clicked on this thinking this was a video of when LeBron signed back with Cleveland🤦🏾😭 W video still‼️‼️ definitely should do a video on that topic as well

This is the first time I've been first to comment. :) I also love your channel keep up the amazing work.

How has this channel only got 50k subs

I think you guys should do videos on the best playoff series', like the 2009 Celtics vs Bulls and 2020 Nuggets vs Jazz.

I’m super surprised that you guys didn’t mention Big Z in this entire video I get it’s about LeBron but I do remember them cheering when big Z touched the ball

The greatest player ever gave that small-market incompetent front office 7 years whilst they gave him Daniel Gibson and Larry Hughes. Fans should've looked themselves in the mirror

Some video ideas!! “Greatest ring of all time?” And/ or “2010 era a rewind” and talk about all the politics. Love ur videos by the way! always have to get a meal ready before I watch

Big Z followed LeBron to Miami and received cheers in the starting five intro to this game too

This is the NBA version of the ECW one night stand crowd vs John Cena in 2006.

That father like son sign was a low blow.

I met someone who attended that game. He said it had a WWE atmosphere.

his 30 for 30 is going to be so damn legendary ...

It didn't come close to this either, but I'd argue Vince Carter's return to Toronto in 2005 was the 2nd most hostile return. Even more than KD to OKC

Ay but what are your guy’s thoughts on Toumani Camarra? I just went to a blazers game and the dude was a dawg on defense out there against SGA

you guys should do a video on the orlando magic

The thing with The Decision is that it completely broke the brains of Cleveland sports commentary. Theyre ultra paranoid of every single star player wanting to leave now. Id argue its the only reason the Donovan Mitchell to New York stuff has traction

I remember the crowd was chanting “Scottie Pippen” too

The 2016 video is going to go hard

Yoooo, did you’ll see the “like father, like son” sign???💀💀💀

Great video

Later that year when Chris Bosh made his return to Toronto, when asked if that would be the most hostile environment he played in: "No, Cleveland was. You had to be there for that one. I don’t know how many situations we’ll see similar to that one."

Cavs fan here. I’m just grateful he returned and got us a ring but man at the time u just can’t blame him for leaving we were an absolute train wreck and probably the reason he doesn’t have more rings. We never built around him in those mvp years from 2005-2010

I love how "the most hostile crowd ever" in the NBA is less intense then a regular game crowd in Greece or Turkey

You’re a prince in wade county is a banger tho

I like the signs say that they don’t need Lebron and the proceeded to get the 1st pick 3 outta 4 years he was gone

The Crowd actually chanted Delonte at one point behind the scenes internet won't won't show that

Also when Lebron did the chalk toss Wally szczerbiak was in the crowd

10:07 - 10:15 Oh it was for me at the time! 🔥😂

That would've been an average game outside of the US though 😂

The LeBum shirts are crazy

The audacity to have a sign that says "beg for mercy" 💀

the only superstars we have that have so much love as lebron in todays game is steph i cant imagine as warrior fan myself steph join i dont know team like boston

Man I wish I was a fan when this was happening

LeBron shows no sign of physical decline even at the age of 38, which is truly amazing.

Lmao i was there it was crazy!

Lebron had Prime Vince Mcmahon heat for this game😂

This channel is dooooPe!!l! & different !!!!! U guys as a duo are unstoppable!!!!! ☀️🙏🏼♥️🩸

When the going gets tough, Lebron gets going

Cleveland shoulda hosted the all star game in 2011 instead of 2021, can you imagine lebron being treated this way in an all star game in his home state. 😂

I remember that game and i was SOOOO glad Lebron destroyed the Cavs and the Heat won big just to prove how right he was to leave. Yeah he did it in a messed up way but leaving was absolutely the right choice given how terrible the Cavs built those teams around him during his first run there

Ima ashamed of how many people try to tear down lebron while he’s near 40, should be ashmamed I’m ashamed to be a basketball fan

Only atmosphere that came close imo was vince carter returning to toronto

Cleveland was just salty and Dan Gilbert wrote that letter too but I don’t blame bron for leaving the Cavs bc they never won anything and the teams were terrible but bron handled him leaving terribly with the decision

I was 12 years old when Lebron played for the Heat. I’m 22 now lol seems like it was just yesterday

I thought you meant his 2014 return to cavs

The man gave them 7 years of relevant basketball when their franchise was hot garbage. And the best talent they could put around him was Ilgauskas and Mo Williams. Blame the front office. Staying would have been career suicide. Then even after all that, the man still came back 4 years later and won the city its first sports championship in 52 years. Crazy storyline.

Being a resident and born and raised in Miami I hate how he brought so many bandwagons to Miami 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

The Akron Hates you chants was cap

i'll rank these elite players in this EXACT order #1 shaquille o'neal #2 nate thurmond #3 walt frazier #4 lenny wilkens #5 gary payton #6 alonzo mourning #7 lebron james and #8 dwayne wade

I remember I was so hype seeing this game cause of the Cleveland fans reaction, this draws similarity to John Cena vs RVD at One Night Stand 2006 and of course both Lebron James and John Cena are very similar and comparable to each other. Both polorizing, both trying to be the best in their respective fields, and importantly no matter what both John Cena and Lebron James do in a positive way, the fans will still boo them regardless. At least moving forward, the fans at least love and respect John Cena, for Lebron James? It’s a toss up imho. Once he did the Decision, his character has become a bit more arrogant and annoying that really piss fans off, from leaving when the going gets to join another team who looks good on his resume (him leaving the Heat to go back to the Cavs, leaving the Cavs to go to the Lakers). Also, him making decisions to the front office to make the team better aka LeGM, and Lebron so called calling himself the King, last time I check his finals record is what, 4-6 or something? I know he won 4 titles but I forgot how many he loss LOL, also everytime he breaks a record, his team loses LMAO.

Honestly the biggest thing in all of this is that Cleveland fans should’ve really been mad at their crappy ass front office for wasting 7 years of his career. Honestly they should be happy Lebron loved Cleveland so much he went back and actually won a championship for that city

You really coulnd't have waited for 1 day to upload this, huh?

3:51 "like father like son"nahhh

Cleveland should be ashamed of themselves. Absolutely pathetic. Props to Lebron for being the way bigger man.

Like father, like son is WILD 💀

Sometimes I think what players forget is that when you’re ending your career with a team on bad terms you’re not just leaving the organization but also the people of the city itself and that can hurt them. People grow attached especially if they really really love the team. I live in San Antonio and that’s pretty much what happened with Kawhi. You can say the fans go overboard with the hate but people here really did adore him and he hurt them. So I completely understand the people of Cleveland’s reaction to Lebron’s return

I remember when Dan Gilbert said in a letter that he guaranteed that the Cavs will win a championship before LeBron does..... Well the Cavs did won one championship and it was in 2016 with LeBron (by that time already won 2 rings with the Heat prior to his return) in a dramatic come back from 1-3 deficit against the Warriors as we all know. And then the fans that booed LeBron had forgiven him after returning and winning their 1st and only title, thus this time everytime he returns to Cleveland, this time as a Laker, the fans shows a complete opposite since this time they are grateful.

nada comparado a el regreso de Figo al Camp Nou

Do you think we'll see a similar reaction when Ohtani returns to Anaheim?

Chanting Scottie Pippen is hilarious nawww that pisses him off no doubt💀💀💀

No, the "Scottie Pippen" chant was them calling Lebron the BIGGEST QUITTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA, referring to Pippen refusing to enter the game against the Knicks in the final seconds of that infamous 1994 playoff contest.

I can't blame lebron for leaving cavs. That team was 💩. The one and only championship they had was with lebron lol. Also lebrons mentality is not weak. Thriving to that pressure and insults were goated.

cleveland never deserved lebron

If this is crazy, you have never seen european fanbases

Imagine if he got given the figo treatment 🤣

I like the energy the fan were giving to be honest.

People see that. And that's why he will go down in history as one of the most disrespected players.

Ben Simmons' return to Philly was also pretty bad.

I have heard the ahole chant from NBA fans before. believe it or not it was directed at Draymond Green.

Free agency is free. Cleveland in hindsight deserved it for how they treated that man. From that wierd letter dan gilbert wrote to literally burning the mans jersey in piles. You dont own him.

LeBron had it coming, after the decision. He waited so long into free agency to announce his decision, that the cavs couldn't attempt to replace him. It set them up to be horrible the first season he was away. I don't agree with throwing anything to try and hurt him, but the jeers and heckling was all fair game.

Stuff like this is why I say most nba fans are clowns considering when lebron came back they acted like nothing had changed

Gotta do KD return to OKC 😂😂😂😂 he ain’t have the crowd vitriol but Bron ain’t have an ex teammate like Russ to play against either 😂

A free agent deciding to go to a new organization that actually wants to win? I think Cleveland of all places should understand that. As for Gibson: I’m friends with the best player in the nba, we play a child’s game to entertain big kids for millions, I can talk to the homie if I feel like it. We put our bodies on the line to entertain these plebs who don’t even understand the game well, if at all in most cases. They wanna be upset, cool. They wanna boo, cool. They wanna throw batteries and just make it uncomfortable for us to play, nah fuck them, I’m with bron 😂

If it wasn't for Lebron, Steph Curry would be Michael Jordan

No no it was weak lol joining the 3rd best player on his team?!? Unheard of BUT I think once he won other places it’s not that big of deal plus Cleveland didn’t do enough and Lebron didn’t want to be KG (top 20-25 player) he wanted to be Duncan (top 5-10 player)

I know teams suck after a superstar leaves. But remembering the FA at the time that were available & seeing the roster that CLE put out there. Like come tf on 🤣. When they told LeBron they wouldn't spend any big time 💰, even if he returned after the personal absolute foul 💩 he had to put up w/ in the playoffs & after the season ended, they weren't playing. He woulda been on a worse team than the yr before if he stayed. Imagine you as THE STAR requested Mike mf'n Miller & the team tells you "we not spending that kind of 💰" , absolute mind f*#@ 🤯. If you won't pay a few mil for Mike Miller who woulda took a pay cut wtf am I here for?

Genuinely I think that if lebron didn’t announce his decision in such the most self aggrandizing way possible and didn’t promise 7 rings we wouldn’t have hated him for it. Also i didn’t have a problem with his decision unlike KD because Miami wasn’t considered a super team before he came while the 2016 warriors were one win away from being in the GOAT team conversation

wow so hostile!!!