LeBron James To Play For Miami Heat
LeBron James To Play For Miami Heat – The Miami Heat won the LeBron James sweepstakes, adding the National Basketball Association’s reigning two-time Most Valuable Player to an all-star squad that also will include Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
James said in a nationally televised show on ESPN tonight that he’ll sign a free-agent contract with Miami, completing the transformation of the NBA’s Eastern Conference.
Wade, Bosh and James played on the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. Miami hasn’t won a playoff series since capturing the NBA championship in 2006.
“The greatest challenge for me is to move on,” James said. “I would have loved to have stayed, but I feel like it’s time to change.”
Teams including the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls vied for the 25-year-old James, who decided to leave Cleveland after spending his first seven pro seasons with the Cavaliers.
James said the major factors in his decision were the chance to win NBA championships and to play alongside Wade and Bosh. James grew up in Akron, Ohio, about 40 miles from Cleveland, and said it will be difficult returning to Cleveland as an opponent.
“It’s going to be a challenge going there and playing on the other side of the court,” he said in the ESPN show. “It’s a lot of mixed emotions because of what I was able to build there from being an 18-year-old kid to being a 25-year-old man.”
Tags: 2008 Olympics, Akron Ohio, All Star, Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Espn, Free Agent Contract, Gold Medal, Greatest Challenge, lebron james, Miami Heat, Mixed Emotions, National Basketball Association, Nba Championship, Nba Championships, New York Knicks, Opponent, Playoff Series
Posted in Sport
No Comments