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there was little expectation. even among cavs fans that lebron james would stay in cleveland. where he ll take hiss talent next. teams wooing him from coast to coast. july 1, 2018, james agent rich paul announced on twitter he signed a deal with a new team. the l.a. lakers. in cleveland this time, there were no public burnings of his jersey. and james let it be known he wasn t abandoning his hometown. he would give ohio something even more valuable than a championship. super-star lebron james. three time champ returning to akron, ohio. for what he called one of the greatest moments of his life. the star opened a school in akron. for at risk children. james s mother raised the flag at the i promise school. which offers education,
that block was everything. that s when it hit me right at that block like, wait. we have a chance. a minute later, kyrie irving hit a crucial three pointer and with ten seconds left, a james free throw sealed the championship. i can t recall a better nba finals than that one. the block became a defining block of the series. for the rest of his life whenever they show a highlight reel of lebron that will be the ultimate moment. it is not a shot. it is not a pass. it shows how complete of a player he is. it had been 52 years since cleveland had won a major sports championship. cavaliers players could barely contain their emotions. all of a sudden he crumbles. he just starts crying. it is like a guy searching for home and he found it. he is a different person than the guy we met as a 18-year-old which is what we all want to be.
confidence to follow your heart. on june 8th, 2016, in the all-important game three, the cavs clinched their first win in the best of seven series crushing the warriors. clayton recovers in the bay area with 32 from the king on their home court. but look. we are still down 2-1 so you re still stressed and all of a sudden craziness happens. in game four, the warriors won again taking a three games to one lead. the golden state warriors are one game away from winning a second straight nba championship. no team had ever come back from a 3-1 deficit. there was no room for error and you go against a great team. we knew our chances were slim. for the cavaliers, game five was do or die. i was at game five and lebron
singular purpose. to win a nba championship. but after the heat s devastating loss in that season s finals, 26-year-old james did some off season soul searching. he removed himself from the world for weeks to try to process just what went down. i mean, he was the pressure cooker from the moment he sat down from the decision to the moment he lost the finals. you can t live your life on someone else s path. he made some new decisions. not just about basketball, but about family. his high school sweetheart savannah and their two young boys. daddy! when lebron moved to miami, savannah did not come with him and did not bring the boys and he realized he needed to have his family with him full-time so he went to savannah and he said i want you to move to miami so by new year s eve second season