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- When LeBron James shared with the world his plans to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Miami Heat on July 8, 2010, the basketball world went into a frenzy. Backstory: The Decision, tell the story of the hours leading up LeBron’s announcement which include a buffet with Kanye West.
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I’m getting old. Feels like The Decision was yesterday 😭
it really do Im only 29 years old
MBS
Yup. I remember Cleveland fans burning his jersey in mass, I bet they feel stupid af now😂
lentrell smith I was only 15 years old when he made the decision
It’s like a decade now.
He really had no choice, unlike KD he left Mo Williams and Larry Hughes, not Westbrook and IBaka
😂😂😂
@Jiggy Thanos yeah he made mo Williams an all star dont forget lol
Ibaka is like BEN Wallace I respect it but not that important of a cornerstone
He left bc he wanted to team with Wade/Melo bc that was their plan from the get go. His move was weak, everybody knocked the move. The only ones who were for it were his groupies. Imagine MJ teaming with two other legit all stars to make it easier on himself. Dude would’ve gotten bashed daily by y’all for it.
eazyduzit5150 the only reason reason he did that was cause the Cavs front office couldn’t get it done and get they the pieces they needed for a chip unlike Jordan who had a great front office
Think about it, this was the "WORST" thing LeBron has ever done, and he raised money for the boys and girls club charity.
How!?
The raising money for charity was to soften the PR blow he was gonna get. Still so cringy a decade later. One of those things of could have done a press release instead.
Sometimes he always says it doesn't matter about the money it's about the Rings of course it was a nightmare I never expect that he was coming to MIA... but then again he sometimes see the Celtics has their big three why come to us then again he could have been friends with Bosh and wade all this time to time
@@jater10 can't stand arguments like this. He's always been generous. And it wasn't for those reasons but even if it was, the amount of good that will have done for individual young peoples lives in his own community is a fantastic thing
Haters gonna hate
The whole state of Ohio started crying after he said man this is tough
Broussard and his sources didn’t lead him astray, this time 😂😂😂😂
Chicago with D Rose would've been something
Heat beat d rose n Chicago in 5 their first year lol
Don't forget Joakim Noah was there too. Guy made first team all nba before
If the bulls got rid of Deng they could of have bosh, lebron, and wade with prime Noah and d rose mvp season.
Jordan Davis low key lebron prolly didn’t go to Chicago because he didn’t like noah
@@shlokk3527 nah wade put it out there that reason was Chicago couldn't add bosh. If Chicago got rid of loul Deng they could of added bosh.
Us Heat fans were going crazy
I’m a wade fan I couldn’t believe it I jump out the window
Wade fan here to, him signing with us was mind blowing no cap
I was going insane. Jumping on the bed, just in shock and excitement
Especially the day after THE Decision
How'd you guys feel about all his playoff chokes?
I was in 6 grade when he made this decision, fast forward 10 years 21 with no job 😅 and LeBron still in the MVP conversation. Life is great 👍🏾
Just get a job
@@yitter_ being a lebron fan makes him jobless? Lol
Trigger Warning he wasn’t saying that .... he was saying just get a job which he should.
Depending what his skin color is, its not that easy to get a job or at least one worth working in.
Uhh except the fact that your financially unstable
It's funny seeing LeBron being nervous on camera. He's come a long way
I still have no problem with this. It’s never happened this big but it has happened. No one else was big as he was at this point in their careers. But super teams have existed before “the decision “. It was really a “decision “ for him at this point. 24/25 and the best in the world. I’m sure it wasn’t easy.
He should’ve did what Kareem did with the move to LA. He was just to big for Milwaukee but he delivered a championship before he left
He left on free agency to a team and colludes woth wade and bosh in his prime all perfectly reasonable because the cavs were really a one man show, but he didn't stay to the team that drafted him so there's always that animosity there while Jordan,bird and magic all stayed on their teams they did have great Hal of fame help but they also stuck woth it thru the hard times. Jordan especially scottie pippin when he came in wasn't that good yet and when he won the finals he had no all stars but good help lebrons decision is fine but he never sticks with any team this is the moment he felt he could do that and he just constantly stacked the deck for himself yet he continued to lose ignoring the kd warriors and 2007,I think of he stayed with cleavand instead of coming back with them when he could leverage more superstar help and then force the team to make bad contracts for respectful he would get more respect maybe he wouldn't have 4 rings but he also would never have made kd feel comfortable joining the warriors and destroying the parity that ironically lead him to lose in the finals so much, he stacked the deck in his favor and still lost and was given excuses when other teams stacked themselves up as well there's always a push pull to these kind of thing.
Why can’t they save this for his documentary in like 20 years 😂
Miami was his best years.
@Hector Rodriguez Actually, he should have won one because Ray Allen bailed him out on one.
P C oh yeah skip bayless? What about Paxton and Kerr with Jordan? You act like teammates aren’t allowed to make shots
Good cap kekekkekekek
The fact that they doin all of this over a decision 😭
you had to have been alive during this
It was BIG bro
Show your king some respect peasant
bro it was any team in the freaking whole nba
LeBron was a GOAT candidate & an unrestricted free agent at 25. That's unprecedented in sports & may never happen again.
0:51 Donovan Mitchell: "Am I a joke to you?"
The beauty of Lebrons legacy is THIS is the WORST thing we’ve ever seen from him. A bold move to shape the industry of player empowerment gone south- in a league that was being run like a modern day plantation. This man has been a class act his entire career. Obama level reputation being under a microscope 24/7. And dude is arguably the greatest player of all time & clearly the best athlete of all time. This ain’t MJ vs Lebron debate man y’all just gotta appreciate this dude.
Greatest Athlete of all time?! 🤣 hes great..really great but he's no Kobe Bryant..let alone a michael Jordan..hes made it to the finals alot consecutively but hes lost in the finals alot..he convinced Cleveland to trade players for ones he wanted, switch coaches etc and still lost and then complained instead of taking the blame..then stopped being cool with steph curry after he got mvp and was taking attention away from him 😏 I like lebron it's just hes not on that level that jordan and Kobe are on...just sayin
BIG DADDY 3-6 NO HE AINT 5-2 or 2-1 and Oscar lol
@BIG DADDY Kobe won 2 rings with no other all stars basically and could take over games when necessary to ensure the win very much like Jordan, If lebron had that attribute he would've 3 peated in Miami and wouldn't have been swept by golden state that year If he was better than Kobe, I understand lebron has been to the finals consistently and hes more of a team player but as far as rings and just raw skill I respectfully disagree but i hear you bro this debate will always rage on 😉
The best traveler of all time maybe . You're on crack
Ah yes, Obama's reputation of being the "cool" president while simultaneously drone striking innocent people in the Middle East. Carry on.
How the nba was reshaped in one day 🚫🧢🤷🏾♂️
For the worst. We entered the top heavy super team league
ApolloTheLeader the league has always been top heavy. Name the year that a plethora of teams had a legitimate shot at winning the title?
You think mj last dance was crazy . Wait till this man journey is over . Might not have more rings but talent well let’s just say it’s debatable ....
Lets not forget he went back to the Cavs and won their first ever NBA Championship.
Any real NBA fan would never forget that. It’s the only time I ever cried after game 7 besides Kobe’s death.
@Jameel D Michael Jordan won 6 NBA Championships for the Chicago Bulls and turn that Franchise into a Dynasty and made the team world famous something lebum never did ebron all of the Individualism all about self the most ego maniac narcissist arrogant overrated player ever
RebelDaSoundz are you seriously comparing the management the bulls had to the clown show ran by Dan Gilbert? Ok Lmao
Who else thought Jay-Z was sitting behind Kanye
0:54 Legendary Kanye moment
Facts lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂
He pulled a chris paul
Crazy this is rolling up on 10 years. I remember thinking when it was all said and done that he would have stayed in Cleveland, but at the same time not surprised when he left Cleveland. Living in New York and commuting between Brooklyn and Manhattan at the time I was hoping that he would come to the Knicks.
Who knew in Nick Wright's mind that being a perfect 6-0 in the Finals with 6 Finals MVPs is considered a flaw and making 8 straight Finals and losing 5 of them is considered an asset? 🤣 Being a perfect 6-0 is so easy to do, right Nick?
I watched it live... I was 11 yrs old at the time, wow..
I loved "The Decision" and always will! I wish more Superstars would do that!
If you want fanbases to hate you
This gon be on the lebron john documentary fo sho
Speak English dude 😂
Will Selva Lebron john 😂🤣
Time is precious.. Looking back 13 years ago... in the moment.... Best presentation Awesome Decision.. 2-time NBA Champion with Miami.. In Miami begins his run of 8 CONSECUTIVE trips to the NBA Finals.. A where WERE you Moment IN SPORTS HISTORY! Season 21 LOADING!
One of my greatest moments in sports history! I hollered when he made the announcement!
I still can't believe I didn't watch this when I was young, I was into Football. But in all my 25 years of life, I don't think there's been an athlete hated this much for 1 decision other than Justin Gatlin, that I can think of.
The day after THE DECISION was the best day of my HEAT FAN journey 🔥🏀🔥🏀🔥🏀🔥
Let me guess. Life long heat fan, right? All of your "life long" heat fans started coming out of the woodwork when there was like 3 before LeBron went.
@@pctx1030 been watching the Heat since 03 Sir, I'm not a LeBron fan, but I respect him as a person.
I remember watching this live with my dad, dad's gf, & grandma. The lead up that entire Thursday was crazy. LeBron went from one of the the most popular athletes in the country to the most hated. In the span of maybe 40 mins. Don't think any other free agency will be as impactful.
Jokic or Giannis, I think, could have a similar impact. Those 2 are very loyal players, and switching would send shock waves
Kevin Durant comes close
On this day I still remembered that day! LeBron taking his talents to South Beach play for the Miami alongside with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. Chris Bosh was free agent after leaving the Toronto Raptors.
As a lifelong Cavs fan, after 2016, I'm good.
Lebron said not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 not 5 not 6 not 7 if any one remembers this you're the GOAT.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
N he got 2.
Crying over a pep rally is hilarious!!😂
ESPN owes LeBron Billions for the content he created.
Sports Entertainment. They write Lebrons Scripts. So actually they both are working together
@@alphagodvon nyagger go to college and get a degree . Oh right you struggled to even finish high school . So stop with the conspiracy theories.
@@alphagodvon love these conspiracies, acting like it’s even conceivable to write a “script” for smth like the nba.
Its been a decade but still dominating the NBA👑🐏
I was just watching and SB nation video about this lol
I still don't understand what LeBron did that was wrong
People just hate for no reason, mostly curry fans or racists
The Decision was iconic, LeBron James made the right call going to Miami 100% 👏👏👏👏👏
Lebronze 3-6. The biggest snake created many super teams
You sure hahaa kd is biggest snake
Bill Rusell the Goat than right?
He 100% started this super team thing now the rich elites have their hand so far these athletes butts and can make anything happen now , sports is over it’s all fake and scripted
Lebronze 3-6 the biggest snake formed super teams in miami,and cleveland. 🐍🐍🐍🐍
i remember watching this on TV the drama that led up to this moment was entertaining
Times flies man
“Not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 not 5 not 6 not 7” lol what a joke. Got 2 an ran away after all these theatrics.
I was hitting my middle years when this happened. Had bet my mom a dollar he was going to Miami and she said Chicago. Good times lol. Also, I miss the version of sports center we had almost 10 yrs ago
Such a disappointment, they had the most dominate team in those 4 years and only won it twice. On the bright side those were some of the best times to live in miami.
You must’ve was not watching Bosh and Wade decline, LeBron carried that team the last year as well
You clearly did not watch the Spurs, they were the better team by far. The Thunder were close as well, the only year they should have definitively won was 2011.
Miami had to be on another level during those years
Pressure Nation I know they was declining but he went to the finals with even less help in 2018
Damian Whindleton the economy was great, business was booming
I liked it! Was dope! People are babys!
Even as a Spurs fan, I have to say, although this decision was maybe one of the darkest days for the game of Basketball, it lead to one of the best (imo THE best) time in Basketball. The Heat were amazing, they're actually the team that got me into Basketball. Especially cause he returned to Cleveland and got them a championship too, everyone should look at this with happiness (unless you're a Cavs, Celtics or OKC fan).
Only if he knew then that he would be back to deliver his promise of a ring 🙏🏻
Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7...
Well he wasn't lying when he said not 1, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6 ,not 7 lmao
Jay • lol facts
People love the past dont they
Dam miss old Stewart Scott, man was as cool as the other side of the pillow
That thumbnail looks like that meme
Wasnt Mav Carter the one who put this together? Wish he could be interviewed.
Love the BTS footage
Thanks for reminding us Cavs fans of this...
"I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat." The Decision... MJ would never
cuz he took his talents to the casino for a year and a half
MJ will punch his teammate in the face and take away his meal. LeBron in different lifetimes will never.
MJ was the first of his kind and already had a shoe line going for him. People put money into him and his his team for him to flourish at the end of the day. James was stuck in his hometown set to be a hero but he never had the support he needed. MJ wouldn’t have stayed on any team if he was pulling losses instead of dubs. The two can’t be compared because both brought a different set of skills to the table. Both dudes are so good and talented that the discussion is still being had haters from both sides are still being mad. At the end of the day it’s a topic that espn is going to continue profiting on which is also the only reason the discussion still exist. Lmao. Suckers
MJ had Bulls management that actually put players around him. Cavs management has always been horrible and still is. Never put talent around Bron
Mj had a front office that gave him the pieces he needed to win lebron didn’t have that
remember when free agency was boring?? miss those days
THE GOAT, cavs left him no choice at the time
Facts
Jason Terry 🤣
Oh yeah the one he couldn't guard lmao!😂🤣
I was 17 yrs old around this time nd been knew he was leaving Cleveland. It was just we didn't know where to, but I didn't watch this little show. I heard bout it on ESPN,
0:45 right side middle row all the way to the right, Donovan Mitchell
Whats the color of his shirt?
Kobe Bryant 24ever yellow
He still came back and won a championship in 2016 so his goal is complete in Cleveland.
3-6
Idk why people bring up championships one it's a team accomplishment two if championships determine how great u are I guess Bill Russel the GOAT because 11>6
If you guys haven’t seen it, watch Steve Carrell’s spoof of this. It’s hillarious
If you think about it... this was such the wrong way to do it, and I’m a Miami Heat fan.
Cant believe this was 10 yrs ago sheesh 😭
His eyes sharp!!
Definitely the Best decision he made!!
Bron was nervous af but knew he wasn’t going back lol
All people hate his decision, but know im fine with it, cause atleast he finish the task that he has to do when he left cavs for heat and then back to cleveland, make cavs as a Champion
LeBron is second on all time Turnovers his the GOAT.
Lmao turnovers is a stat u want to AVOID. Thats not good to be 2nd all time in turnovers 😂
@BIG DADDY Kobe's a ball hog a ball hog who can give you 3 peats and 2 peats and played with only one co star.
Who is the Goat? Can you imagine MJ going on ESPN making a decision to take his talents to Hollywood to join Magic. Didn't think so.
Mj was Hollywood to retire twice made a movie for a comeback
Well if he wasn't winning, then maybe.
First LeBron mention his mom who was one of knowing person in his decision. understandable from a smart man.
Hate from north, love from south, the media, and the whole world. Now what? simply one of the top from the bests.
first time seeing this as a new basketball fan , i watch football ⚽️,
this reminds me if alex hunter fifa 17
Alex hunter is the best
Extremely slow sports day
Next week...Kevin Durant goes to Golden state
ESPN don't love KD like that.
@El Comedy Rogue Yup, but the people loved Kobe. So ESPN had no choice but begrudgingly show love to Kobe.
The moment leading up to bron leaving was JR dribbling the wrong way
This was back at a time where the players and teams told the news not the journalists
at the time cleveland fans were so pissed. looking back, they woulda never won in 2016 without him leaving. they needed to get kyrie and a few key players and then have him return
I have no problem with him leaving Cleveland. I do have a problem with how he did it, the team he went to, and the fact that this was his plan all along with his buddies and basically take the NBA hostage by forming a super team makes me sick.
I honestly don't care revisiting The Decision from 10 years ago. Give us The Last Dance repeats instead so the entire world can watch the real GOAT. Upload it for free on TH-cam for a week.
It is free
Donovan Mitchell was there to 👀
0:55.."Pre-Kardashian Kanye"- Black Thought(Funk Flex Freestyle)
LeBron James the goat of losing six championships, joining Dwyane Wade just to win a championship cuz he couldn't do it any other way, but let's blame it on the team mates that he went to the championship with , but he still cannot win, and everybody blames it cuz he didn't have a superstar beside him, he's so great he shouldn't need one right, but he did have Superstars beside him they took him to the championship six times, he's just not great, only great at losing championships, wasn't for Dwyane Wade yeah I don't need to say anymore
Name a legend that never won without other legends.... I’ll wait plus his teams were inferior to the other teams in 2011 he should’ve won 2014 d wade wasn’t the same and the heat were gassed 2015 he would’ve won if his team wasn’t plagued with injuries and they lost 17 and 18 cuz golden state was the superior team
@@dwadeisthegoat2020 you're right I am a hater of LeBron James, everybody puts him on a pedestal where he don't belong, it's funny everybody makes excuses but when she joined the heat do you remember his little dance and stuff he did on the TV show saying they're going to win not one Champion not two championships not three championships not four Championship not 6 Championship not seven championships do you remember that and you know why he said that because he knew he had a great basketball player with him it was going to help him win but unlike every other team he plays on he's not great and that's why they were not great, but keep making excuses for the greatest player ever La loser James, I don't make excuses for Kobe Bryant, cuz don't need to cuz he is greatness
@joseph ofori yeah hater of LeBron lose their 6 championships, that everybody automatically put him above every basketball ever, so disrespectful, even himself calling himself the goat, the goat of losing six championships, the goat of screwing Cleveland, the goat of needing a better basketball player, and all he is the biggest joke of the NBA, hater big time, no respect for LeBron James😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣
@@dwadeisthegoat2020 and it's not the point of naming a legend, it's the point that he had to go to a better Legend and basketball player, name me a legend that ever did that, a Legend that they put above every other basketball player, until you can do that, just shut your mouth, and stay in school, and stay off drugs, cuz LeBron fans are obviously all on drugs thinking he's the greatest
@@hashmoncrief6965 yea ur just a LeBron hater and that's childish Idk why u can't appreciate that Kobe James and MJ are all great players and no matter what you haters say LeBron will always be one of the best players and that's a fact 🤷🏾♂️
I'm looking for donovan
Was this the first time he left ?
The best basketball decision LeBron James ever made in his basketball career
A superteam is with three stars that can lead their team like Kyrie and Bosh and Wade and Love These players lead their team in the playoffs. Lebron played with these star players. MJ played with Pippen and his the only teammate of MJ that can carry a team in the playoffs if Rodman was asked to carry a team in the playoffs that will never happen.
That’s what LBJ fans don’t get, they keep acting like Rodman/Kerr/Kukoc etc were go to legit guys who can carry a team when they never did that. LBJ actually had these type of players as second/third options but they refuse to acknowledge that. That’s why they always downplay LBJ’s all star teammates and overrate MJ’s teammates who were role players to make it seem like MJ had a “superteam”. Even with Pippen, yes he was an all star but the dude couldn’t carry a team. He even admitted that in 94 that the team won by committee not just a one man show like MJ did a lot of the times.
Yeah but Pippen and Rodman are Hall if fame players smh Kyrie is not Bosh is not Love is not the only one out this group is Wade,, you sound dumb Brodie
The Nation facts
The Nation
Um what? Kyrie/Love/Bosh are all future HOF’s....then you add that LBJ also had Wade/Allen who already are HOF’s.
Love could never make it to the playoffs when leading a team
Here after Dan Hurley just shut down the Laker’s offer
He never won in Cleveland in his first 7 years , then he went Miami heat and dominated , He’s the G.O.A.T
Nope, Jordan is still the GOAT.
People always have said this, and it would have been interesting to see. But I wonder if the thought ever crossed his mind to go to LA with Kobe?
I still don’t know why this was such a bid deal.
does this not seem to anyone else like he's just trying to improve his image? I mean that was overkill and pissed off a lot of people.
It only pissed off weak minded people!!!
Like KDs would’ve been jaw dropping
Do you every think you would hear MJ say I’m taking my talents to the Detroit Pistons???? Or Kobe jump ship to go play on the spurs??????
Didn’t knew the Heats and Cavs were rivals, plus the heats were mediocre at that time, unlike Detroit and spurs during their eras
For your info kobe tried to go to the Bulls b4 the Lakers got Gasol. Know history b4 u make dumb Statements Lol
Desean Williams and who was on the bulls that he would be super teaming with????? The bulls would have had to give up half the roster just to get him. I know my history. It wasn’t a free agent move like lebron to join two other franchise players.
Imagine calling another grown man “The King” 🤣
LESPN Lebron Extra Special Puppet Network
Yea Puppets for sure.. they streamed the whole Jordan docu-series
@Anviator lebron people at espn did not even want to do that FOH BOZO
You took the time out your day to create that acronym lol
When he said where’s the powder... he really meant Lebrons cocaine.
😂😂
Goat James🐐
Sad i was young seeing this i wanted him to lose to the Mavs so bad but the following year i wanted him to win his 1st ring
Dude, I remember being with my dad on the road in his 18 wheeler truck ten years ago when this came on the radio . it felt like my heart left my body when he said “join the Miami heat “ I was stunned and 12 year old me felt like my world ended.
Best decision he ever made!!
Nah should’ve stayed with cavs my man shaq
Still makes me laugh