Forget what LeBron says, the real reasons for returning to Cleveland.

[Magic 32]

So, basically LeBron made the calculated decision.

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This has always been my problem with Lebron.

Both on and off the court.

[LBJ 23]

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This has always been my problem with Lebron.

Both on and of the court.

So he is only allowed to go to teams like Bucks, Bobcats,... God forbid if he calculates and chooses a team with some young talent which just so happens to be his hometeam aswell.

Faking trolls

[PickernRoller]

This clown is gonna hop on the Cavs boner right now?

LeTards are too damn predictable.

[Soundwave]

So he is only allowed to go to teams like Bucks, Bobcats,... God forbid if he calculates and chooses a team with some young talent which just so happens to be his hometeam aswell.

Faking trolls

Or he could try sticking it out with a team when things get a little tough rather than jumping ship the first chance he gets.

This was an obvious move, he saw in Cleveland a chance to build a younger "big 3" with him, Kyrie (already an NBA All-Star), and the potential to move the Wiggins pick for Love or keep it and groom a potential stud 1st overall as the no.3 option.

Loyalty ain't in LeBron's dictionary, he goes to a situation he thinks will be easier in the long term ("its gon be easy!" pretty much sums him up).

That and going back to Cleveland for the above reasons provided him PR cover, if he did to Miami again what he did to Cleveland and went running to say Houston, he would get completely destroyed by the media and fans and he knew that after his "PR team" of idiots realized how badly they botched the first decision.

Cleveland is still in the paper-thin East that provides an easier path to the Finals and he gets to spin a feel good narrative this time out, while dropping Wade's aging knees like a bad habit.

When he realized he wasn't going to get much more mileage out of Wade/Bosh and the dream of "not 1, not 2, not 3" etc. was slipping away he started to look for an out. Predictably.

[Magic 32]

So he is only allowed to go to teams like Bucks, Bobcats,... God forbid if he calculates and chooses a team with some young talent which just so happens to be his hometeam aswell.

Faking trolls

Why not let honor, loyalty, passion or even hate dictate your decisions?

The guy is a cold, calculated businessman (and ball player).

It's all for the Boys & Girls Clubs remember.

[LBJ 23]

Or he could try sticking it out with a team when things get a little tough rather than jumping ship the first chance he gets.

This was an obvious move, he saw in Cleveland a chance to build a younger "big 3" with him, Kyrie (already an NBA All-Star), and the potential to move the Wiggins pick for Love or keep it and groom a potential stud 1st overall as the no.3 option.

Yea, the things got a little tough in Miami and he did jump ship but I think short-term(which is the most important for him now) he took a harder path. He's 30 years old and if he would by any means necessary want to win rings in the next 2 years Miami would still be a better choice if they would make some improvements. And if Miami would win most likely he would be FMVP.

In Cleveland he can really start to compete what after 1-2 years(chemistry, new coach, young players etc,..) and he would already be 32-33 when that happens. And when Irving, Wiggins, Bennet, Waiters really hit their prime Lebron will be around 35-36 years old and there's a good chance any of those young players wins FMVP and Lebron will be stacking up only sidekick rings. And yea those sidekick rings rings will certainly help him a lot especially judging by ISH

[GimmeThat]

of course OP is right but it also got a human element to it. LeBron has always loved Ohio and you could see more apssion from him when he played for the Cavs.
he also took a risk since most the Cavs guys are pretty damn young and no one knows if they ever will be good enough to contend.
so he DID base this on emotions too since he could have just joined the Clippers, Blazers or Bulls and contend immediately

he's making a lot of money.
he probably don't mind spending some of them.

maybe he felt that Cleveland was the best place for him to do that.

[jzek]

OP just re-wrote what Simmons said

At least give Simmons credit smh