“ This fall, I will be taking my talents to South Beach and joining the Miami Heat. » It was with these few words and this surprising formulation that LeBron James announced “The Decision” and shook the NBA world on July 8, 2010. Words that both ended the free agency the wildest in NBA history, and marked the beginning of Miami's chaotic “Big Three” era.
Everything was crazy during the summer of 2010. The context, with a superstar on the market. The way, with an announcement live on TV like no one had ever done. In the room, among the young spectators, there was Donovan Mitchell, then aged 13…
And then there's the fallout. With LeBron James going from a friendly young superstar to a big bad guy in the NBA in just a few seconds.
A crazy summer that we look back on in this episode of Histoire(s) de basketball.
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The Episode – The Decision, LeBron James and the Crazy Summer of 2010
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