Source: LeBron starts process of evaluating suitors

[Surreal]

Not if he wins.

Winning? He's Lebron..he's suppose to win.
Going from team to team to achieve that ruins his shyt

Mount Rushmore talk? That shyt is done if he jumps
GOAT or even top 10/15..that shyt is done

 

[King Poetic]

chris paul will be in akron this month with his son to hang wit lebron

 

[ROFL_GUY]

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...20101104_1_lebron-james-chris-paul-friendship

EW ORLEANS — Chris Paul was at the hospital for the birth of LeBron James' two children.

When Paul's son, Chris Jr., had his first birthday party, James was one of the guests. The two NBA superstars have been friends for almost eight years,



Our friendship has grown over the years," James said. "We both respect what we do on the court, but it goes way beyond that. It's kind of hard to talk about, because I know how close we are. I support everything that he [does]."


The relationship strengthened when they played together in the 2003 McDonald's All-American game. James went off to the NBA, with Paul joining him two years later after a couple of seasons at Wake Forest. Now, they are both considered among the league's elite players.

Paul did not speak with reporters after Thursday's practice, but recently discussed his relationship with James with the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

"We both played in that McDonald's All-American Game, and we've been tight ever since," Paul said.

So tight, Paul, 25, was likely one of the few to know of James' free-agency plans before it was announced on national television. He hinted toward it, saying he and James talk all the time, when asked of "The Decision." Paul even switched agents last summer, joining the Estabrook Group, the same firm that represents James.

"The friendship has definitely grown," James said. "He was present at both of my childs' birth, both of 'em. And I was there at his son's first birthday party and things like that. So it's deep. It's beyond basketball."

 

[Rekkapryde]

If Bron went back to Cleveland, he'd get free blowjobs for life anywhere in Ohio.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

TAKING NOTES FOR ALL YOU FOOLS WISHING DEATH ON HEAT NATION. GONNA BE A UGLY MESS TO CLEAN UP

 

[Cᵣₐₛₕ&ₜₕₑCₒᵤₚ]

Suns watch

Him and Bledsoe got the same agent and they're cool. Team with future picks, assets, and cap flexibility.

 

[Mr swag]

right after Lowry resigns with the raptors

he gone Heat brehs

And gortat off the market

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Lebron is quickly beginning to have one of the most limp wristed careers of any superstar athlete ever. Dude is a nomad in search of titles...

 

[ROFL_GUY]

fukkkkk heat "fans" yaaaaaaaaaalllllll diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeee ​

 

[Rich Spirit]

Suns watch

Him and Bledsoe got the same agent and they're cool. Team with future picks, assets, and cap flexibility.

If he doesn't end up playing for my Rockets, I'd like to see him in a Suns uniform

 

[Da_Eggman]

If Bron went back to Cleveland, he'd get free blowjobs for life anywhere in Ohio.

You think he can't get those regardless

 

[Malta]

I think it's Miami or Cleveland

 

[Rich Spirit]

I think it's Miami or Cleveland

Or Phoenix

 

[Malta]

Or Phoenix

They're sort of like the Clippers were in 2010 (obviously better) just hard to see him picking any other squads but Miami or Cleveland.

 

[Gus Money]

When the Miami Heat's "Big 3" went their separate ways after a lunch meeting last Wednesday, they went not knowing whether they had played their last game together, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

While Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were committed to returning to the Heat, LeBron James was unsure of what he would do, the sources said.

The only certainty coming out of the meeting concerning James was that he wanted a maximum-level salary.

James did not ask or suggest that Wade and Bosh opt out of their deals or take lesser salaries to allow the Heat to add other top players, according to the sources.

When Bosh and Wade opted out of their contracts a few days later -- joining James who had done so before their lunch meeting -- it was widely assumed the three were working together and would all return to the Heat.

But sources who have spoken with two of the Big 3 said that was not the case. Bosh and Wade are intent on returning to Miami, but neither of them knows what James will do.

"It's not a done deal," said one source, when asked about James' return to Miami. "That's for sure."

Bosh and Wade were so uncertain about James's future after last week's meeting that one of them spoke about what the Heat might look like without James, according to one source.

The decisions of Bosh and Wade to opt out of the final two years and $42 million of their contracts were sparked by their desire to add better players in an effort to entice James to stay in Miami, one source said.

While both players expect to sign larger contracts overall, each is willing to take less money annually.

Bosh is looking to sign a five-year deal worth between $80 million and $90 million while Wade is thinking along the lines of $55 million-60 million over four years, sources said.

Those figures, combined with a max-level contract that would begin at $20.7 million for James, would not clear the cap room it would likely take to sign free-agent targets such as Kyle Lowry,Luol Deng and possibly Pau Gasol.

None of this means James will not return to the Heat, and another season or two for him in Miami seems to be a safe bet, the sources said. But no one, not even the other members of the Big 3, knows what the four-time MVP is going to do.

James's camp has handled this year's free agency much different than it did in 2010. James has hired a new agent since then in longtime friend Rich Paul, and Paul has played it close to the vest.

Paul spoke with clubs interested in signing James beginning at midnight on Tuesday. His responsibility is to share that information with James and then James will decide the next steps.

One similarity between 2014 and 2010 is that James was likewise noncommittal in a meeting with Bosh and Wade before the trio joined forces in Miami that summer.

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/mia...yane-wade-chris-bosh-unsure-lebron-james-plan

I had lost all hope that he would return to Cleveland until recently. I'm still 99% sure he won't come back, but still.