How did LeBron handle free-agency this time?

[Venti Quattro]

I think he did rather well.

[Xylus]

The Essay > The Decision

[Clipper Nation]

He handled it fine, tbh.... everybody blamed him unfairly before he decided because Media kept making up bullshit stories and believing in bullshit rumors....

[Thread]

He just switched out Cleveland & Miami, leaving one to hold the bag.

[djohn2oo8]

He handled it fine, tbh.... everybody blamed him unfairly before he decided because Media kept making up bullshit stories and believing in bullshit rumors....
How were they bullshit? He left for Cleveland.

[Clipper Nation]

How were they bullshit? He left for Cleveland.

The end result didn't turn out to be bullshit, but the media consistently whiffed on the details (such as reporting multiple fake announcement times), and there were all sorts of contradictory leaks from both sides as well....

[spurraider21]

i'm happy with the outcome... not that miami scares me, but the reaction from "heat nation" so far has been epic. not to mention the bosh fiasco :lol

[resistanze]

Did LeBron even say a word until today? Everything came from other sources.

He handled it well.

[HI-FI]

he handled it pretty well imo. I always knew he would return, just not after four years in Miami. But he returns home and didn't make an embarrassing spectacle like last time. even funnier is how his biggest dick slobbers swore he would never do it.

[Dex]

If he was going to ANY other team, I would have preferred if he had just signed and let it leak out through the media like it always does.

Considering the way he left the Cavs and his sudden and unexpected return, I feel like he almost HAD to explain himself and his motives. If he didn't try to set the story straight himself, the media would have inevitably carried it in every direction possible.

That being said, he chose a good way to do that by posting The Essay via SI, instead of doing some big press conference or a fucking ESPN special.

He could have posted it like 5 days ago and saved everybody a bunch of wondering, but...he probably cashed like 8 billion reloads on his website in the interim, so savvy business move on his part.

[Venti Quattro]

Plus the Heat fans don't hate him at all. At least the real ones. I checked by heat forums 10 minutes ago and they all have appreciation threads.

[TXstbobcat]

I guess nobody is burning LeBron jerseys in South Beach today????

[Nathan89]

Media speculation is what made it unbearable. He didn't do anything wrong though.

[jimbo]

He didn't take a necessarily long time to make a decision, it's just ESPN's nonstop coverage of him and the power he had over the market caused it to seem worse than it was.

I'd rather have had an event like the decision imo. Tbh, it fits into one of the principles of waiting line psychology now that I think of it. The wait seems longer if you don't know how long the wait will be.

[Mnky]

The Essay > The Decision

[2pac > Kobe]

At least the decision made some profit for the children, fuck an essay

[Splits]

He just switched out Cleveland & Miami, leaving one to hold the bag.

I thought there was only 1 bag? Christ you're a hypocrite.

[JoeTait75]

I thought he handled it well the whole way through, regardless of whether he came home or stayed down there. The media, on the other hand...