James, who delivered on his promise to win a title for his home state in his second year back with the Cavs after four years with the Heat, will ride with teammates on floats.
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Later, James planned to address the crowd at a rally on Mall B, a wide-open area flooded with fans.
This was a parade Cleveland had been sitting on the curb waiting to see since the Browns won it all when Lyndon Johnson was president.
No major city had endured more pain with its sports franchises.
One day after ending Cleveland’s 52-year pro sports championship drought, James, who refrains from Twitter and other message platforms during the postseason, posted a rant on Instagram aimed at those who have doubted him.
While the “at this point” will probably make fans in Cleveland a little nervous, LeBron is simply being a smart businessman. But more than five decades after Jim Brown led the Browns to the 1964 National Football League championship, the city is back on top of the sports world again.
Cleveland’s close calls since then have gained infamous nicknames: Red Right 88, The Drive, The Fumble, The Shot, The Move and The Decision are a part of the city’s troubled sports lexicon. Art Modell packed up the beloved Browns in 1995 and moved them to Baltimore.
Cavaliers superstar LeBron James says the feeling of winning a title with Cleveland hasn’t sunk in yet.
In each of the 32 prior instances, the team facing such a deficit had lost the Finals and only two forced a Game Seven.
There’s a new nickname – The End.
The mere sight of James set off loud cheers from adoring fans who showed up to thank the greatest basketball player on the planet for leading Cleveland past the Golden State Warriors in a decisive seventh game of the NBA Finals on Sunday.
Officials have not provided an estimate for the parade’s crowd, but more than 10,000 fans greeted the Cavs when they arrived at Hopkins International Airport on Monday, hours after their dramatic 93-89 win in Game 7.
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Cleveland Cavaliers fans line the parade route around the Quicken Loans Arena early Wednesday, June 22, 2016, to watch a parade celebrating the Cavaliers’ NBA Championship in downtown Cleveland.
