LeBron James celebrates in downtown Cleveland during the victory parade. It just means you need to regroup and change your process and approach like James and the Cleveland Cavaliers did during the NBA Finals.
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“You guys are unbelievable”, James told the gathered crowd.
“I’m coming home with what I said I was going to do”, he said, adding, “I can’t wait to get off that plane, hold that trophy up and see all our fans at the terminal”. Police were doing all they could to clear East 9th street so the celebration could begin.
LeBron’s career is far from over, and whether you want to admit it or not, we may be watching the greatest player to ever play the game. They had even more to celebrate than they thought they would.
James, 31, can become a free agent if he decides not to exercise the one-year, $24 million player’s option in his contract.
The parade will conclude with a massive rally at Mall B, a large outdoor public space where James and other celebrities are expected to speak. ESPN reports that Cavs star and eventual Finals MVP LeBron James used Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement address as a tool of inspiration to rally his comrades before their Game 3 bout against a Golden State Warriors team that was at the time leading 2-0.
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers made a promise to the City of Cleveland and the entire state of OH that they were going to bring home an National Basketball Association title.
“No matter what he does, he remembers where he came from, and northeast OH needs someone like that”, she said. “It is an expectation of excellence”.
His 41 points in Game 5 were crucial for the Cavs, though his game-winning three-pointer in Game 7 was his most memorable moment. Jefferson, 36, is now walking back the retirement talk.
“I wouldn’t trade it for the world”, Irving said. Iman Shumpert, meanwhile, was shocked to see people in trees and on rooftops.
LeBron James waves to fans as the parade makes its way through Cleveland.
Once he reached the stage and rally, James spent almost 20 minutes thanking each of his teammates during a sometimes profane speech. He credited Tristan Thompson for his durability, Love for his resiliency and Kyrie Irving for his potential.
“You could look back to the Earnest Byner fumble, Elway going 99 yards, to Jose Mesa not being able to close out in the bottom of the ninth to the Cavs went to the finals – I was on that team – in 2007, us getting swept, and then a year ago us losing 4-2, and so many more stories”. I was seeking championships, and we won two.
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LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one he is so proudly bringing home to his native northeast OH just as he promised to do when he returned to the Cavaliers two summers ago.
