LeBron James rumors: LeBron's agent pushing him to Cleveland Cavaliers

Miami Heat forward LeBron James will soon be making a decision on his future. He will either be re-signing with the Heat or joining the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team he left the Heat for as a free agent in 2010.

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Although it initially seemed like a foregone conclusion James was opting out of his contract with the Heat in order to sign a longer contract and help the Heat acquire other free agents, his interest in a return to the Cavaliers is very real. The Cavaliers have a lot of young talent on the roster and could even be a position to land Minnesota Timberwolves’ power forward Kevin Love.

In fact, according to Adrian Wojnarowski, James’ agent, Rich Paul, has been pushing James back to Cleveland for years.

"Cleveland had been carefully listening to the direction of James’ agent Rich Paul, who has been privately telling people for weeks – even months and years – that he has been determined to deliver the prodigal son of Northeast Ohio back home.The Cavaliers were told to clear max salary-cap space for James, and they did so at an extreme price – a starting center and a 2016 lottery pick to the Boston Celtics. When paperwork was slow to be filed to finalize the three-way deal on Thursday morning, Cavaliers officials were imploring Boston and Brooklyn executives to speed up the process, that it was imperative the deal be finalized and Cleveland officials could be prepared to present James with a max contract with a starting salary of $20.7 million, sources said."

James averaged 27.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game while shooting 56.7% from the field, 37.9% from three and 75.0% from the charity stripe last season.

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LeBron James rumors: LeBron’s agent pushing him to Cleveland Cavaliers

By Andrew Melnick | Jul 11, 2014