LeBron James told Dwyane Wade he picked Cavaliers last night
By Josh Sanchez
LeBron James announced in a Sports Illustrated article on Friday afternoon that he would be returning home to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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While the world found at all at once when the exclusive story broke, LeBron James’ inner circle and a handful of other close friends had already known.
Last night, LeBron and former Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade boarded a plane from Las Vegas to Miami.
During that flight, LeBron had informed Wade he would not be re-signing with the Heat.
Wade was reportedly understanding of LeBron’s decision.
Source tells me Wade found out on flight yesterday LeBron was going back to CLE. Wade understood. Wade then told Bosh "Do what you gotta do"
— Bill Reiter (@sportsreiter) July 11, 2014
While we know what the next steps of LeBron James’ career will be, we now have to wait and see where Dwyane Wade will land.
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