Is LeBron James serious about leaving the Miami Heat in free agency? It seems like he is at least willing to listen to what other teams have to offer.
According to a report from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein, LeBron’s agent Rich Paul has been meeting with teams this week to hear their pitches on signing LeBron. The report says Paul has met with the Rockets, Mavericks, Suns and Cavaliers.
The report about the Suns pursuing James was already published Wednesday. Phoenix is making a push to sign either Chris Bosh or Carmelo Anthony in addition to LeBron.
Working off the ESPN report, Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski says three teams could return to Cleveland next week to present to LeBron and Paul. LeBron has been vacationing with his family and taking in the World Cup.
Three finalists could return to Cleveland early next week to make presentations w/ agent and LeBron James present, source tells Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 4, 2014
Woj also reports that LeBron is not on the same page as Bosh and Dwyane Wade:
Says official who was part of meetings ESPN reported on: "There's clearly a breakdown in communication between LeBron and (Wade and Bosh)."
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 4, 2014
ESPN’s Chris Broussard has been reporting the same thing.
I still believe LeBron will end up back with Miami. My guess is that they leaked this news in order to scare the Heat/Pat Riley into making a big move.
