2014 NBA Free Agency Rumors & Predictions: LeBron James Out Of Miami? Shameful Finals Loss Reminds The King Of Weak Cavs Team!

The 2014 NBA Free Agency Rumors & Predictions has an unfamiliar guest-the Miami Heat. It seems like we need to brace ourselves-Decision 2.0 is coming!

It's déjà vu as Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports recalls the 2010 departure of LeBron that marked him as the game's easiest target. The ending was similar, the body language and even LeBron's answers were the same.

LeBron stood alone on the baseline-away from his teammates. Chris Bosh was hugging all his teammates and James clearly avoided him, as Doyel recounts. Was he upset that his teammates can easily accept defeat-as early as Game 3 when they opened their two home games in Miami by getting trounced as early as the first quarter?

Doyel points out that LeBron gave everything in that last game: "He had 31 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. He spent the game as the point guard on offense and defense, hounding Tony Parker into an 0-for-7 start from the field. In the first quarter when the Heat were surging to a 22-6 lead, LeBron had 17 points and five rebounds. He took six shots and hit five. He got to the foul line five times and made them all."

In the postgame press conference, LeBron refused to address the pressing questions. It's hard to blame him, considering how he felt. He was not just defeated, he felt abandoned. In Game 1, he was criticized no end when he got cramps and bailed out of the game. Was he looking for criticism towards his teammates when THEY bailed on HIM the past three games?

Can this same Heat team win the title next year?

LBJ: "I'm not even nowhere near at that point." 

Another reporter reminded him of his statement that 'he cannot imagine leaving Miami.'

The King was silent. Until: "Ah, I mean. Um, I will deal with my summer when I get to that point. Me and my team will sit down and deal with it. I love Miami. My family loves it. But obviously right now it's not even what I'm thinking about."

With exasperated finality: "You want answers, and I'm not going to give you one. I'm not going to give it to you."

Doyel of CBS insists that he actually did give his answer. LeBron's "team" did not refer to the Miami Heat. It was HIS Team LeBron, led by Maverick Carter, his hometown friend from Akron, Ohio. Could their path lead back home-to Cleveland, the same team he left because he had to carry them alone-the way he carried this team alone for almost the entire series. With Miami playing like Cavs 2.0, Decision 2.0 won't be far behind.

James won't say, but based on Doyel's inferences, the only viable answer to "Where will LeBron play next season?" is "Not Miami."

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