LeBron James To Cleveland Cavaliers Was Planned All Along? Miami Just A ‘Pit Stop’ To Win Titles, After That The King Goes Back Home!

LeBron James reportedly had a plan to remain in Cleveland and he has always wanted to be in his hometown-but he needed to win titles so he had a 'pit stop' at Miami.

This is according to a report from Sam Smith of Bulls.com. LeBron already had a plan finalized weeks ago, maybe as early as their Game 5 loss to San Antonio, and it was also part of his career path that he planned 4 years ago, or maybe longer.

From Bulls.com:

"The talk around James supposedly was that James wanted to try to avoid a repeat of what he did in 2010. Not the TV show or rally, but the uniting of too strong a force. James wanted to remain in Cleveland in 2010, but he failed in several efforts to attract free agents, including Chris Bosh. So James understood he had to leave to win a championship, but he wanted to do it as quickly as possible. Thus, the merging of the three All-Stars with Dwyane Wade. They'd get to the Finals the first season and win twice."

This is where Pat Riley made his selling pitch. LeBron was the best player among them, why should he be the one to leave? Why not Wade and Bosh come to Cleveland? This is where the organization stood out.

But why did LeBron take so long to decide?

"James understood going back to Cleveland was no such uniting even with the talented Kyrie Irving. Though he also knew that roster still was better than Miami's with the injury decline of Wade. So, the rumors go, James held out as long as he could to try to have as many teams and players make prior commitments. Thus, it would be too difficult for teams to do sign and trade deals or have multiple players form alliances with one team like he did in Miami. That's why that uniting went more quickly back in 2010."

James knew how they got together-so he also knew how to prevent that. In 2010, he along with Wade and Bosh were the top free agents. It's similar now except you have Melo instead of Wade.

In any case, James and the city of Cleveland got what they wanted. Pat Riley did not. Even the best can't win 'em all.