LeBron James is leaving the Miami Heat to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers

LeBron James is headed home - he has announced he will leave the Miami Heat to re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

LeBron James leaves the team he won two NBA titles with for a team that has never won a championship

King James is returning to Cleveland four years after an acrimonious split announced on national television that saw him bolt his hometown to take his talents to South Beach.

'My goal is to win as many titles as possible,' he said in an interview published Friday July 11,2014 in Sports Illustrated
This billboard went up in downtown Cleveland within an hour of James announcing he was returning to the Cavaliers

Saturday July 12,2014  front page of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland's largest newspaper

KING JAMES' CAREER

 

• 2003 - Graduated from St. Vincent - St.Mary High School, in Akron, Ohio
• 2003 - Picked first overall in the NBA Player Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers
• 2004 - Named NBA 'Rookie of the Year'
• 2005 - Named to first all-star team
• 2008 - Wins first scoring title
• 2008 - Wins Gold Medal at Beijing Summer Olympics
• 2009 - Signs four-year free-agent contract with the Miami Heat
• 2009 - Named NBA MVP for the first time2012 - Wins first NBA title
• 2012 - Wins second Gold Medal at London Summer Olympics
• 2013 - Wins second NBA title
• 2013 - Named 'AP Athlete of the Year'
• 2014 - Returns to Cleveland Cavaliers