Inside story of LeBron’s infamous “Decision,” move to Miami Heat from Cavaliers | Colin Cowherd NBA

[@rony1277]

This interview was like a great album… Zero skips.

[@bamboosho0t]

And no “Skip.” 😏

[@abzda1700]

I like this sort of journalism that Colin does

[@willmarinac5201]

Shows how well read and as such how researched his takes generally are .......

[@capitanawesome44]

Its same journalism of last dance… one sided view of what happened. Glorifying the subject.

[@tommckowen5546]

How this video only got 17k views is crazy to me

[@brysontaylor1223]

One of the best interviews I’ve seen in the Sports world in a long time

[@boogalooak47]

I agree except with the bulls had a Super Team🤦‍♂️

[@michaelo6161]

@@boogalooak47 but they did... 3 hofers, top 10 starters in the league at the time, great iq and bench players. Clownish to think the bulls weren’t a super team compared to others in their era. People really think mj won 6 by himself

[@rackball5858]

@@michaelo6161 Jordan didn’t win by himself. It’s a team sport after all. Yet, to call them a superteam is disingenuous. Is Scottie Pippen a hall of famer if the Bulls never win a championship? It’s a debate. He never put up 23 points a game a single season. Is Rodman a hall of famer just for his Detroit years? I’d say he was but it’s also debatable. you have to remember in 95 he was viewed as a crazy locker room cancer getting in trouble. He was also 35 years old in 96. Defensive stats don’t get everyone in the hall of fame even with DPOY awards. Finally, if you’re including Toni Kukoc, the only reason he’s a HOF player is because he was a very popular European player just before the international explosion post-Barcelona Olympics.. He lucked out being drafted to a dynasty even though he was a very good 6th man off the bench. In contrast, Lebron “teamed” up with bonafide Hall of Famers. Wade was a 1st ballot HOF before they played their first game together. AD from a statistical perspective was already one as well. Kyrie averages 23 for his career. Westbrook put up 4 Oscar Robinson triple double seasons before playing with Lebron.

[@rackball5858]

@@michaelo6161 “Compared to others in their era”. That’s completely ignoring the 96-99 Rockets. Hakeem, Barkley, Drexler that was a superteam that couldn’t get passed the Jazz. Even the 89-92 Celtics. Their roster was similar to 86. Bird, McHale, DJ, Parrish, Reggie Lewis.

[@MrJonnyl123]

@@michaelo6161 Rodman averaged 5.6 ppg on the bulls lmao how is that a top 10 player. The bulls from 96-98 were 3 of the 5 lowest scoring supporting casts to win a title. Nowhere near a super team

[@daviscragun2023]

I didn’t realize I had so much to learn about lebron and his story. Amazing!

[@deucedeuce3613]

The Lebron “The Chose One” 12 part documentary is gonna be legendary 🔥 i can’t wait

[@jmar5127]

Hope u patience, it's gonna be another 15 years lol

[@deucedeuce3613]

@@jmar5127 lol real shit tho

[@Tonylamar777]

Colin always knows how to reel you in, good stuff here

[@allensmith9879]

I think LBJ realized he was the best player on planet earth in his 2008-2009 MVP season.

[@jussie6212]

This was a riveting interview 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@microvan1234]

What a fantastic interview. I was so engaged with the whole thing didn’t even realize it had been 52 minutes when it was all said and done.

[@mylaughingeffect3459]

I love this. The author needs to be more on tv. Speaking facts!

[@dnkwame]

Great stuff with this interview! Loved every second of it

[@Tenfortytrey]

Hope everyone has a blessed day

[@h7887]

You too Trey

[@efeerhigbare4493]

Fantastic interview

[@Biz613]

This was absolutely fantastic.

[@304Hibachi]

Classic NBA content right here. Lebron and Curry have made NBA great again. The Shaq/Kobe/Duncan Era wasnt the best. I only liked 04 Pistons, 06 Heat, and 2011 Mavs during that era. Whenever the Spurs or Lakers were winning it was boring from 05 to 2015 IMO. I liked Ginobili's game a lot when he and Parker were peaking with Spurs but outside of that, the Era was lacking excitement unless you are a Lakers or Spurs fan. Looking forward to what NBA does after Lebron/Durant/Curry era. Hopefully Doncic can get a legit contending team to go along with Giannis, Jokic, Mitchell, Morant, Booker, Tatum, Embid and other young stars to carry NBA. Im hopeful for Zion to stay healthy eventually and still hope Melo Ball can become a legit star too.

[@riotordiet9154]

Lebron is so boring to watch dribble put head down and barrel to the rim!!curry i can agree very exciting but yea u must hate kobe because theree wasnt a more skilled entertaining star who played both ends and competed every night!!lebron will compete for his stats on offense but will rest on defense and as a basketball fan that with load management is cheating the game!!i wanna see the best compete not rest on defense to chase stats!!also viewership for lebron finals are among worst in nba history

[@rethabilentema2333]

Thank you Colin, this was brilliant. All the way from South Africa!

[@coreythompsonTheOneandOnly]

"HE WAS BUILDING THINGS ". The Jayz segment was truly awesome and awe inspiring 👏🏾 ❤️

[@HoopsHuddles]

I can't wait to buy this book

[@VolanderFutbol]

awesome interview

[@LT-dj8if]

Honestly wished this went on for 30 more minutes! Now I have to buy the book.

[@GreatLakes2551]

Great interview. ❤

[@e.o.8999]

Never one to make a comment but this was really great. Even as a non-LeBron fan.

[@vincentpowelljr.3354]

This is good stuff!

[@tiguhhhh5415]

Oh look. Everyone flooding in here that hate LeBron, but secretly adore him 🥱

[@akasilkyslim]

That's crazy how Pat Riley walked into his meeting with Lebron wth a bag of his rings to show him as his pitch to come to Miami. Thats power

[@luancosta7693]

I Love lebron just like i loved kobe. Both legends from my childhood.

[@estherlee5527]

You could argue Bron first surpassed Kobe during the 2009 regular season but had these two met in that puppet finals, it was a no-brainer: Kobe would have decisively beat Lebron in 2009. 2010 would have been a lot closer as the Lakers were not quite as good as they were in 2009 and Shaq allowed Cleveland to matchup with the Lakers size a lot better but once Bron lost his focus, it was all over for Cleveland. The true moment in which I knew for sure Lebron surpassed Kobe was when the Lakers got swept by Dallas because you could no longer argue using the playoffs that Kobe was better than Lebron

[@Trill_Tour]

You knew LeBron was better than Kobe when LeBron had the worst choke job of all time

[@dparks2856]

​@Trill Tour Did you see when Kobe blew that 3 to 1 lead vs the Suns?

[@lugafromlintondale5074]

Finally someone says it yea lebron fell apart in the finals but Dallas did a worse number on the lakers that year Bynum threw in a cheap shot at the end and everything I believe they were up by 30 in the clinching game

[@MrJonnyl123]

Kobe was clearly leagues best player from 2007 to 2011

[@folkscrazyouthere3076]

​@@MrJonnyl123 you crazy lol

[@avrahamotsman3846]

Fire interview 🔥🔥

[@henrywilliamson8798]

Great conversation. Thank you

[@andrewj305079]

The 48 vs Detroit 07 game he became best player on the planet

[@MrJonnyl123]

Na cus he stunk in the finals and got swept. Kobe was easily the best from 2007-11

[@ttg8966]

@@MrJonnyl123 he got swept cuz he legit didn’t have anyone on his team. Kobe lucked into LA man with shaq! Robert horry. Then Kobe struggled until they got PAu gasol , Lamar odom, they had fisher bynum was one of the best centers at that moment Ron artest , Trevor ariza like they legit had a great team!

[@MrJonnyl123]

@@ttg8966 Kobe won back to back finals mvps without a top 75 teammate in 2009/10. No other player in history has done that. He was clearly number 1. Lebron got dumped out by Dwight Howard and hedo Turkulou in 2009 as well when he was favoured in that series. No way was he better than Kobe

[@Milehigh_]

​@MrJonnyl123 I think Kobe was th e best player in the league from 2005-2010

[@albertosauce9872]

Awesome insight!

[@joseph7696]

My Lebron book just arrived yesterday 🔥

[@cazeycroland4]

This was awesome! LeBron is the best basketball player of all time. He’s extremely unlucky….being drafted by the Cavs, going up against Dynasty Spurs, Boston big 3, and dynasty Warriors. Kyrie leaving and Wade suddenly becoming washed

[@brianroy6001]

Dope this is Dope

[@ericstew5086]

Got the book well done .

[@c.j.4620]

This is the stuff you like from Colin. His game takes are Mid, but he has real insight. If he wants he can be the go to guy for in depth insight into in depth personal, social, political and economic exploration of sports.

[@bamboosho0t]

As Colin likes to use food analogies, this interview was a deli meat sandwich on Asiago bread. You’re excited to begin eating it and you lament when you’re down to the last bite.

[@serenarossi4933]

LeBron hates locker room talk because of D West😅 ruined it for him.

[@Jenny-px5tu]

Great comment about super teams and now that they have that new CBA agreement those are going to be a thing of a past 😮

[@leChandler24]

This is journalism! Not the current players or so called journalist talking shit and stupid political matters!

[@jacobhughes9010]

Lebron’s comp is if magic and micheal were 1 player

[@Jp2timezz]

Facts

[@rafaelrango]

Miami got LeBron because Wade averaged 27ppg 7apg 5rpg as a top 3-5 player in the league the year before while leading a less than average team to 47 wins plus he knew Riley was trying to get Bosh too who averaged 24ppg & 11rpg. Pre the 2011 season, on paper, the only teams that could compete with that was Kobe & Pau and an older KG, Pierce, & Allen. At the time, it was the easy way out & weakest move ever by a superstar player until KD went to the Warriors.

[@BTIsrael]

No it wasn’t.

[@Milehigh_]

Yep I agree Durant's move to Golden State is the weakest move in NBA history, Lebron's decision to Miami was the 2nd weakest in league history in my opinion, they both stacked the deck in their favors and took a shortcut to the NBA finals!

[@willmarinac5201]

The Goat discussion needs to include LeBron the Man off the Court where the discussion is NOT CLOSE!

[@jefend3594]

This is literally EXACTLY what I said and why I'm glad Miami wound up getting Lebron James. The Knicks/Nets pitched him New York, so high off their own farts thinking that would sell Lebron when he wanted rings. Pat Riley built a team that was ready to win rings, which is what Lebron wanted. No bullshit, no fluff, no selling other frills he didn't care about.

[@MrJonnyl123]

He was desperate for some easy rings

[@kamnas07]

*purchases audiobook

[@17NateJohnson]

Lebron was the only person NOT to speak out about China. This isn’t to be lauded. This is rank hypocrisy. Lebron gets lots of unjustified criticism. It’s often unfair. But his selective, financially-driven outrage absolutely looks hypocritical. His silence on China is culpable.

[@slappyslapstick4045]

What did Michael Jordan say about China?

[@qualinteranzy7948]

​@Slappy Slapstick I was gonna say the same LeBron gets killed on the China stuff but Jordan hasn't spoke out against anything

[@slappyslapstick4045]

@@17NateJohnson when does MJ speak up, or are Jordan's made somewhere else?

[@17NateJohnson]

@@qualinteranzy7948 It's the hypocrisy. He poses as a spokesman against injustice, but when his pocketbook is lined, he is silent. REAL TALK: being silent about the oppression of the Uighurs in China is like being silent about the transatlantic slave trade. Again, loads of of Lebron criticism is unfair, but this is hypocrisy. He, Kerr, Popovich -- all claim to be courageous moral activists ... until their money is on the line.

[@17NateJohnson]

@@slappyslapstick4045 Who's talking about Jordan???? Lebron claims to be the 2nd coming of Ali. MJ never claimed that. He may be wrong, but he's not a hypocrite. I do wish MJ would say something, tbh. But why bring up MJ? This is about Kerr, Pop, Lebron and the activists who stay silent when their money is at risk.

[@eddynumbi]

All of fame Jornalism at its best 👌

[@MrJonnyl123]

Lmao lebron needed some private time with bono 😂😂

[@coreythompsonTheOneandOnly]

Mental gold was dropped at time stamp 7:50, everybody pick some up

[@coreythompsonTheOneandOnly]

I think 🤔 "LeBron knew he was the greatest player on the planet 🌎 " when he tattooed Chosen One on his body.

[@matthewcolwell6593]

The revisionist history on certain political narratives so recent in history is scary. But besides the bias these guys were brilliant together

[@somersetbassett4580]

I'm a fan of Superstars that create intrigue on the court, not in the offseason 👎👎👎

[@westrueblood8178]

For all of the talk that Bron is a master manipulator of the media, he does seem to step on a lot of self-placed rakes.

[@qualinteranzy7948]

Even if u don't like lebron u can't deny he's one if the greatest and a living legend. Lebron haters take it way overboard when they say no one cares or he's not that good. I bet there's a moment in your team's history that he left you crying g because he's beaten you In the playoffs or any other time that's probably why

[@Matt-cr4vv]

They shouldn’t try to say he isn’t one of the greatest to ever play. Preferring MJ is ok but you can’t act like levron isn’t great doing that for me.

[@TheBiggHitt]

Yeaaah they gone drop the doc Film On LeBron 15 or 20 years later hopefully sooner. MJ Bull drop last Dance and it took 20 years later to drop

[@universoullifebalance]

Lebron never went past Kobe ……

[@supermovietimebros6770]

Turned out to be the right decision

[@Milehigh_]

Also the weakest decision at da time from a competitive perspective

[@supermovietimebros6770]

@@Milehigh_ nah, Cleveland was too cheap

[@Milehigh_]

@supermovietimebros6770 Could've went to the knicks and formed his own big 3 with Joe Johnson & A'mare Stoudemire to me that would've been a more respectable move than going to Miami, Lebron's game is tailored made for Mike D'antoni's offense it basically would've been Phoenix Suns 2.0 in the east coast!

[@supermovietimebros6770]

@@Milehigh_ amare was trash lol no Lebron picked the right team to build his legacy. He never played college he had to learn how to win. His first 7 years in Cleveland was him playing 1 on 5. His four years in Miami is what allowed him to return home and win the single greatest title in the history of titles

[@Milehigh_]

@supermovietimebros6770 A'mare wasn't trash in 2010 what are u talking about Lebron took a shortcut to the finals by joining 2 other franchise players in their primes, 3 players that were within the top 5 picks of the same draft class, that's like having MJ, Barkley, and Olajuwon in their primes which is also 3 of the top 5 picks of the '84 draft class

[@edwardtatum6136]

Somebody has to tell Lebron to dominate. Colin get off it.

[@muaythaicoachnimo]

“He gave millions to the boys and girls club”. Some of you are hilarious with you lack of knowledge on what misdirection is. He literally just did the same thing after getting swept. Lebron loves to misdirect after doing something that is not awesome.

[@Keepit100Dre]

Lebron didn’t create super teams, he created the player created super teams. Also Boston wasn’t created to stop Lebron, that’s nonsense. He made one finals appearance at that point. Kidd made it twice and no one ever says that about Kidd. Stop making up duumb narratives. Boston formed a super team to win a title, not to stop a player who hadn’t won anything yet including a single finals game.

[@ChikoINMiami]

I'm still sad bron left my heat oh what could have Been lol smh

[@aivygile3569]

But atleast he gifted your city two championships and your city flourished and feared for four years..

[@Ballaholic17]

Yeah but it was a great 4 years!

[@ChikoINMiami]

Absolutely pure nostalgia tbh we should have won at least 3 rings to bad Bron had an epic meltdown against the mavs oh well fun times those memories will live with me forever

[@17NateJohnson]

When did Cowherd become a Lebron stan? he keeps taking weird and unjustified shots at MJ. "MJ makes MJ rich" -- does he not understand the role Michael played in the ascent of Nike as the ultimate sports-lifestyle brand? Does CC not see who's logo Lebron is wearing on his Lakers jersey?

[@BryanFarrar222]

Lets be honest; any man who was offended by Trump's comments that day... is a woman. Chill tf out.

[@itsnotrhenlopez7626]

This two clown trying to give an excuses😂😂😂pippen was not a superstar!!!pippen develop his skill and it's not MJ fault.

[@JasonSmith-pe5py]

Great interview,& a lot of the stands Lebron has made were noble. Racism,police brutality/inequality,& many of his ire dirrected at Trump,I agreed with totally. But comparing him to Mohamed Ali or Arthur Ash...as far as I know/remember-those guys didnt show blatant hypocrisy-based on what their sponsors,political bent or bottom line being affected-Lebron has. He had no problem speaking out against inequality & police brutality in America,& I support him for that. Yet hes completely silent on FAR WORSE human rights abuses in China...or from the Chinese govt-cuz they might not let Space Jam run in the country or wanna ban the NBA-when Daryl Morrey speaks out against their treatment of Taiwan. Woke NIKE supports Lebron hitting Trump,or painting every police officer in America-with the same brush in a few of his tweets. But they sure dont want him attacking China,the evils,& hundreds of millions that communism has murdered...far more than radical right NAZIs murdered...cuz Nike is a bunch of leftist radicals,wants to keep hawking shoes in China,& opperating slave labour,sweat shops there.Thats where I lost a lot of respect for Lebron...his hypocrisy that Enis Kanter often hits him for. I despise the far right,radical,"cult of Trump"...but no more than radical leftist communists,or "destructive cult of woke." Lebron wont ever say shit about the evils on the far left...only 1 side. He doesnt say shit bout his buddy Kappernick-another flaming hypocrite-who makes good points about things in America that arent right or fair...yet says nice things about Fidel Castro,or wears a Che shirt-who while he did stand against an evil,corrupt Cuban regime-also was a communist revolutionist butcher himself-who slaughtered thousands of innocents & supported an even worse communist regime with far worse human rights violations-than almost any police dept/officer in America. I cant respect you if you stand against injustice,intollerance & unfairness ONLY if it doesnt affect your bottom line,or come from a certain dirrection on the political spectrum you happen to agree with. You speak out against the true evils of America,but shut up about far worse,& blatant evils in China.If you only speak out about the evils of right wing extremism-but stay silent about leftist extremists-you are just another hypocrite like those on MSNBC,the NYT,or the opposite on Fox news-who ignore the evils of far right extremism. That makes you a propaghandist-though you have some valid points in a vacuum. But the hypocrisy & 1 sided nature of your criticisms-makes all your valid points pure propaghanda,hypocrisy & favoritism...& I will never respect that.

[@BuzzT-q1k]

Good interview but u skipped Kobe on the mj part of the convo.. I know it’s not about kb but still ..

[@LorenzoFrausto]

He doesn’t think Kobe is in the convo, that’s why. Not saying he doesn’t like Kobe. I disagree.

[@truckinndrivin3089]

Michael don’t people advice but prior to that he was givin Kobe Charles Barkley advice these media dudes lies a lot

[@coreythompsonTheOneandOnly]

Bob Dylan started to get noticed in the Greenwich Connecticut, it's gotta be a nice place but I'll bet that place is as white as a sheet

[@Matt-cr4vv]

It’s one of the most affluent cities in the country. And yes it’s white as white gets.

[@kennethdias9988]

The Miami fiasco is why I don’t like LeBron. He wasn’t patient in himself. “ I want a ring let’s take the easy way. If he had stayed in Cleveland he could have been a Senator and still a billionaire by 42 . I mean Taco Bell ? If he bought the whole company first and swung for the fence, yea that’s bad ass! Safe risk adverse milk toast. Still a billionaire good for him. His ego kept him from more rings.

[@taetakes8907]

Lebron certainly was not considered better than Kobe before he left Cleveland the first time . Kobe was coming off 2 chips WITHOUT Shaq

[@rackball5858]

If you remember the time, 07-10, Kobe was a few years removed from the 03 Colorado incident. Say what you will about it, but it was a factor on why he wasn’t as beloved. In contrast, young Lebron Cleveland 1.0 was hyped, was coming into his own as a floor leader both offensively & defensively, & never gave political commentary. I do think Kobe would have tortured Lebron in a 7 game series if they met though. But it’s similar to 87-90 Mj & Magic. Magic was winning the championships but Jordan was head & shoulders the best player in the league.

[@Anthonydu01630]

And Lebron won 2 MVP, already more than Kobe, he’d already lead his team to the finals as the 1st option in 2007, before Kobe did it in 2008, he already had legendary playoffs performances like his game 5 against the Piston in the 2007 ECF with 48pts, the last 25pts of his team and 29 of the last 30 of his team, probably the most clutch performance of all time, and his stats were just better especially his analytics stats, in 2009 he had the highest PER of all time in the playoffs, Lebron was on prime MJ and Shaq level already, both in the regular season and playoffs, some other players like Wilt or David Robinson have reached the same level in analytics stats in the regular season, but only MJ, Shaq and Lebron consistently dominated in the playoffs with a PER over 30 while leading most other stats like Win Share, Offensive and def win share, BPM, OBPM, DBPM, VORP ect.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

I don’t remember people thinking he was better than Kobe but it was the time where they were both the top players of the league and everybody wanted them in the finals so badly but Cleveland always fell short because that team was all LeBron as we saw when the largely same team went from a 60+ win team to abysmal once lebron was gone. And at the time Kobe wasn’t appreciated nearly as much as he is now because of the arrest thing still be pretty recent and Kobe always labeled as a ball hog and such. Kobe is seen much more fondly now than he was then and prior to leaving Cleveland LeBron was super well liked by a lot. But at the time he was getting the knocks like MJ once had been about how he was really good but didn’t win rings but the problem was he left to align with a team of other all stars which made his rings look cheap. I genuinely think if that same thing happened or maybe he just teamed with Bosh but he had stayed in Cleveland and Bosh and/or Wade went to him he wouldn’t have gotten nearly the hate. People know that you have to have a team to win titles but it’s seen differently when pieces are brought to you versus abandoning ship to join up elsewhere. I think if he’d stayed put and people joined him he’d never have gotten the hate he did.

[@michaelharder3055]

That's funny. Discussing how an athlete is handling politics. The vomit inducing part is journalist pressuring players into speaking about something they know very little about.

[@diegochavez6203]

Get outta here lebron is not better than Kobe 😂 he's had a longer career that's all Kobe went up against the best on the west his whole career lebron had to try up like crazy to beat the best on the west 😂

[@frankytv352]

Kobe played 20 years..lebron is in year 20..cry more

[@diegochavez6203]

@@frankytv352 not healthy years my guy Kobe didn't take peds to stay away from injury Kobe tores his Achilles and many major injuries after his 16th is

[@moeketsimolai7374]

​@diego chavez why did Kobe go to Germany to fix his knee? 🤔

[@dparks2856]

​@diego chavez Not sure PEDS could keep anyone away from.injury

[@misinfluence]

@@diegochavez62031. Every professional athlete is on PEDs 2. There is no argument you can make for Kobe over Lebron at this point. That conversation ended around 2014. He averages more points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, every advanced stat is in Lebron’s favor. Stop being dumb

[@Trill_Tour]

No one gives a damn about LeBron's story

[@indigo7454]

Just say you

[@jmaster387]

🤡

[@Milehigh_]

Yea u do that's why u cared enough to comment on it! 👌🏾

[@kingtrawal]

LeChoke totally sold out to make superteams and then got destroyed by a 1 superstar Dallas team... truly pathetic. This is why LeChoke is not even better than Kobe or Kareem.

[@GreatLakes2551]

Weirdo

[@quintenbonillo7353]

The fact you use the “Le” shows your bias.

[@spartanslaxwax]

Kobe's only better than bron at one thing. Getting away with rape

[@dparks2856]

Didn't know know Bosh was a superstar. That Dallas team beat Kobe KD and Duncan's teams also

[@johnnycoop8694]

Get a job

[@daron298]

Great interview