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LeBron James and Miami Heat are champions
Why then? Well, this summer will be a little busy, for starters. There’s the Olympics. Another close friend’s wedding. Some off-court business responsibilities. Training camp will be here soon enough. Oh, and first, a parade to celebrate the world champions.
“Life is the best experience you can get,” Mims said. “That’s what’s basically happened with him that whole year, from leaving Cleveland to coming here to being here basically alone for that year. And then you see things change. His family came here. He got engaged. He learned more about the team, became more of a leader.”
James’ free-agent courtship officially lasted about a week, The Decision went on for an hour, and the words that changed so many aspects of James’ life that night took only four seconds to say that night.
“I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat,” James said, that unforgettable phrase.
He’ll forever be linked to what he said in that infamous welcome party-turned-rock concert, which despite countless insistence to the contrary was arranged not for him, but for Wade and with the goal of topping how the organization celebrated Shaquille O’Neal’s arrival in 2004. And the most-replayed moment from that night was when James started peeling off how many championships he would hope to win in Miami.
“Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven,” James said that night, as Wade and Bosh nodded in the seats next to him.
No, he doesn’t have any of those yet.
However, at long last, he does have one.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
