WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.620 align:middle line:84% - The answer to the question everybody 00:00:01.620 --> 00:00:05.132 align:middle line:84% wants to know, LeBron what's your decision? 00:00:05.132 --> 00:00:08.730 align:middle line:84% - In this fall, man, this is very tough. 00:00:08.730 --> 00:00:11.250 align:middle line:84% In this fall, I'm going to take my talents to South Beach 00:00:11.250 --> 00:00:13.480 align:middle line:90% and join the Miami Heat. 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:15.486 align:middle line:90% - The Miami Heat? 00:00:15.486 --> 00:00:17.735 align:middle line:84% That was the conclusion you woke up with this morning? 00:00:17.735 --> 00:00:19.984 align:middle line:84% - That was the conclusion I woke up with this morning. 00:00:19.984 --> 00:00:22.850 align:middle line:90% - Why? 00:00:22.850 --> 00:00:26.400 align:middle line:84% - Like I said before, I feel it's 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:28.720 align:middle line:84% going to give me the best opportunity to win 00:00:28.720 --> 00:00:31.384 align:middle line:90% and to win for multiple years. 00:00:31.384 --> 00:00:33.300 align:middle line:84% And not only just to win in the regular season 00:00:33.300 --> 00:00:37.856 align:middle line:84% or just to win five games in a row or three games in a row, 00:00:37.856 --> 00:00:39.480 align:middle line:84% I want to be able to win championships. 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:41.188 align:middle line:84% And I feel like I can compete down there. 00:00:41.188 --> 00:00:45.960 align:middle line:84% - Was it always in your plan to go and play with Duane 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.450 align:middle line:90% Wayne and Chris Bosh? 00:00:48.450 --> 00:00:53.490 align:middle line:84% - Well, I mean I'm looking forward to it. 00:00:53.490 --> 00:00:54.870 align:middle line:84% To say it was always in my plans, 00:00:54.870 --> 00:00:56.460 align:middle line:84% I can't say it was always in my plans 00:00:56.460 --> 00:00:58.950 align:middle line:84% because I never thought it was possible. 00:00:58.950 --> 00:01:01.260 align:middle line:84% But the things that the Miami Heat franchise have done 00:01:01.260 --> 00:01:03.885 align:middle line:84% to be able to free up cap space and to be able to put theirself 00:01:03.885 --> 00:01:07.224 align:middle line:84% in a position this summer, to have all three of us, 00:01:07.224 --> 00:01:08.640 align:middle line:84% you know it was hard to turn down. 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:10.380 align:middle line:84% I mean you know those are two great players, 00:01:10.380 --> 00:01:12.880 align:middle line:84% two of the greatest players that we have in this game today. 00:01:12.880 --> 00:01:16.630 align:middle line:84% And you know you add me, we're going to be a really good team. 00:01:16.630 --> 00:01:19.265 align:middle line:84% - How do you explain this to the people in Cleveland? 00:01:22.175 --> 00:01:26.550 align:middle line:90% - I mean it's heartfelt for me. 00:01:26.550 --> 00:01:29.730 align:middle line:84% You know it's hard to explain, but at the same time my heart 00:01:29.730 --> 00:01:32.760 align:middle line:84% and the seven years that I gave to that franchise, 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.444 align:middle line:90% to that city, it was everything. 00:01:35.444 --> 00:01:37.860 align:middle line:84% I mean those 20,000 plus fans that came out every night we 00:01:37.860 --> 00:01:40.920 align:middle line:84% played, and they seen me grow from an 18-year-old kid 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:42.360 align:middle line:90% to a 25-year-old man. 00:01:42.360 --> 00:01:47.040 align:middle line:84% And I never wanted to leave Cleveland. 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:51.420 align:middle line:84% And my heart will always be around that area. 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:54.570 align:middle line:84% But I also felt like this is the greatest 00:01:54.570 --> 00:01:58.070 align:middle line:90% challenge for me is to move on.