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The date is July 4, twenty-twenty something and LeBron James is about to do what he does every year…The Decision. In what has become an annual tradition, after winning his 4th NBA title and first with the Lakers, the benevolent James is once again deciding what team he will play for this year. On July 1, the first day of the NBA offseason, teams are told by Maverick Carter to put their names in a pool along with their plan for free agency. LeBron will then do his work to confirm these plans with other players and make his choice. He will sign a 1-year contract with the team of his choosing for the league minimum.
Can you imagine? LeBron has made so much money and accomplished so much that he is one of the few out there that could actually pull something like this off. His motivations could be his own too. Maybe he wants to chase titles, maybe he wants to bring some joy to downtrodden markets, maybe he wants to mentor the #1 pick each year. He could do whatever he wants and literally every team in the league would be up for it. This could have been the 5th year of such an outrageous plan and everyone would have eaten up. The original decision seemed kind of corny and self-serving, this version would be more fun because there would be fewer hurt feelings. Going in, every team would know that this was only a 1-year thing.
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