The first, when he took his talents from Cleveland to South Beach in 2010, was unveiled in an ESPN TV special after weeks of in-person meetings with team executives. The second, when he returned to the Cavaliers in 2014, was revealed in an online open letter dictated by James to Sports Illustrated, after a private, face-to-face clearing of the air between James and Cavs owner Dan Gilbert. (Veteran NBA reporter Chris Sheridan predicted on his own website that James had decided to leave Miami for Cleveland a few days before the SI letter dropped.)

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