Gavriel and Torrence take a special trip down memory lane to reflect and discuss LeBron James selecting to join the Miami Heat on the 15-year anniversary of the event known as The Decision on the latest edition of Second Chance Points.
As the two converse and share their opinions on what led to it all unfolding. Plus assess the many reasons as to why the then 25-year-old and back-to-back NBA MVP eventually decided to do it (01:00), before examining the myriad of ways in which the Cleveland Cavaliers played a part into The Chosen One's opting to say goodbye to the lone team in the league that he knew at the time after spending his first seven professional seasons in Northeast Ohio (06:15).
While also recollecting the media frenzy surrounding the meetings that LeBron took with the six teams involved in the running for the Akron native and their own personal thoughts as to where he'd end up (13:09), prior to discussing which franchises among the five teams that lost out on the King James free agency sweepstakes could have been the appealing destinations in his respective quest to vie for an NBA championship outside of South Beach (23:44).
Before the Chicago natives take a brief moment to ponder over if they contemplated over how the career of Derrick Rose would have went in the event that the game's all-time points leader decided to follow in Michael Jordan's footsteps and become a member of the Bulls and what the narrative around LBJ would have been like in the Windy City (28:23). Alongside a mystery team that didn't get a meeting with James that could have been a nice landing spot for his services (30:54).
Then close out the show by sharing where they were on July 8, 2010 and their initial thoughts shortly after watching The Decision (32:09), how it impacted the way they followed the game (37:34) and whether or not LeBron ultimately made the right decision in the end (45:23).
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