He tuned out the boos. He smiled at the derisive chants. He embraced all the negativity Cleveland could muster. LeBron James wasn’t fazed by anything. He brought his talents back home and reminded everyone – even the haters – why he’s missed. Returning as a villain to his native state and the city he scorned this summer, James scored 38 points – 24 in a virtuoso third-quarter performance – to lead the Miami Heat to a 118-90 win on Thursday night, turning his hostile homecoming into another uneasy moment for the Cavaliers. This wasn’t the payback they waited five months to inflict. James simply wouldn’t allow it, but insisted his beatdown wasn’t personal. At one point this summer, he compiled a roster of enemies. “Cavs fans weren’t on my list,” he said. “I have the utmost respect for these fans. It’s nothing personal and it won’t be ever.” LeBron went into stealh mode by wearing the what seemed to be the Triple Black version of the Nike LeBron 8. However, his Player Exclusive pair features white Nike swoosh’s on both lateral and medial sides. Also, he introduced the so called UnChina colorway the day before in Detroit.
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them triple blacks with white swoosh on it look sick son!!!
What a way to rock those clean pair of AML8 with black swoosh, he knows all eyes are on him when he visits cleveland.And for me, those un-chinas are much better than the chinas just in my opinion. Perfect in their white and red unis. :mrgreen:
No doubt... I'm 34 and grew up in the 90's... an all black kick with a white swoosh is ON-POINT!!!
BEST GAME that I ever WATCHED!
it was a good idea to raise funds for charity, but they should have donated the clothes to people who need it like Africa instead of wasting them also
wow, the white on black ALONG WITH the inner swoosh makes these my favorites, unfortunately they are a PE... and I understand Cleveland fans are upset, I would be too given how he handled the situation, but they gotta realize all their previous success in the franchise was because of HIM...
Nice kicks, but they're wrong for doing this to LeBron
Cleveland doesn't appreciate nothing he did and it doesn't make sense, whoever said LeBron needs to stay in Cleveland. Big Z left them and they had no complaints...???
I don't understand Cleveland.
Those people who shred their lebron items are idiot!
I don't shred Lebron's items. Yes, I will have to agree with you on that. Cause you will never know later in life will be valuable.
i love black with white,wearing on james miami heat visit in cleveland.awesome!