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LeBron James Expected To Announce His Decision Thursday Night On ESPN

Decision day is upon us as new twitter member LeBron James is going to announce his decision on a one hour free agency special on ESPN this Thursday at 9 p.m. eastern time:

LeBron James will announce the team with which he will sign during a one-hour special on ESPN Thursday night, ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard has learned through independent sources.

ESPN would only confirm that active discussions for the special are ongoing. But sources tell Broussard that representatives for James contacted the network, proposing that James makes his announcement during a 9 p.m. ET special.

James has had talks with six teams so far in this free agency period, but we can all agree the Clippers have no chance:

James' plans still are a closely guarded secret. He visited with six teams -- the New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls -- last week at his business offices in downtown Cleveland and may have made up his mind already. But until he gives word, other teams are positioning themselves to make a run at the 6-foot-8, 260-pound All-Star.

This looks to be the inner younger LeBron getting his chance to announce his team of choice on national television since he did not get a chance to do the played out three hats on a table routine which includes at least two fake outs before picking his collegiate team of choice.

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This is so ridiculous...

Just sign with someone and be done with it! Why does there need to be a prime time special? Can anyone recall this kind of pomp and pompousness with other free agent signings in the past? None, that I can think of.

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by Joshua S on Jul 6, 2010 10:49 PM EDT reply actions  

One positive

Is that James is allowed to sale ad spots with the proceeds going to the Boys and Girls club.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Jul 6, 2010 11:26 PM EDT reply actions  

This is such a bunch of crap

It may be for charity, but that doesn’t change the fact that LeBron is being a total attention whore about this free agent process. Just sign with someone, your wasting valuable airtime.

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by Jacob Grinyer on Jul 6, 2010 11:42 PM EDT reply actions  

you would do the same

If you were in his position and milk all it was worth.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Jul 6, 2010 11:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

I dont understand the outrage

I’d rather find out this way than via a random tweet or a scroll at the bottom of the screen

it’s not like he’s bumping meaningful programming off the schedule, this is ESPN

by Freneau on Jul 7, 2010 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

He's staying...

His cleveland intrade stock just doubled on this news. I guess the market predicts this means he’s staying in Cleveland. I was right all along, I just wish I would have bought it at a lower price.

My swag was phenomenal.

by se7en on Jul 7, 2010 1:44 AM EDT reply actions  

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