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The Miami Heat have not signed LeBron James - at least not yet. That being said, they sent the NBA community into a frenzy this week because of their recent activity on YouTube.
On Tuesday night, a social media user (@HeatvsHaters) said the official YouTube channel for the Heat posted a scheduled video with this title: "LeBron James Introductory Press Conference." That discovery sparked a ton of speculation about James' decision, but most fans were hesitant to say anything because the video wasn't confirmed.
Well, ESPN's Shams Charania confirmed the scheduled live stream was legit. A spokesperson for the Heat told him that it went up on YouTube by mistake.
"The spokesperson told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday that the club's social media department was preparing for the possibility of James' signing and mistakenly posted the link to the team's YouTube page," ESPN reported. "The post was later deleted."
While a deal between James and the Heat hasn't been agreed to, there have been discussions between the two sides.
“I don’t know, I’ll be honest with you,” Heat president Pat Riley told ESPN when asked about James’ future. “Obviously, we’ve had conversations with Rich [Paul] and they were very good. So if that happens and he wants to come to the ‘305,’ we got a golf course. The weather’s nice. Steve Kerr, same thing down here. And there’s no state tax. So that’s a little better than California.”
When will LeBron decide?
James' agent, Rich Paul, said he's not sure when his client will choose his next team. While at Fanatics Fest, the NBA's all-time leading scorer talked about what he's looking for in free agency.
"This is the [fourth] time in my career that I've been a free agent. So, it's a big decision for not only myself, but for my family as well just for the last part of my career and where I want to spend the last few years," James said. "Wherever I go, I will make my staple on just, I'm a natural-born leader. I am going to try to fit in with whatever team I go to but also give them all the tools and give them all the knowledge that I've been able to grasp over the last 23 years. I know the game. I know the ins and outs about the game of basketball."
According to reports, James is strongly considering Cleveland, Miami and Philadelphia.
