Report: Lebron going back to Cleveland

Perhaps, but Windhorst is a strong writer.

 

http://www.theonion.com/articles/christ-returns-to-nba,1996/

 

But he has covered LeBron since HS. I would think he could get the scoop. I like the guy, and I don't know what LeBron's relationship with Lee Jenkins is, but he would be the one I'd expect to break it. Even if Broussard is a better reporter.

 

This doesn't really answer my question, but still worth a read. Might already have been posted here. ...

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2014/07/how_sis_lee_jenkins_got_the_bi.html

It germinated from an idea to write about what James would do during this monumental off-season. Conversations with people around James eventually led to a proposition a week ago: Jenkins could be the one to write James' decision.

Jenkins was so concerned the story might fall through, however, that he only wrote an email to Stone saying that he wanted to do a first-person story.

Still, Jenkins remained cautious until he flew to Las Vegas on Wednesday, met with James on Thursday, and knew the decision of the newest Cavalier. No one at SI knew James' choice until 10:30 a.m. Friday, however, when Jenkins' story landed in the office.

For almost two hours, only about eight people knew of James' decision. That, Stone conceded, was the only promise SI made in agreeing to write James' story.

"We certainly didn't want a leak," Stone said. "One condition was placed on us, and that was our internal discretion."

Jenkins earned the right to tell the story in part because of the trust he engenders in his sources, Stone said.

 

But wait, there's more!

http://deadspin.com/how-cleveland-and-sports-illustrated-won-the-lebron-jam-1603763328

Jenkins was known to James's camp, most recently for an essay nominating him for SI's 2013 Sportsman of the Year. It couldn't have been more favorable, playing up James's charity work, and writing of any lingering bitterness over The Decision that "the rehabilitation is complete." Redemption is a storyline that clearly resonated with James.
"I think they trust him and by extension trust SI that we wouldn't turn this into a circus," Stone says of the James crew's decision to go with Jenkins. The negative reaction to airing The Decision on ESPN was clearly still a sore spot for James, so much so that he brought it up in his meeting with Gilbert. Sports Illustrated was a more respectable outlet and had done right by James in the past.

 

I thought Lebron wrote the piece. It does say by Lebron James. I wonder how much Jenkins
had to change.

 

It was told to Jenkins, and Jenkins probably had to move some things around and turn it into an actual story. Then they let LeBron sign off on it, and an editor and the SI president, among others, had a look. Think it said only 8 people knew the decision before it went up online.

 

"Of course, I want to win next year, but I’m realistic." - James.
"I think for us now, talking about winning a World Cup is just not realistic." - Klinsmann.
Jurgen was raked over the coals for his comment.
Most are just praising LeBron.
Discuss.

 

Well, it's a big difference in their roles. The coach of the Cavs would probably never say that publicly. But I had no problem with Klinsmann telling the truth either.

 

The World Cup is made up off the finest athletes in the world which would make it much harder to
win than an NBA Championship.

 

If LBJ came out jawing, "I guarantee we are going to win this year," he would be trashed for being arrogant and cocky.


Klinsmann would have sounded like a hot-air foghorn, if not an idiot, if he had guaranteed victory. To say the very idea of the team winning sounded "unrealistic" just sounded defeatist.

The coach is supposed to act publicly like he thinks the team can win -- even if privately, he doesn't.