{"id":392397,"date":"2014-07-11T11:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=392397"},"modified":"2022-09-16T22:22:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T03:22:47","slug":"lebron-james-announces-hes-headed-back-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/lebron-james-announces-hes-headed-back-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Announces Return to Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The King is headed back to Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>After much speculation, <strong>LeBron James<\/strong> has revealed in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/2014\/07\/11\/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Illustrated<\/a> exclusive that he is headed back home to help bring a championship to Northeast Ohio. Of course, this decision has a huge effect on the sneaker world, as we will now see King James new kicks in Cleveland colors, instead of Miami Heat tones. Let us know what you think of LeBron&#8217;s announcement, and if there are any shoes that he wore while in Cleveland that you would love to see him don again, in the comment section below.<\/p>\n LeBron James dunks in his first game in the Nike Air Zoom Generation (photo via Sole Collector)\n<p>Lead image via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/173502\/aspiring-folk-hero-why-lebron-james-will-return-cleveland-cavaliers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King is headed back to Cleveland. 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