As expected, LeBron James will reportedly opt out of his contract today and become an unrestricted free agent.
Free agency begins on July 1.
The city of Cleveland is on pins and needles waiting to see if James will leave or stay.
However, according to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, one man who might be okay with James leaving is Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. If you recall, when LeBron left the Cavs in 2010, Gilbert wrote a scathing letter criticizing James. Here is how James recently categorized his relationship with Gilbert:
“It’s not like we’re not the best friends, and I don’t think you should be best friends with a player, and an owner shouldn’t be best friends unless I’m your father and that’s my son, and, OK, cool, we could be great then. But I think it’s worked out for us both in these four years so far since I’ve been back,” James told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols before the NBA Finals.
Here is what Smith had to say about Gilbert and LeBron today on ESPN’s First Take:
https://twitter.com/FirstTake/status/1012706565600636929