LeBron James is moving his talents from Miami to Cleveland.
Four years after stunning the NBA world with "The Decision" to leave Cleveland, James announced on SI.com Friday he was returning after a frenzied attempt by the once-jilted Cavaliers to bring him back to his hometown team.
"I'm not promising a championship," James says in the first-person essay. "I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now. No way. Of course, I want to win next year, but I'm realistic. It will be a long process, much longer than it was in 2010. My patience will get tested. I know that. I'm going into a situation with a young team and a new coach. I will be the old head. But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didn't know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and I'm excited to lead some of these talented young guys. I think I can help Kyrie Irving become one of the best point guards in our league. I think I can help elevate Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters. And I can't wait to reunite with Anderson Varejao, one of my favorite teammates."
The Cavaliers made a strong push this month to land James, who had left them for Miami in 2010, ultimately playing in four NBA Finals and winning two of them.
The first step was removing from their website the passionate but somewhat bitter four-year-old letter by Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, in which he called James' decision to leave Cleveland "a shameful display of selfishness and betrayal."
Then the Cavaliers agreed to trade versatile guard Jarrett Jack, young center Tyler Zeller and a future first-round pick in a three-team deal to free up cap space.
James also won a small financial victory Wednesday when the NBA released its annual updated salary structure for the 2014-15 season. The most he could make next season climbed from a previously stated $20 million to $20.6 million.
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