You may or may not have heard by now LeBron James decided this afternoon to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers after four years playing for the Miami Heat. James announced the decision via an essay on Sports Illustrated.
There are not a lot of comparisons for the Chiefs in terms of what the equivalent of such news would be. I suppose the return of Tony Gonzalez would be closest, assuming he was 29 years old and not 38 years old. Even then, while Gonzalez is arguably the greatest tight end of all-time, Gonzalez is not in the discussion of being one of the greatest athletes of all-time the way LeBron is. So when news like this drops it transcends sports as a whole and not just the game of basketball.
Plus, it makes Patrick Allen a little happier.
At any rate, Patrick isn’t the only one with some thoughts about LeBron signing back with the Cavs. Some Chiefs players took to Twitter to voice their thoughts on the move. Here are a few selections.
All the fake heats fans bout to disappear now.. Smh
— Ron Parker (@ghost_0836) July 11, 2014
"In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have." #BelieveDat!
— Travis Kelce (@tkelce) July 11, 2014
#LeBronJames going back to #Cleveland! WOW! #nba http://t.co/6o00UL8CKI
— JJ Birden (@jjbirden) July 11, 2014
Where the Heat fans now #Crickets
— The Cookie Expert (@JeffAllen71) July 11, 2014
Now everybody hates Cleveland again cuz we've got the CAVS!!!! I've loved my city when we weren't shit so believe I'm going to rep it now!!
— Travis Kelce (@tkelce) July 11, 2014