To fulfill a promise he made to his hometown, LeBron James left the Miami Heat in 2014 to win the Cavaliers’ first NBA championship. However, Gilbert Arenas pointed out that that wasn’t the only reason LeBron left South Beach.
Arenas claims that during an incident in Miami, James and Heat president Pat Riley collided on the team plane. Chocolate chip cookies, get ready for this one. Arenas said LeBron used to bring a tub or two of cookies on the team plane, but Riley one day decided the whole team should go on a diet and cut out all the junk food, including including cookies.
What did Arenas say?
Arenas claimed LeBron found out about it and it triggered him.
“Bron comes in and ‘Hey flight attendant, can I have the chocolate chip cookies?’ » said Arenes.
“Oh yeah, we’re out of cookies on the plane,” they exclaimed.
“No, they’re over there,” he said. Pat Riley had him thrown out. Did he realize these cookies belonged to me? Yes, he said, “I don’t care who these cookies are. Everyone is looking, trying to avoid eye contact. And that’s it, it’s very personal.”
LeBron’s career after leaving Miami Heat
LeBron joined the Cavs to win an NBA title with them and he kept that promise. Despite his lowest scoring average since his rookie season (25.3 points per game), James led a young, inexperienced Cavaliers team to the second-best record in the Eastern Conference in 2014-15.
While James had another successful regular season in 2015-16, he once again excelled in the playoffs. In the NBA Finals, he guided the Cavaliers to a rematch against the Warriors, who had set a league record with 73 regular-season wins. There, the Cavaliers ended a 52-year drought for Cleveland professional sports teams and became the first team to overcome a 3–0 Finals deficit to win the first title in franchise history.
James became the first player to lead all five player statistical categories for both teams in the Finals with his average of 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.6 steals and 2.3 blocks per game finally. He was unanimously chosen as the Finals MVP.
After leaving the Cavs for the second time, he joined the LA Lakers in 2018 and still plays for them. He won a title with the Lakers and hopes to add another before ending his career.
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