Does LeBron regret his decision? | Thebigtip

It has been two weeks since LeBron James announced that he was taking his talents to South Beach and signing with the Miami Heat. The outpouring of disappointment from Cleveland Cavaliers fans, Charles Barkley, and now Michael Jordan’s comments that he would never have done it, begs the question, does LeBron James regret his decision?

According to James’ own confession, he didn’t make his mind up until the morning of the announcement, going back and forth between teams in his mind and changing his mind during his sleep. So if that is true, and James in all honesty didn’t make up his mind until 12 hours before his ESPN special, “The Decision”, just how comfortable was James with his choice?

If “The Decision” had have been aired one night earlier, or one night later, would James be now signed with the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, New Jersey Nets or still with the Cleveland Cavaliers?

Between James and his entourage, did anyone ever ask the question, how will the legends of yesterday see this decision? How will neutral basketball fans react to this? It was obvious that Cavs fans would feel like their hearts had been ripped out, although James seemed to be caught off guard when he saw pictures of his singlet been burned.

What James has done is turn his back on the chance to be forever debated as the greatest ever with Michael Jordan. That debate is done with for all eternity.

If James wins 7, 8, 9 rings, not only will he have one less than Dwyane Wade, he did not do it with his own team like Jordan had done through the 90’s. People will forever say that James took the easy way out, the easy option. That stopped any chance from his being the greatest of all time.

To debate and compare who was better, Jordan or James, would be something that basketball fans would have lived for. For example, if James had have stayed in Cleveland and won three rings, people would say that James’ three rings were harder to get than Jordan’s six. It would be a debate, but it is now dead.

In the space of five seconds, James became someone who was so loved into public enemy number one, in the process turning haters of Kobe Bryant around to gasp, that for all his perceived arrogance and troubles of the past, Bryant never quit the LA Lakers.

With all the negativity coming his way, something that through his whole life he has never received, how is James feeling about his decision weeks later?

Does James care that people now refer to him as Robin or Prince James?

Does James realize that he has changed the status of his legacy?

Does James feel that the decision he made was correct, despite what Jordan and Barkley have said?

Does James regret his decision?

While James becomes the brunt of jokes from Bill Simmons to Steve Carell, is he aware of the damage he has self inflicted on his own brand?

I feel the biggest losers in all of this are basketball fans who want to see the best compete against one another, those who want to see James and Wade go against each other, not high-five one another with ‘Heat’ across their chests.

We will never see a Kobe v LeBron finals series where both players are the man. That sucks.

We will never see James fulfil his destiny and bring Cleveland their first championship since the age of the dinosaurs.

And while James is left to count his money, do you think he cares?