In 2010, this was the most heartbreaking day for Cavaliers fans. James conducted a live broadcast on TV media about his future whereabouts. Too many Cavaliers fans believed that James would never leave his hometown team. Unfortunately, they all guessed wrong. During a live TV broadcast, James announced that he would bring his talents to the Heat, which also made James a thorn in the side of Cavaliers fans overnight.
Seeing this, many fans will find it strange that since James has announced that he will join the Heat, why did the Cavaliers trade James to the Heat? The answer is that this deal was a sign-and-trade. Simply put, it was the Cavaliers' move to cooperate with the Heat in signing James.
Why do the Cavaliers still cooperate when their max-level account is poached? The reason is that if the Cavaliers are willing to cooperate, they can still get some chips in return. Why don't the Heat just sign James? Because the Heat themselves do not have enough salary space to sign James, and through the trade, James can continue to enjoy the "Bird Clause", which is why the Cavaliers traded James to the Heat.
What chips did the Cavaliers finally get?
I have to say that the knight is very distressing. His max-level account has been poached, and he still has to cooperate. The Cavaliers first signed a six-year, $110 million contract with James, of which the last two years were player options. After renewing James, the Cavaliers traded James to the Heat. In return, the Heat gave the Cavaliers two future first-round picks and two second-round picks, as well as a trade exception worth $14.5 million.
In this transaction, the four draft picks did not play a big role in the end, because with James, Wade, and Bosh, the draft picks that the Heat could obtain were basically relatively reliable. Later. But this 14.5 million transaction exception has become an important bargaining chip for the Cavaliers to take back James in the future.
Why do you say this? In 2011, the Cavaliers traded Mobu Chuan and Moon to the Clippers for Baron Davis and an unprotected first-round pick in 2011. The reason why this deal can be reached is because the Cavaliers have this trading privilege worth 14.5 million.
In this transaction, the Cavaliers received the Clippers' unprotected first-round pick in 2011, and this pick ended up becoming the No. 1 pick with a 2.8% probability. , the Cavaliers used the No. 1 pick to sign Irving, which also allowed the Cavaliers to gradually have the capital to welcome back James.
In 2014, James came back and returned home. He led the small-city Cavaliers to the finals for four consecutive years and won the first championship in history for the Cavaliers. He fulfilled his promise The promise was also forgiven by Cavaliers fans.