It's Miami for Lebron James

LeBron James has finally decided to which team he will playing for next few NBA seasons: Miami.

As revealed via www2.staffordcountysun.com:

LeBron James wanted to play with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The only place that could happen was Miami.

Get ready, NBA: A superstar trio is born.

Ending weeks of silence and drama, the two-time MVP said on his ESPN special from Greenwich, Conn. on Thursday night that he’s decided to join the Miami Heat and leave the Cleveland Cavaliers after an unsuccessful seven-year quest for the championship he covets.

“The best opportunity to win and to win now and to win in the future also,“ James said. “Winning is a huge thing for me.“

It’s a huge victory for the Heat, who got commitments from Wade and Bosh on Wednesday. That duo, along with James, formed the upper echelon of the most-celebrated free-agent period in league history.

Heat president Pat Riley landed them all, a three-pack of stars to help shape his quest for a dynasty in Miami.

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lebron james finally decides!

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LeBron James has finally decided: he joined Twitter recently.

According to Yahoo News:

The most sought after NBA free agent of 2010 has joined the social networking site Twitter under the moniker 'kingjames', his publicist Keith Estabrook confirmed with Reuters on Tuesday.

More than 84,000 people have signed up to follow James as speculation mounts as to where he will play next season, even though he has not yet made a single posting.

The 25-year-old has also started up a website http://www.lebronjames.com/ with the slogan "Getting Closer." Signing up for alerts from the site takes you to a page that reads "you'll be the first to know."

James is one of a handful of marquee free agents who have the potential to dramatically shift the landscape of the NBA for years to come should they choose to switch teams.

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NBA star Joe Johnson staying with the Hawks

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Joe Johnson is staying with the Atlanta Hawks after signing a maximum contract with the team as confirmed by his agent, Arn Tellem on Sunday.

According to Yahoo news:

Tellem wrote that Johnson, who could have signed as a free agent with another team, chose to remain in Atlanta over Chicago and New York, where he would have been reunited with Mike D'Antoni, his former coach in Phoenix.

Under NBA rules, a team is allowed to pay more to keep a free agent than other teams can offer in salary if he opts to move.

In addition to the financial incentive, the Hawks have reached the second round of the playoffs the past two years, and Tellem said Johnson believed winning in Atlanta "would be more meaningful".