--- description: 4 years ago, Cleveland Cavaliers fans said they were betrayed by LeBron James. Now, he's coming home. Here's a recap of that saga. title: LeBron James Returns to the Cleveland Cavaliers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67f3f38a3052e3f4/69869b7955a859d570a81c30/12801.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Will LeBron James Return Home to Haters? by [Salima Koroma](/author/salima-koroma/) ## Salima Koroma Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 9:16 PM CUT  by [Salima Koroma](/author/salima-koroma/) ## Salima Koroma Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 9:16 PM CUT Now that LeBron James has made his decision to go back home to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the big question is, is he going home to fans who love him, or still taste the bitterness from his 2010 departure? Cleveland fans may have to bury the hatchet if it means earning a championship ring. Or as TIME’s Sean Gregory writes, “If LeBron has any ‘haters’ left, now’s not a bad time to exit that whole silly business.” Read more from that article [here](http://time.com/2977185/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-free-agency/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2977850/lebron-james-cavaliers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2977850/lebron-james-cavaliers/"},"headline":"Will LeBron James Return Home to Haters?","datePublished":"2014-07-11T21:16:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:06:35.718Z","description":"4 years ago, Cleveland Cavaliers fans said they were betrayed by LeBron James. Now, he's coming home. Here's a recap of that saga.","url":"https://time.com/2977850/lebron-james-cavaliers/","keywords":["Sports topic","Lebron James","Miami Heat","Cleveland Cavaliers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67f3f38a3052e3f4/69869b7955a859d570a81c30/12801.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Salima Koroma","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67f3f38a3052e3f4/69869b7955a859d570a81c30/12801.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1280","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2977850/lebron-james-cavaliers/","name":"Will LeBron James Return Home to Haters?"}}]}] ```