--- description: The Miami Heat wished LeBron James farewell with a nostalgic tweet of a photo of the NBA star before a crowd of cheering fans. title: Heat To LeBron: Thanks for The Memories image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Basketball](/tag/basketball/) ## Basketball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Heat To LeBron: Thanks for The Memories  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 11, 2014 10:22 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 11, 2014 10:22 PM CUT The Miami Heat wished LeBron James farewell with a nostalgic tweet of a photo of the Cleveland-bound NBA star before a crowd of cheering fans. > [](https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/487711497108197376) “Thanks for the memories,” it read. The Miami sports franchise has many reasons to thank James, not the least of which are two NBA titles. Heat To LeBron: Thanks for The Memories ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2978016/miami-heat-lebron-james/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2978016/miami-heat-lebron-james/"},"headline":"Heat To LeBron: Thanks for The Memories","datePublished":"2014-07-11T22:22:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:06:38.627Z","description":"The basketball star brought the team two NBA titles.","url":"https://time.com/2978016/miami-heat-lebron-james/","keywords":["Basketball","Miami","Lebron James","NBA","heat","Cleveland"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"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":"/tag/basketball/","name":"Basketball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2978016/miami-heat-lebron-james/","name":"Heat To LeBron: Thanks for The Memories"}}]}] ```