LeBron James opened up about his decision to leave Cleveland, saying general manager Koby Altman's lie to him about trading Kyrie Irving was the "beginning of the end" for his second tenure with the Cavaliers.
"Everyone knows that when Kyrie got traded, it was the beginning of the end for everything. It's not a secret," James told The Athletic's Joe Vardon in an interview published Monday.
James said Altman told him that he would not trade a disgruntled Irving to the Boston Celtics, only for the trade to be completed the same day.