Heat Rumors: LeBron to meet with Riley Wednesday, Tuesday meetings?
In another Heat rumors and news update for today, free-agent superstar LeBron James will meet with Miami Heat president Pat Riley on Wednesday - presumably regarding James' thoughts on what has been a tumultuous foray into free agency so far.
According to Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports, the Heat look to get the first crack at speaking with LeBron face-to-face, as LeBron's Tuesday docket of meetings in Las Vegas were reportedly a sponsorship obligation:
Source says Heat free agent LeBron James had a meeting with Nike today in Las Vegas and will meet with Heat president Pat Riley on Wednesday
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) July 8, 2014
In truth, it was most likely always going to fall this way. LeBron has a ton of respect for the Miami Heat's brain trust and, regardless of his intentions, most likely wants to inform the team first of where his head is at before proceeding with his plan in free agency.
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