Going To Barcelona In a stunning change of  heart, LeBron James has announced on the eve of his free agency that he will be canceling all meetings with NBA teams. Instead, James has decided to sign with Barcelona, making him the first athlete to go from pro basketball to the NBA.

debates have been ongoing for several years as to who the best NBA player in the world is currently, James or Kobe Bryant. While James has had the better statistics, Bryant has won the past two NBA championships.

James was set to meet with the Heat, Knicks, Bulls, Cavaliers, Nets, and Clippers once free agency started tonight at midnight. That all changed, however, when Bryant was seen on television watching the USA-Ghana soccer match live.

The fact that Bryant received publicity that particular day infuriated James. he vowed that he would never again be cast in Bryant's shadow, and he knew Bryant's one true love was soccer.

"If I couldn't win titles in the NBA because of Kobe, then I was going to become the one thing Bryant couldn't become, a soccer player," said James at a news conference announcing his intentions to sign with Barcelona.

While it may come as a shock to some NBA insiders, it was clear that Barcelona was the favorite all along. The soccer club sealed the deal on Tuesday when they showed James a slide show of Spain, including the famous Running of the Bulls.

Once James saw that the Bulls run, he realized it would be the type of style that suited his own playing techniques. James is expected to join Barcelona in August, and will be the key speaker at the Running of the Bulls opening ceremony next year.

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