In case you haven’t heard, LeBron James is currently a free agent, and the Cleveland Cavaliers appear to be in the driver’s seat to sign him. That speculation has only grown as LeBron has spent the last week or so in the Akron area golfing, going to Golf Galaxy, and attending an event at House Three Thirty on Friday night.
One of the people with James on Friday night was Cavs assistant general manager Brandon Weems. He was included in a video that Victoria Walker McGee, senior director at LeBron James Family
Foundation, shared on Instagram.
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Weems and James were high school teammates at St. Vincent-St. Mary. They were pictured together with others from that team. From that perspective, the former team getting together when James is in town isn’t that surprising or even out of the ordinary. On the other hand, LeBron is a free agent, Weems is the Cavs’ second in command in basketball operations, and Cleveland is the favorite to sign James. Their being together the other night is newsworthy in that context.
This picture came on the same day LeBron’s agent, Rich Paul, said that Weems being in Cleveland is a “Big, big x-factor, Brandon Weems is basically LeBron’s brother. That is a huge feather in the cap [for Cleveland].”
Whether or not you want to read too deeply into them being together on Friday is up to you. On its own, it doesn’t mean that James is signing with Cleveland. It does, however, prove what Paul said earlier. Weems being in Cleveland is an advantage. And the Cavs already have plenty of those considering James has spent nearly half of his career with the team, is from the area, and the Cavs have shown they have a playoff-tested nucleus.
There continue to be signs that James could be signing up for a third stint with the Cavs. We’ll see whether that comes to fruition shortly.
