GQ 2010: Summer of LeBron Turns into a LeDickens Tale of Two Cities

In years past, LeBron James was pretty good at not over exposing himself.

Well, those days are long gone.

In the September issue of GQ Magazine LBJ talks about Akron, Cleveland, the Miami Heat, Cavs owner Dan Gilbert("I don't think he ever cared about LeBron.") and Charles Barkley ("Charles was probably trying to be funny. It wasn't funny to me.")

The twisting and turning interview goes from James saying that "There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day," to "If there was an opportunity for me to return..and those fans welcome me back, that'd be a great story. "

LeBron James "Decision" to go from the Cleveland Cavs to the Miami Heat is very Dickens-like tale of a Akron, Ohio man who made a life changing choice based partly on his teen encounters on the cold streets of Cleveland.

According to James, "Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us (Akron).… So we didn't actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day."

This is not to say that James had problems with Cleveland kids growing up, because it was probably true. (To be fair,the rift between between Akron and Cleveland is probably no different than New Jersey and New York or Los Angeles and San Francisco. But Akron and Cleveland people generally do get along.)

However, James is no longer a teen trying to find his place in the world.

James actually got the best revenge of all on those Cleveland kids by not only taking over city and being its favorite son, but also achieving global status.

In fact, becoming “King James” was probably one of the best revenge plans of all time, yet James never saw it that way.

Over his seven years playing in Cleveland, Akronite James routinely showed his disdain for the City of Cleveland by wearing a New York Yankees cap to Cleveland Indians game and embracing Dallas Cowboys players while spurning Cleveland Browns players.

Through it all, Cleveland Cavs fans saw no wrong in their new son and became “Witnesses” to "The King's" Jesus Christ Superstar powder routine before each game.

So when James made his decision, leaving Cavs fans disillusioned and heartbroken, he probably felt his feelings about Cleveland were justified when he saw a few idiots burn his jersey on TV.

Unfortunately for Cleveland Cavs fans, they are ones who are the ones forced to suffer.

Not because of a Yankees cap or a group of guys burning a #23 jersey, but the actions of a few Cleveland kids in the 90's and the choices of a grown man who didn't know how to let go of his past in 2010.

Read GQ' Summer of Lebron Here