In the end it was LeBron James, the 19-year-old kid fresh out of high school that decided to abandon the Miami Heat and come home to his real home in Ohio.

LeBron has opted to return the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team that took a big chance in 2003 by recruiting a high school hoops phenom named LeBron James and starting him on his incredible NBA career. 

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"My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball," James told SI.com. "I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now."

"Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It's where I walked," James said. 

"It's where I ran. It's where I cried. It's where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart. People there have seen me grow up. I sometimes feel like I'm their son. Their passion can be overwhelming. But it drives me. I want to give them hope when I can. I want to inspire them when I can." 

The Cavs picked him No. 1 in the 2003 draft out of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, a Catholic high school in Akron. 

LeBron led his high school team, The Fighting Irish, to multiple state championships. During his junior year, LeBron was hailed as possibly "the best high school basketball player in America right now" by SLAM Magazine.

In his senior year, LeBron was voted Ohio's Mr. Basketball and USA Today All-USA First Team for an unprecedented third straight year.

LeBron's decision to come back home has left Cavs' fans delirious. The Cavs have been a losing team since LeBron left them in 2010.

LeBron owes much of his success to his mother, Gloria Marie James. He was born on December 30, 1984 in Akron.

His mother, who gave birth to him and raised him as a single parent, struggled greatly to find work and keep her family together.

Deciding it would be better for LeBron if he had a more stable family environment, Gloria took the brave decision to allow LeBron to move in with the family of Frank Walker, a local football coach. Walker introduced LeBron to basketball when LeBron was nine years old. 

Miami's Big Three is now gone and with it any thought of the Heat becoming a serious title contender in the NBA's Eastern Conference. 

Chris Bosh has decided to stay with the Heat after turning down an US$88 million offer from the Houston Rockets. Dwayne Wade is expected to keep playing with the Heat.

The Big Three won two NBA titles in their four years together from 2009 to 2013. In 2010, LeBron left Cleveland for the Miami Heat, becoming the most hated man in the state in which he was born and grew up in.