This hate on LeBron for "holding teams hostage" us stupid. The entire thing was blown out if proportion by the media, namely Chris Broussard and Chris Sheridan. ESPN tried to make it decision 2.0, and LeBron was just trying to stay behind the scenes. Why else do you think he went to SI to break the news? Because the media, led by ESPN was being stupid, and in the end, Sports Illustrated broke the news.