Ten years ago, LeBron James made "The Decision" to "take my talents to south beach," namely departing the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. Via that show he did with Jim Gray on ESPN, James raised 3.5 million U.S. dollars and donated all the money to charity. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers owner Daniel Gilbert used every word he could find to curse his former hero, calling him a coward, a traitor, a narcissist. Then he decided to lower the price of James No. 23 jersey from 99.99 to 17.41 dollars – General Benedict Arnold, who defected from the Continental Army to the British side during the Revolutionary War, was born in 1741.

In fact, James was seen as the biggest traitor in NBA history since that day until he returned to Cleveland in 2015 and helped his home team win their first championship in 2016 summer – that title, plus Kevin Durant's decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors in the same summer, brought salvation to James.

This week, ESPN again broke that it was not James' idea to announce his decision like that. Instead, a 38-year-old Detroit Pistons fan from Columbus, Ohio, identified only as "Drew," came up with the idea and told it to Bill Simmons. Then Simmons shared the idea with James' team during the 2010 All Star Weekend. Four months later, during the NBA Finals, Gray again proposed it to James' business partner Maverick Carter. In the end, James sat down with Gray and did the show with Gray.

ESPN is also presenting a new documentary about the event, though it was also reported that none from James' side, including James himself, will be interviewed in the documentary. Neither will Gilbert nor Gray.

For whatever reason, ESPN is doing this for, let's take a look at what really happened in 2010 summer.

With simply too many big names appearing on the free agency market, battles among teams for stars and superstars turned ugly immediately. The Houston Rockets' representative flew to Dallas to recruit Chris Bosh while future Hall of Famer Yao Ming expressed his will to play together with Bosh on Weibo.

The Rockets were not the only ones after Bosh, they had to compete with the New York Knicks, the Heat and the Chicago Bulls. However, when Pat Riley, president of the Heat showed his ring to Bosh, everyone knew that the Heat were leading in the contest.

Meanwhile, James sat down in Ohio and met the New Jersey Nets, the Knicks, the Bulls, the Heat, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Cavaliers to decide his next stop. The Cavaliers, where James played for seven years, fired general manager Danny Ferry and head coach Mike Brown because they could help James win a ring. However, the Cavaliers did not think their efforts were convincing enough, especially when they were competing with teams of a big market, competitive franchise, or deep pocket.

That's why the team decided to play the motion cards of home and loyalty. Nonetheless, whatever move they made, it did not seem to work after Kevin Garnet told James, "Loyalty is something that hurts you at times because you can't get youth back" in the Eastern Conference semifinals that year.

Dwyane went back home in Chicago, where he was born, and negotiated with the Bulls. Though he had not made any decision at that time, Wade was already hinting that he might join hands with other superstars. He, Bosh, and James talked about working together before though James did not make any promise. He and Wade considered joining the Bulls together, but the team already belonged to Derrick Rose, who became the youngest NBA MVP in league history in the following year. Besides, one ball was not enough for Rose, James AND Wade to share.

Nonetheless, Bosh's decision to go to Miami cleared the air for everyone. Wade would not leave if a 26-year-old five-time All-Star big man was about to become his teammate. Deals were made as quick as a wink in the following days. Dirk Nowitzki stayed in the Dallas Mavericks – only crazy people would ever imagine that he would leave. Amar' e Stoudemire accepted a five-year, 100-million-U.S.-dollar contract offered by the Knicks. It took the Atlanta Hawks a few days to consider, but they kept Joe Johnson with a six-year, 123.7-million deal. The Bulls landed Carlos Boozer to help Rose.

Then James made that game-changing "Decision." For the first time in NBA history, three of the league's top 10 players, one 28, the other two 25, joined hands in the same team. Of course, it was not that easy to make a champion team like that, three need help. That's why all of them accepted pay cuts to the Heat could sign others, like Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem.

James had the superstar teammates he craved for seven years, but his move also made him the biggest villain and crook in NBA history.

"LeBron was facing one of the greatest sports decisions ever: 'winning (Chicago), loyalty (Cleveland), or a chance at immortality (New York).' I never thought he would pick 'HELP!'" Wrote Bill Simmons.

"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry (Bird), called up Magic (Johnson) and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team,'" said Michael Jordan.

"If you're the two-time defending NBA MVP, you don't leave anywhere. They come to you. That's ridiculous. I like LeBron. He's a great player. But I don't think in the history of sports you can find a two-time defending MVP leaving to go play with other people," said Charles Barkley, who also told a Miami radio station that James "will never be Jordan."

At the Heat's welcome ceremony for their Big 3, James was asked ho many championships he will win for the team. He made that infamous prediction: "not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven…" The irony was before the 2010-11 season had started, Jason Terry of the Mavericks also added a tattoo of the Larry O'Brien Trophy to his arm.

We all knew what happened next.