Quote from Ichiro Suzuki about Cleveland: “To tell the truth, I’m not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to,” Ichiro said. “If I ever saw myself saying I’m excited going to Cleveland, I’d punch myself in the face, because I’m lying.”
Of course. He only opted out so he could get that kind of deal. He was never going to go anywhere else. I'm surprised it's 3 years, I would have thought he was going to sign a series of 1 year deals for the rest of his career.
He has a huge mansion in Akron - who would buy it if he left for good? http://cavsnation.com/inside-look-lebron-james-30000-sq-ft-9-2-million-mansion-in-akron-ohio/
“There was a misunderstanding,” he said. “I think it was five years ago, there was a lot of snow and I think all three [actually four] games got cancelled. So throughout the year, we had to make up the games by going to Cleveland one off-day at a time. It wasn’t because of Cleveland.”