What 4-time NBA MVP announced he was signing with Miami Heat in a live ESPN television special?
LeBron James
LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James ( ; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 James has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA scoring title, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.
 He has also been selected to 13 NBA All-Star teams, 13 All-NBA teams, and six All-Defensive teams, is the Cavaliers' all-time leading scorer, and is the NBA career playoff scoring leader.
The Decision (TV special)
The Decision was a television special in which free agent National Basketball Association (NBA) player LeBron James announced that he would be signing with the Miami Heat instead of returning to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers.
 It was broadcast live on ESPN on July 8, 2010.
 James was an unrestricted free agent after playing seven seasons in Cleveland, where he was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a six-time All-Star.
 He grew up in nearby Akron, Ohio, where he received national attention as a high school basketball star.
2003–04 Miami Heat season
The 2003–04 NBA season season was the 16th season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.
 This season saw the team draft future All-Star and 3-time NBA Champion Dwyane Wade with the fifth overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft, while acquiring forward Lamar Odom from the Los Angeles Clippers.
 Before the season began, head coach Pat Riley resigned, but he would later return midway in the 2005–06 season and help guide the Heat to their first ever NBA championship.
 Under new head coach Stan Van Gundy, the Heat stumbled out of the gate losing their first seven games.
 However, the team would play .500 basketball for the remainder of the season winning 14 of their final 17 games.
 Despite posting a mediocre 42–40 record, the Heat entered the playoffs as the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference.
 Wade had a stellar rookie season averaging 16.2 points per game, and was selected to the All-Rookie First Team. 2010–11 NBA season
The 2010–11 NBA season was the 65th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The 2011 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 20, 2011, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
 The season concluded with the Dallas Mavericks defeating the Miami Heat in six games, 4 games to 2, to win their first NBA title, and Dirk Nowitzki was named Finals MVP.
 Chicago's Derrick Rose was named the 2010–11 NBA MVP. Chad Kammerer
Chad Kammerer (born September 28, 1967) is director of scouting and a former assistant basketball coach of the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat.
 Kammerer joined the Heat in 2001 as an advance scout, became an assistant coach under Erik Spoelstra in 2008, and was part of the Miami Heat's 2012 NBA Finals Championship.
 Before joining the Heat, Kammerer worked as an assistant coach for Valparaiso University, the University of California at Los Angeles, Concordia University, and the University of Mississippi.
 His father, Chet Kammerer, serves as the Miami Heat's Vice President of Player Personnel. Tim Duncan
Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 Widely considered to be the greatest power forward of all time, he is a five-time NBA champion, two-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA Finals MVP, NBA All-Star Game MVP and NBA Rookie of the Year.
 He is also a 15-time NBA All-Star and the only player to be selected to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams in all of his first 13 seasons. 2011–12 NBA season
The 2011–12 NBA season, the 66th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), began with the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the owners of the 30 NBA teams and the NBA's players.
 The previous CBA, which was ratified in 2005, expired at 12:01 AM EDT on July 1, 2011, resulting in a lockout.
 With the new deal in place, the regular season was shortened from the normal 82 games per team to 66, because of nearly two months of inactivity.
 The season began on December 25, 2011, and ended on April 26, 2012.
 The playoffs started on April 28 and ended on June 21 when the Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of their series, 121–106, winning the Finals, 4–1 and to capture the franchise's second NBA title.
 LeBron James was named both the Regular Season MVP and the NBA Finals MVP. 1988–89 Miami Heat season
The 1988–89 Miami Heat season was Miami's inaugural season in the NBA.
 The Miami Heat were the first of 2 expansion teams to play in the state of Florida over a two-year period.
 The expansion would include three other expansion franchises in Charlotte, Minnesota, and Orlando.
 The expansion Heat were able to select Syracuse star center Rony Seikaly in the NBA draft.
 The Heat would make their debut on November 5 in a losing effort to the Los Angeles Clippers by a score of 111-91 at the Miami Arena.
 Rory Sparrow made the first basket in franchise history.
 The Heat lost an NBA record 17 games to start their inaugural season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.
 During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member.
 A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP.
 In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
 NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. 2005–06 Miami Heat season
The 2005–06 Miami Heat season was the 18th National Basketball Association season for the Miami Heat basketball franchise.
 During the offseason, the Heat acquired Jason Williams and James Posey from the Memphis Grizzlies, and All-Star forward Antoine Walker from the Boston Celtics, while signing free agent All-Star point guard Gary Payton.
 Early into the season, after a 15-12 start to the year, head coach Stan Van Gundy resigned, citing the desire to spend more time with his family, and Pat Riley resume coaching the Heat.
 The Heat went 39-23 the rest of the way, finishing with a 52-30 record, good enough for first place in the Southeast Division and second place in the Eastern Conference overall.
 Dwayne Wade and Shaquille O'Neal were both selected for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game.