LeBron James confirmed he will announce his decision on Thursday.
Free agent basketball player LeBron James just tweeted that he will announce his decision Thursday night on ESPN. AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James made an announcement. No, not the announcement. An announcement about the annoucement. And he did it in his favorite new way, directly to his fans via the Internet and social media.
In a message on his freshly re-launched website, dormant for several years, James confirmed that he was planning on announcing his free agent decision in a one-hour special Thursday night on ESPN. To direct fans to the website, James used his new Twitter account, which has signed up more than 200,000 members in 24 hours.
"The Decision" as James' site calls it, is being made live because of the "unprecedented attention."
The location of the announcement was not revealed but it is believed that it will be made from a neutral site and not in any of the cities that have been courting him.
According to multiple sources those teams were in the dark about James' plans when ESPN made their announcement on Tuesday night.
The program will have sponsors and the proceeds will go to the Boys and Girls Club of America, the statement said. James has supported that charity in the past during events over various All-Star Weekends.
The New York Times reported that an ESPN release said Jim Gray and Michael Wilbon will get the first interviews with James. ESPN's Stuart Scott and Jon Barry will be part of the broadcast.