Yahoo! Sports reports that the Cavs and owner Dan Gilbert are suspicious of illegal tampering by Miami. Should Cavs pursue investigation or forget it?
LeBron James in Cleveland's IMG building on July 2, when he talked with the Miami Heat about his free agency -- a meeting within NBA rules. The Cavaliers are suspicious there were illegal contacts.Cleveland, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cavaliers and owner Dan Gilbert have reportedly hired a law firm to investigate whether there was any violation of NBA tampering rules in the Miami Heat's pursuit of LeBron James.
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Cavaliers have "poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a high-powered Midwestern law firm to investigate their suspicions" of tampering by Miami.
James, an Akron native who played his first seven years in the NBA with the Cavs, left them as a free agent to join Miami last July. James returns to play his first game against the Cavaliers in Cleveland on Thursday night.