LeBron’s Cavs were eliminated by the Celtics in 2008 and 2010.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers made the NBA Finals in 2007, many believed the time had come for The Chosen One to take over the league. But after that season, the Boston Celtics assembled the first super team to prevent ‘The Takeover.’ That led to ‘The Decision.’

With Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo, the Celtics eliminated LeBron James’ Cavaliers in the second round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs. Two years later, the Celtics ousted the Cavs in the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals. Then LeBron took his talents to South Beach.

Boston’s stars always claimed that they were the reason why King James left The Land, but he always talked about wanting to play with his fellow 2003 Draft batchmates ever since they played together for the Redeem Team.

Three championship rings later, LeBron finally admitted that it was Boston that forced him to retreat to Miami.

“I understood then that in order for me to compete for a championship and get to that next level,” said LeBron. “I had to figure out and get with some guys that could be on the same level as Paul, Ray, (Rajon) Rondo, KG and those guys,”