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After a week of free agency, the Cavaliers have reportedly joined the LeBron Jamessweepstakes. Their point of entry, according to Yahoo Sports, is James' agent, Rich Paul. In the process of meeting with a number of teams last week, Paul apparently conveyed to Cleveland that it ought to pursue the four-time MVP in earnest by clearing enough cap room to accommodate a max deal. James' intentions may be unknown, but the self-starting intrigue of his possible return to the Cavaliers gives this rumor a particular spark.

Of one thing we can be sure: It will take more than the public erasure of owner Dan Gilbert's bile, dipped in Comic Sans, for Cleveland to genuinely pique James' interests. There are overtures that must be made and relationships that must be mended. Just as important, the Cavs have to actually go about clearing the cap room required to sign James at the maximum salary. At present they're only within range of doing so; between all committed salary and the cap hold of No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins, Cleveland has a practical cap figure of roughly $46.4 million – almost $9 million too much to fit James' max. That gap cannot be cleared without the unloading of at least one significant contract, for which Jarrett Jack is the most obvious candidate. 

source: http://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/07/cleveland-cavaliers-lebron-james-free-agency