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LeBron James: What Deshaun Watson told him in his sales pitch

Whoa. LeBron James to H-Town? Houston Sports fans — look how far we’ve come. We’ve gone to a begotten city that was the laughingstock on the national scene to one of reverence and we’re all witnesses to the renaissance that we’re experiencing at this time.

There have been a lot of people that have moved to Houston because of the booming energy industry and they’ve enjoyed the experience. But if you’re a native like I am, this is even sweeter, especially the fact that teams are now able to attract high-profile free agents. The allure of no state income tax went so far back in the past as they chose brighter pastures such as the sunny and cool canyons of the Los Angeles basin rather than our swamp-like, tropical weather conditions that exhibit some of the brutal summers known to man.