The interview segments of ESPN’s The Decision were filmed in Greenwich, Connecticut. The program was broadcast from the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, where LeBron James announced that he would join the Miami Heat for the 2010–11 NBA season.
The July 8, 2010 special marked the end of James’s first seven NBA seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was an unrestricted free agent and had been courted by several teams, including Cleveland, Chicago, New York, New Jersey, and Miami. The announcement came during a 75-minute ESPN broadcast hosted in part by sportscaster Jim Gray.
The Greenwich location also had a charitable purpose. The special raised $2.5 million for the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, while advertising revenue generated another $3.5 million for other charities. A common mix-up is confusing Greenwich with Stamford, another prominent Connecticut media location; Stamford was not the site of The Decision’s interview segments. The special became one of the most discussed sports broadcasts of its era, partly because of the backlash to James’s highly publicized move to Miami.