LeBron James has made his decision. He’s going back to the East, and he’s landing in Philadelphia with the 76ers.

As a lifelong Knicks fan, this moves put no fear in my heart. A 41 year old LeBron James trying to do what he’s done everywhere he’s gone: bring a championship to an organization. But that path runs straight through my Knicks.

But let’s be clear about something first. I am not a LeBron hater. I’m a Jordan hater. I’ve spent years hyping LeBron up, sometimes irrationally, purely to annoy Jordan stans. That hasn’t changed.

This, though, this means war

I can never take away what LeBron has accomplished. Nobody can. But this move hurts his legacy in my eyes. Another All-NBA co-star. Another super team. That’s the LeBron playbook, and I know it well. And no, I’m not saying Jordan never had help. But come on, LeBron. This is egregious.

His camp made it sound like New York was always the dream, that he’d have come to the Knicks if we hadn’t just won it all. Well, you couldn’t handle the biggest market in the world. So now you’re in Philly, at the arena that’s going to get taken over by Knicks fans the second we show up in the playoffs. You settled for MSG south.

Good. Bring it on.

As a Knicks fan, I live for this. I’m hoping we open the season against Philly at the Garden, so LeBron and the 76ers can watch us raise our banners in person, in the building they’ll have to go through to win a championship of their own.

That’s going to be an epic night.

LeBron can stack his roster with a former MVP and All-NBA stars. It won’t matter. He will never accomplish the one thing that actually separates legends in this league: winning a championship in New York City. He’s ducked this city his whole career. He’s never had the nerve to play in the Mecca, and now he wants to call it his favorite building to play in.

Well, now you get to play in it. And you already know what’s coming.

Look forward to playing you. We look forward to beating you.

As always, Knicks in five.