LeBron Leaving Ohio - But It's a Cat, Not a Cavalier

A LeBron is leaving northeast Ohio, but it's a cat, not a Cavalier.

Whether NBA superstar LeBron James is staying with the Cleveland Cavaliers is still a big question, but the Akron Zoo says it will say goodbye to another LeBron, a jaguar born there last year.

By mid-June, the cat is going to the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Fla., in hopes he'll produce offspring with a female jaguar named Masaya.

A zoo statement on Thursday said the jaguar LeBron got his name in a contest.

This isn't the first time a zoo has played the role of general manager with a prominent athlete's namesake. Just last month, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium removed Ben Roethlisberger's name from an elephant display and replaced him with hockey hall of famer Mario Lemieux.

LeBron James grew up in Akron and once lived not far from the zoo's entrance. He can become a free agent this summer, and there's been massive speculation about whether he'll stay in his home state, with Cleveland.