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LeBron already defaced in Miami mural honoring Heat

Published Jul. 11, 2014 9:08 p.m. ET

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Just hours after LeBron James announced he was leaving Miami to return to Cleveland, the man who helped bring two titles to South Beach and helped lead the Heat to four straight NBA Finals is being erased from existence -- in a mural, at least.

The Miami Heat 2012 championship mural, which WPLG in Miami reports took more than two years for local artist Serge Toussaint to complete, looked like this Friday morning.

Then, shortly after LeBron's announcement, it looked like this:

This is what a mural in Miami looked like this morning. It no longer looks like this. #defaced http://t.co/q2B7dI6y8Y pic.twitter.com/Xkb9MYUI8w
— ThePostGame.com (@Post_Game) July 11, 2014

But while LeBron's already been erased in Miami, he's already showing up on buildings again in Cleveland. My, how quickly things change.

Miami mural. Heat fans paint over LeBron's face and leave Erik Spoelstra 's terrible mustache. pic.twitter.com/ZNJOsVupXM
— Adam Zopf (@adamzopf) July 11, 2014

The state of the #lebron mural in #Wynwood. Face covered with "Queen 00" then "Thanks Lebron" now an LBJ mug. SMH pic.twitter.com/I6VqEUfE06
— Justin Finch (@JustinNBC6) July 12, 2014