For the first time during the off-season, James was candid about several topics Thursday during a session at the National Association of Black Journalists convention. Not only did James share his pleasure about his new teammate, he discussed several incidents - including walking off the floor after the Cavaliers' Eastern Conference finals loss against Orlando in May, and the dunk on James by Xavier University player Jordan Crawford at LeBron's camp last month.

After the Cavaliers lost to the Magic in Game 6 of the conference finals, James walked off the court and didn't shake hands with any of the Magic players and did not talk with the media. He was later fined by the NBA and apologized.

If allowed a do-over, James would change a few things.

"I wouldn't have done it the same," James said. "I would have [talked with] the media. Looking back on it, without you guys, there's no LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Tiger Woods or no Peyton Manning without the media."

James, however, does not have any regrets about not shaking hands - a practice that is uncommon during the 82 regular-season games.

"Shaking hands is not a big deal to me," James said. "It's not being a sore loser; it's moving on."

Moving on and away from what happened has not been easy. James has been the subject of stories and blogs all summer. He has read them and he understands.

"I could see why people were talking about [walking off] because your job [the media] starts when mine ends," James said. "But as far as the dunk or whatever car I'm driving, some things you shouldn't comment on, and some things you should."

For the first time, James publicly commented on the dunk heard and seen around the Web. There have been several versions of what happened at James' camp when it came to the dunk by Crawford, a Xavier sophomore guard. On the video clip, the dunk was not impressive. The issue was that Nike confiscated the video.

"I never told anyone to confiscate any tapes," James said. "Nike has a no-videotape policy at pickup games. Now that LeBron is involved, it's blown up.

James, who was also promoting his film "More Than A Game," added with a smile: "It's a play that happens in Basketball all the time. You can go on YouTube and see me being dunked on by a lot of guys. I like to call myself a shot-blocker, and [getting dunked on] tends to happen."

James expects better things for the Cavaliers this season, especially with the addition of O'Neal. Playing with O'Neal will give James and the Cavaliers a new dimension, since O'Neal often can draw double-teams.

"I can use some of my athleticism when a double-team comes and slash to the rim," James said. "Shaq's a very good passer, so he'll just throw it at the rim, and I'll go get it."

James expects to be even more of an offensive threat this fall.

"Instead of dribbling the ball up where guys can pressure me, I can catch the ball out of a double-team from Shaq, become a shooter or drive," James said.