With a new basketball team and a new city in their future, LeBron James and girlfriend Savannah Brinson have remained in the spotlight in recent months -- and so has their relationship. Brinson and James, who have dated since the two were in high school, opened up to Harper's Bazaar in the September issue about Miami, marriage and their growing family.

"A person like myself always needs a great sidekick," James told the magazine. "A person you can rely on no matter the circumstances. And she's that. She's got my back, and I love her for that." Part of that includes the family's relocation from their native Ohio to Miami, which Brinson describes as not her "favorite place."

"Vacationing there is great: You go for three days and get some sun, and it's time to go home," Brinson, 24, said. "It will definitely be an adjustment, but we'll make it." She'll also be helping the couple's children with the transition by traveling frequently to Akron, where their eldest, LeBron James Jr., will start kindergarten this fall.

"We're not complaining," Brinson said. "Whatever LeBron felt was comfortable, I'm with him. I just love him so much. We're soul mates."

Despite their commitment to each other, Brinson's not anticipating wedding bells any time soon. "I've definitely not put a fire under his ass," she said. "I would never rush him to do something like that. We're really comfortable with the way things are now. And it's not up to me. When it happens, it happens. We talk about it. If we do it, I want it to be forever."