No matter what happens this offseason, Lebron James came back to Cleveland and did what he said he’d do when he penned his ‘I’m Coming Home’ piece for Sports Illustrated.
He brought a city starving for a Champion it’s first title since Jim Brown and the Browns in 1964. He’s put many kids thru college with his ‘I Promise‘ program. He made a city thrive again economically by just lacing up his signature Nike’s.
So whatever Lebron decides to do this offseason, I don’t want to see any burned jerseys this time around. I don’t want another Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cavaliers, hate letter.
Y’all should appreciate what James gave to the city of Cleveland. There’s franchises in cities like Memphis, Minneapolis and Indianapolis that would love to have a star of his magnitude for even 4 seasons. (As a Knicks fan, I’ll take just 2, don’t wanna be greedy.)
But the MVP chants showered down on James when he checked out of Game 4, in what could be his final game at the Q, was well deserved for a player who we learned played with a broken hand for the last 3 games of the series.
With that broken hand, Lebron only averaged close to 35 points a game for the playoffs and has many asking themselves what would have been had Kyrie Irving not requested a trade last offseason.
But for a player many believe to be the greatest of all time, (I watched both Jordan & Lebron and I’m leaning Lebron.), this may have been the greatest postseason I’ve seen in my lifetime.
He single-handily brought the Cavaliers to 4 games of a championship when many believed they wouldn’t make it there again. Just sucks when you run into Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and the mighty Warriors year in, year out.
But for at least a moment before the frenzy of the draft and free agency begins, let’s take a moment and appreciate as basketball fans, what we witnessed from Lebron James this postseason.
It may never be seen again.
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