When the NBA Finals ended in disappointment for the Miami Heat, no one thought this kind of catastrophic decline would happen to the organization, but in the weeks since, superstar LeBron James opted out of his contract with Miami and moved north. to meet with his local team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. This move will have a very dramatic effect on the entire league and has now ended the Heat’s budding dynasty. However, it also presents an opportunity for James to do something miraculous for the city of Cleveland: bring it a major sports championship, something not achieved since the 1964 Cleveland Browns, in a time before there was a Super Bowl!
For a city to go so long without any kind of title is appalling, and this inevitably brought a lot of pain to Cavs fans when LeBron left the team for Miami in 2010. But with his return, the best player in the league could help lead the city. return to glory
There’s no question about it, LeBron James is the face of the NBA and immediately becomes a contender for the Cavaliers. Also, he doesn’t come to a broken team with no hope of anything. With several top-tier recent picks, the Cavs have incredible young prospects like Anthony Bennett, Kyrie Irving and Andrew Wiggins. While the jury is still out on Bennett and Wiggins, Irving is already a two-time NBA All-Star and will likely become a major contributor along with James.
And this will put LeBron James in the role he’s ready to assume, that of team leader. While he was the main ingredient of the “big 3” in Miami, many felt that Dwayne Wade was really the lifeblood of that team, having won an NBA championship years before James came to town. In Cleveland, it will be about LeBron helping educate these young stars and creating a new power team in the Eastern Conference.
LeBron James has set out to build a project. He saw that the time was drawing near for him to end in Miami and he wants to do something great for his hometown. How can anyone argue against what he is looking for? Sure, it’s going to take time and likely get a lot of flak if the first few seasons don’t go exactly as planned, but if LeBron can hang on and deal with the growing pains of this young supporting cast, the Cleveland Cavaliers could very well become the best team in the league in 3 or 4 years.
The challenge with LeBron will be what happens if these young guys never materialize? No sport experiences draft failure like basketball, and if neither Bennett nor Wiggins succeeds, life could get tough with the Cavs. Recruiting high-caliber players for Cleveland will be nearly impossible with competition from teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks in the fold. If LeBron gets stuck with a mediocre team a year from now, he could cancel this contract and move on. However, I don’t think this will happen. While this project may not allow James to match Michael Jordan in titles won, he could build miraculous success for his hometown team and officially become a hero in Cleveland, helping the city win its first ever! sports title in more than half a century!
