Why LeBron James’ fantasy of rejoining the Cleveland Cavaliers will never come true
Later this week, catch more NBA action live on Sky Sports Arena as the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at 11 p.m. on Sunday. On Thursday, the Atlanta Hawks take on the Philadelphia 76ers at 12:30 a.m., and on Saturday night, the 76ers play the Hawks at 12:30 a.m. on the same platform.
There must be a parallel universe where LeBron James is still a Cleveland Cavalier, if you believe in such things.
The kid from Akron is a hero in Ohio, and it is not entirely implausible that he may have stayed with them at either one of those stages, maybe even for his entire career. Whether it was staying on in 2018 instead of moving to the Los Angeles Lakers, or even in a world where ‘The Decision’ went the other way back in the summer of 2010.
Okay, maybe that last one is a stretch, someone of his talent and ambition is always going to naturally seek new challenges. Truth be told, the likelihood is there are also many parallel universes where his career panned out exactly the same – but one thing has definitely changed.
LeBron needs the Cavs much more than he needs them right now, maybe for the first time in his memory. In other words, for the first time, the Cavs would be better off not trying to assemble a package to entice the veteran, who is still performing well in his 20th season in the NBA.
The Cavaliers are 8-2, second in the Eastern Conference, while LeBron and the Lakers are 2-8, second bottom of the West. James is playing on a team which is poorly constructed and which is not allowing him a decent chance to add to his four championship rings, one of which of course was won with the Cavs in 2016.
