Cavs

Cavs Actions undermining LeBron's Words

When LeBron James made his return to the Cavaliers known via his letter to Sport Illustrated he tried to cautioned the teams fans against the team immediately contending for the NBA championship. While this was well intentioned the teams actions after he re-signed say otherwise. In addition to the recently completed trade for Kevin Love, the Cavs have signed Mike Miller & James Jones. There are reports that the team will soon be adding Shawn Marion & Ray Allen. Let’s look at the reasons for the team’s actions. The biggest reason is because of LeBron's age/years in the league. Through he is isn't quite 30 (his birthday is December 30) his teams have had the good fortune of making the NBA Finals five of the ten years he's been in the league. That has added additional wear & tear to his body. Than there is the success factor, in addition to those five finals appearance, four of those have been in the last four years. If your in a team sport where you are sports best player and you have had had that kind of success won't you expect to that success to continue? It's in the teams and the league's best interest to have its best player be in a successful position for commercial reasons. The best reason of all and one that I don't think has been commented on is what it would mean to the city of Cleveland. The city of Cleveland is the midst of 50 year drought when it comes to its professional teams winning league championships. There's a good chance that is going to extend to 51 years. When a city like Cleveland with its passionate sports fans has to endure this kind of drought it takes some of the enjoyment out of life. A big reason for the public display of anger that was seen in Cleveland when LeBron left to go Miami was because the fans realized that the city best chance for a championship had left. But the beauty of sports is the hope is around the corner. This was realized in Cleveland when LeBron returned. What better way to fully realize that hope than with championship? So despite LeBron's stated intention not to expect a championship it isn't surprising that the team is going after one because a team, a town, a player never knows when a chance at a championship will come again.