LeBron James has done a lot to remove the negative monikers that had been associated with his team and city: The Cleveland Cadavers and The Mistake by the Lake to name a few; yet the whole city have turned against him because of the sham of a game his team played.
I am not a LeBron fan, but you cannot lay this at his feet. The man is simply weary of looking in his teammates' eyes and continually rescuing them from a black hole. He was disappointed. LBJ is running on fumes and his vaunted off-season acquisitions have been decidedly overrated.
They figured that as long as LeBron James supplied the necessary offense they could come along for the ride.
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Article written by Frances White