When James shocked the world by returning "home" in the summer of 2014, he did it with an inverse amount of pomp and circumstance than he exhibited with "The Decision," which he admits was a mistake, as was his decision to not inform Cavs owner Dan Gilbert of his intent to leave before announcing it on national TV. But the fact that they only went 2-2 in the Finals during James' time there will always be seen as a failing - LeBron's failing. In the four years James spent with the Heat, they made the Finals all four times but only won two titles, one against an upstart but overmatched young Thunder team and one against the dynastic San Antonio Spurs. He took the Cavs to the Finals in just his fourth season, then won two MVPs with the team. LeBron James was eastern Ohio's favorite son, a native of Akron who was, ahem, miraculously drafted in 2003 by the professional team whose backyard he grew up in. Theirs is a story of rebirth, of exceeding expectations ahead of schedule, of dominating the Eastern Conference for the past two seasons.īut the story of the man most responsible for that rebirth - the same man most responsible for their overnight tumble from contenders to basement-dwellers when he infamously took his talents to South Beach in the summer of 2010 - is more complicated. After all, Cleveland lost an average of 53 games per season from 2010 to 2014. But there would hardly be any shame in losing to the Warriors. If the Cavaliers fall for the second year in a row to the Warriors, it'll surely be disappointing to the snake-bitten sports fans of Cleveland (last professional championship title: 1964).
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