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Des Esseintes
Complete agreement. The argument that LeBron did more for Miami is waaay stronger than the argument Miami did more for LeBron. They had a great four years, brought about by free agency, and it has come to a close, again by free agency. LBJ observed the good camper rule of leaving the site better than he found it. Hard to see what the fanbase would have to feel resentful about.
I am still flabbergasted that LeBron returned to Cleveland after all the garbage they dumped on him four years ago and, also, because it's Cleveland, not NY, LA, or Miami. When you are the most famous player in the world's second most popular sport, I suppose you can have a pretty good life living anywhere. It's a different time from when, first, Wilt and then Kareem went to LA for the lifestyle as much as for the basketball.
Sage Grouse
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