At first I thought to myself:
"Lebron is a fucking idiot if he goes back. At this point, the ring argument isnt as loud as the criticism of Lebron always looking for the easy way to rings and jetting when he doesn't win fast enough.....Not to mention that this invalidates his whole reason for leaving Cleveland in the first place....."
But then I thought about it....And I can say that Lebron is the first Iconic player i've seen to be this distrustful of front offices. Lebron is absurdly aware that any team he is on will instantly make money by the truckload, regardless how contention for a title they may or may not be. Meaning, teams don't have to win to keep butts in seats.....A feat given how unsupportive many of the NBA's fanbases can be....
Lebron's stance seems to be "As long as I feel that you're surrounding me with talent, putting ME into a position where I can win, ill stay.....But the second I feel that you're coasting off of my name/my talents......"
And can we blame him? Very few franchises are willing to be "loyal" to a player. The Spurs, who have a domineering coach who can influence team buy in on an epic level, are the only team who can break players of individual wants and while it has them 5 rings in 15 years, they still are woefully underrated as a franchise probably because of a lack of individual spirit/star power.
No I don't think we can entirely blame him...His name is a essentially a blank check to whoever is lucky enough to be aligned with it. However, there are times where you create the atmosphere you're in.
Ask yourself if you were a front office lucky enough to land Lebron James as a free agent, wouldnt you be happy that you've landed the biggest cash cow since Jordan, but also have a nervously safe assumption that its a good chance he'll skip town whenever he's displeased? Could you or rather WOULD you even TRY to build around a opinion that seems pretty mercurial at times?
