Man, did he ever pick the right place to win. Just don’t forget why people say to be careful what you wish for.
Because when James finally does win it all, chances are good he will be as much a follower as a leader, a bigger, better, badder version of Scottie Pippen, another prince who collected a fistful of rings yet was never really cut out to be king.
He could do worse, of course. The shame is James could have done better.
A real king would have dug in his heels in Cleveland and redoubled his effort to patch the cracks in the foundation of a franchise that’s already spent more than seven seasons and hundreds of millions trying to build him a throne. That’s what Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Kobe did. Maybe even give the Cavs a hometown discount, taking less money than he was worth to free up cap space down the road, the way Tim duncan did.