Whatever opportunity the Cleveland Cavaliers might have had to lure LeBron James back to his home state appears to have gone by the wayside.
Simply put, the franchise that took James No. 1 overall in the 2003 NBA draft has been an absolute mess since James jumped ship to join the Miami Heat in July 2010. No team—not even the sorry Charlotte Bobcats—has lost more games over the last three-and-a-half seasons than have the Cavs. The year after King James departed, Cleveland endured a 19-63 campaign that "featured" an NBA-record 26-game losing streak.
But the 2010-11 season is well in the past. That was before the Cavs added four top-five picks in three years, including No. 1s in 2011 and 2013. Things must be looking up in Rock City nowadays...right?
Swinging and Missing
Eh, not so much.
As of Feb. 11, the Cavs were 19-33, less than a week removed from a bizarre and embarrassing loss to a bare-bones Los Angeles Lakers squad that extended Cleveland's losing streak to six games. That loss, per ESPN's Marc Stein, was enough to cost general manage ...
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Have Cleveland Cavaliers Blown Their 2nd Chance at LeBron James?
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