LeBron James' return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014 after four seasons and two championships with the Miami Heat once again revitalized a team that had been steeped in mediocrity for much of its existence.
Cleveland won the Eastern Conference in James' first year back before falling to the Golden State Warriors in last season's NBA Finals. The Cavs hold the top spot in the East once again in 2015-16 as the season enters its final stretch.
While he attempts to deliver a city its first professional sports championship since 1964, James told Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com on Saturday that "winning in Miami was away more pressure than this."
He continued:
In Miami if you didn't win you bust, straight up, while we were there those four years. I think that was just the pressure around us and we handled it very well. We were a group that really didn't let the pressure get to us too much. We were a veteran group and we actually liked it that. We liked a little conflict, a little pressure.
For those four years in Miami, James was a part of a Big Three that included guard Dwyane Wade and forward Chris Bosh. It's the most ...
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