WASHINGTON D.C. — The past is prelude, and that can sometimes serve as comfort. It's given the Cleveland Cavaliers a cushion. It's been the primary reason that much of the national media, which mauled the Miami Heat for their sluggish start to the 2010-11 season, have been preaching patience as this latest so-called superteam stumbles out of the starting gate.
That, however, can become a crutch, an assumption that everything will be all right, merely because in a somewhat similar circumstance, it has been once before. That assumption is dangerous, since it may also be wrong.
LeBron James doesn't believe that any outcomes are assumed, certainly not without the work, and yet even he has commonly drawn upon comparisons to the adversity he experienced four years earlier. He did so again Friday morning, when asked how he balances perspective about the process with his desire for more immediate success.
"It's my biggest test," he said. "My patience isn't... I have a low tolerance for things of this nature. So it's something I'm working on as well. Which I knew from the beginning that was going to be my bi ...
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Lethargic Cavaliers Face Steeper Struggles Than LeBron James’ Heat in 2010-11
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