LeBron James might have come to the Miami Heat in deference to Dwyane Wade’s leadership. Four years later, however, it was crystal-clear who wound up holding the throne.
Now, with James having left his latest kingdom for the one that first raised him, the Heat’s reins have been returned to the franchise’s longest-standing and most decorated player.
So what, exactly, does a player with three titles, 10 All-Star appearances and a pair of Olympic gold medals really have left to prove?
A heck of a lot, as it turns out.
Despite losing the greatest player on the planet, Heat president Pat Riley was somehow able to mine a few diamonds from a burnt-out abandoned building.
Not surprisingly, the first order of business was to convince Wade and Chris Bosh—the rough-and-ready Robins to LeBron’s Batman—that Miami still offered them the best chance at authoring their own blockbuster spin-off.
With that action out of the way, Riley then turned his attention to the rest of the roster. Before long, the Heat had Luol Deng, however flawed a facsimile, to sli ...
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