Americans are, in a way, trained to think in four-year increments. It’s how we structured our most prestigious political office, after all. The attendant tales of Oval Office corruption and redemption—rarer though the latter may be—only embolden the temporal template.
July 8 marks exactly four years since LeBron James took to the stage at a Boys & Girls Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, to utter the now-infamous words: “I’m going to take my talents to South Beach.”
Over the past few days, word has spread—albeit more through source conjecture than quoted comments—that James could be open to returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein.
It would certainly make for a great story. Whether it absolves James of The Decision’s sins, however, is another question altogether.
Make no mistake: Redemption alone won’t compel LeBron back to his home state. We’re talking about one of the smartest, savviest athletes of his generation. Kings don’t just up and leave castles for keeps.
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Would Returning to Cleveland Cavaliers Absolve LeBron of ‘The Decision’?
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