It’s been a good weekend for LeBron James. Not only did he rebound from his elbow injury to score 35 points in a Game 1 comeback win over the Celtics in the playoffs on Saturday, but he also won his second MVP award on Sunday. There was a moment towards the end of his press conference where he started speaking about his town and the people reverently, as if he were about to make a promise that he was going to remain a Cavalier. Alas he did not, but he definitely screwed with the people:
“To finish it off because I never come up here with notes or anything like that, I just come up here and start talking. To finish it off, Akron, Ohio is my home. Akron, Ohio will always be remembered. And Akron, Ohio is my life and I love this city. I love ya’ll people.”
Is that a, “Keep in mind when I’m gone that I still love you all.” Or is it, “I’m a Cleveland person, a hometown kid, and I will never leave you”? Damn, I don’t know what to make of this. We’ve touched on LeBron’s relationship with Jay-Z in the past but as dreadful as the Nets were, we can probably cross that possibility off the list. I don’t have a better idea of what LeBron will do than you, but I think what happens over the next month in the playoffs will have a lot to do with his decision. In other words, if they win it all, it will be hard for him to walk away.
