LeBron James: Cleveland Cavaliers Not in Same Situation As Favre, Packers

After LeBron James returned to Cleveland last week and the Heat blew out the Cavs, I will admit that I felt a bit of relief.

That's because I thought LeBron could now stop talking about his old team. He, and the team and city he abandoned, now have closure and can stop speaking about the bad breakup.

Well, a visit to Wisconsin gave LeBron a new excuse to rub "The Decision" in our faces.

Before last night's game between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks, James was asked if he could compare his breakup to the one experienced by Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers three years ago.

"Brett (had) great years here in Green Bay, and any time a great competitor like that leaves, no one wants to see that, but they've done a great job of regrouping with Aaron Rodgers and I believe that Cleveland will do the same," James said, as read in the Herald & Review in Decatur, Ill.

In other words, LeBron is covering his tracks by saying that another team moved on when its superstar went to another team.

While I don't condone what Favre did, either, there's a big difference between the Packers' situation and the one Cleveland is experiencing now.

Green Bay already had a Plan B in place.

When Favre announced that he would retire in 2008, the Packers already had Rodgers waiting in the wings. They were so ready to move on with Plan B that they didn't want to go back to Plan A when Favre suddenly decided to return to the game, so they traded Favre to the Jets.

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, didn't have a Plan B. Their roster and franchise was set up with the plan of keeping LeBron.

When LeBron decided to take his talents to South Beach, he left Cleveland with... well, you saw what happened on Thursday.

As evidenced by their 118-90 blowout loss to the Heat—and their 7-13 record—the Cavs were left with a team that isn't even close to being competitive. 

So if comparing the Cavs to the Packers was LeBron's way of making himself feel less guilty about abandoning his old team, it was a failed attempt—just one of many failed attempts to get people on his side.

LeBron, have you not learned anything from "The Decision" or your Nike commercial?

You're not going to win any fans by talking about your old team. The best thing you can do right now is to focus on playing for your new team.

Let the Cavs worry about finding their Plan B.