LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers: Damage Control
It was the closing minutes of the L.A. Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers game. The game already over by the first half and the Cavs awaiting the final 112-57 crushing and lopsided victory by the Lakers.
LeBron James, like a vulture coming across its prey, saw that opportunity and tweeted.
“Crazy. Karma is a b****. Gets you every time. It’s not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!”
It was adding insult to injury, like throwing boiling water into an already burned skin. Cleveland lost LeBron James last summer to the Miami Heat. It was inevitable for James to leave, but the manner it was done was unacceptable. He put everyone’s hopes high then placed them into an emotional circus by announcing his decision on live T.V.
Parting is definitely the most difficult thing to do especially when you invested love and emotions in a particular person or a place. Cleveland only wanted honesty from its No. 1 superstar. If he had no plans of re-signing, he could have given them some hints or actions that he was inclined to moving out.
You can’t blame how Dan Gilbert and the Cavaliers' fans reacted. They were just acting on instinct. If someone punches you, then definitely you punch him back. However, finding joy at the expense of a 55-point thrashing seems like a kick in the groin. It was uncalled for and insensitive with the Cavs sitting at the bottom of the NBA standings having won only eight out of 38 games.
It isn’t fun if you’ve won 60-plus games a year before, and you’re on a 19 to 20-game losing skid this season.
James denied it, saying it was not his message; it was from someone else, and he forwarded it to his tweeter account. But then again, why forward something you think would be detrimental to the franchise?
The pain and the frustration are already deep. It will take years or maybe a decade to heal all wounds.
This is the time to make necessary steps for damage control before it gets out of hand.
Like a battery, it needs the positive and negative polarity. Two negatives would never work. Two wrongs would never make it right.
What goes around comes around…
