After a brief reprieve during which LeBron James favored Cleveland with a title, then went to Hollywood and disappeared like Macaulay Culkin, it is now safe once more to actively cheer against his interests.
That’s one takeaway from the big, power-shifting trade that sent Anthony Davis from New Orleans to Los Angeles to join James in the latest collaboration of superfriends. At least some order has been restored to the NBA, for James is easy to pull against once more.
Last year James was bogged down in the tar pit that was the Lakers. That franchise was a swirl of dysfunction and for the first time in 14 seasons, James missed the postseason.