The Cleveland Cavaliers had an amazing run with LeBron James in his second tenure with the team, in which they went to the NBA Finals four years in a row.
James was the main reason that Cleveland won the NBA championship in 2016 over the Golden State Warriors, and clearly, with him gone, they weren’t going to be a contender soon after. I was wrong in believing they would be a decent team in 2018-19, as it appeared they had some nice pieces and a star inside-out presence in Kevin Love.
Injuries derailed Cleveland’s hopes of being at all relevant, though, and the Cavaliers stumbled to a 19-63 record (per NBA.