LeBron James leaving a Cleveland Cavaliers team that was just in the NBA Finals to sign with the 35-win Los Angeles Lakers had people in their feelings scratching their heads. How dare he go from the historical powerhouse that had enjoyed so much success before they drafted him and after he departed the first time for the circus of ineptitude that is the Lakers?
So, as a means to try to figure out what he possibly could have been thinking, business became the driving force in the narrative from those who hate the Lakers didn’t quite get why he made that decision.