LeBron James has been here before.
You only have to go back to 2017-18 to find a time when he was playing at a high level but surrounded by a roster that wasn't working. That Cleveland Cavaliers team went 3-10 in the month following a Christmas Day loss to the Golden State Warriors, laying bare the problems with a roster that was heavy on big names -- future Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, former MVP Derrick Rose, all-NBA point guard Isaiah Thomas -- and light on cohesion.