Dark days aren't really a thing in Miami, but that threatened to change almost exactly one year ago (minus one day) when the cosmos' best player announced in an online letter that he was returning home to Cleveland.
Miami Heat team president Pat Riley could have justifiably thrown up his hands at that point, resigning the post-LeBron era to rebuilding hell, perhaps even saying goodbye to franchise face Dwyane Wade and his still sizable price tag.
Riley didn't allow that to happen. The rain clouds moved on. Wade did not.
And on the same day that Riley announced Wade would stick around for the 2015-16 campaign, the franchise made another move that should restore the franchise to its rightful place in the playoffs.