I hear what you are saying. Lebron was wrong to leave like he did. That said though it is a business. He was a free agent. His obligation to Cleveland had expired.
Most of the greats had some not so nice sides to them on and off the basketball court.
I can't get mad at James for leaving, not when the Thunder owner moved the Supersonics to Oklahoma City, primarily because he couldn't get what amounted to welfare money for a new stadium. Business is business.
Agree Lilo. He had every right to leave. He just did in such a classless way. Shaq didn't host his own TV show when he left Orlando to announce his departure.
The other thing LeBron did that gets frequently overlooked: from 2008-2010, he would never give the front office any type of indication as to whether he was staying. That made it nearly impossible to sign quality free agents. Instead, the Cavs had to get middle-to-lower tier free agents.
Dan Gilbert did everything to entice James to stay: built a new practice facility closer to Akron, fired the coaches James did not like, and catered to James' posse. That's why I will never forgive James for not being man-enough to tell Gilbert what he was intending to do. From the 2008 Olympics forward, James knew that he would not re-sign in Cleveland, for which he had every right not to. But he did it in the most classless way possible.
