It’s a team sport, this basketball. If feels as if the entirety of my sportswriting career has been spent reminding people there are five to a side, and while certain basketball players have the ability to tip the win/loss scales in either direction, disproportionate blame or credit shouldn’t be placed on the shoulders of just one lone player.
Those are three of the most coveted free agents in NBA history, the league’s reigning MVP and next big white whale on the free-agent market, and one of the greatest players of a generation of great players (also the league’s highest-paid player). All losing records. Currently, at least.
As the season hits it literal midpoint this week, it’s probably best to see where all of these cats are headed, with three months and 40-odd games left to get it right.LeBron’s Cavs will take on a pitiful Los Angeles Lakers club on Thursday night, in a nationally televised performance that will allow just about everyone present to give their take as to why the Cavs have started the season 19-20, and give the Cavaliers a chance to make a statement with a blowout win over an overmatched opponent. LeBron returned to action after a fortnight off to preside over a dumpster fire in a loss against the Suns on Tuesday. He looked as healthy as ever offensively but still seems lacking when it comes to warming to the role as the Cavs’ last-chance diner of a defender.
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