Watching these highlights, if you squint your eyes real close, you can kind of pretend for a little bit that LeBron James is back in Miami, leading the Heat to the promised land once again over the Indiana Pacers. There he is with Wade, and Bosh, he’s dunking it with power, no one can stop him going to the rim, and now there he is lifting another Larry O’Brien trophy…
You open your eyes fully, snapping back to reality. Where is LeBron, he was there just a second ago! You demand to see him again, but your pleas are not heard. Now the memories, bad memories, come flooding back. LeBron is gone now. Forever. His heart never left Cleveland. The Heat have been squirming in mediocrity since his departure. Wade isn’t the same. Bosh is a walking blood clot. Justise Winslow can’t score.
“I’m going to take my talents to South Beach”. The tears fall unbidden.