Lebron's coming home essay is a good crisis management plan... It's about shaping the narrative and all that jazz. "Coming home" is good packaging, going for the best option available without rubbing salt on wounds. A diplomatic way of saying no to super friends Bosh and Wade. (We'll, what is left of them, anyhow!) The Decision's a lesson learnt and now applied.
"I'm coming home." Sounds good, really.
But mentoring it never really was. Goodbye Wiggins!
Nor was it Lebron proving he could win a championship all on his own. Hello Kevin Love!
It's about selecting the safest bet to get to and win the finals. Something the Miami Heat has suddenly been exposed is no longer capable of. As it was in the beginning, so it has always been. And Cleveland through sheer luck has at the moment the most favourable climate, the perfect condition for Lebron.
The downside. Lebron might have just created the ultimate monster in Wiggins. One who will take the throne from Lebron not by inheriting it but by taking the crown by force.
Lebron left out Wiggins in his essay. Cleveland kept the kid hanging and placed him in an awkward position. The NBA took his jersey down.
Perceived slights or intentional, they're fuel to the fire. MJ propelled himself with them to the stratosphere and beyond. Wiggins should take a page from his Airness, if he hasn't done that already. The kid has the gifts to make the leap. And Cleveland and Lebron, unwitting Prometheus, might just have accelerated the process.
The future is here, now.
Lebron James vs Andrew Wiggins.
Clash of the Titans.
Armageddon right before our eyes.
We can only hope.
This is an open letter to you kiddo.
Andrew Wiggins, make it happen.
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