CLEVELAND -- When LeBron James put the Cavaliers organization on blast a month ago, challenging the team’s decision-makers to address perceived roster deficiencies, few could imagine that when Thursday’s trade deadline expired without the Cavs making a move, James would be OK with it.
Yet lo and behold, after Cleveland couldn’t strike a last-minute deal, James, on his Uninterrupted platform hours later, posted a video saying, “It’s great to see where our team is right now.”
And a few hours after that, he put up 18 points, 15 assists, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks (one of the pin-it-against-the-glass, chase-down variety reminiscent of his regal rejection in Game 7) for his sixth triple-double of the season, helping to secure the Cavaliers' fourth win in a row and eighth in their past nine games with a 119-104 handling of the New York Knicks.