The NBA East just became a lesser place, which is good if you’re based therein. (The Atlanta Hawks are, not that it’ll matter for the next few years.) Not since 2010 has a team not employing LeBron James won the Eastern Conference. That will change next year. The great man has chosen to – cue the Pet Shop Boys – go west.
When LeBron lifts a finger, the NBA breaks into palpitations. The greatest enduring joke in sports is that he hasn’t won an MVP award since 2013, even as everyone knows he’s the league’s driving force every hour of every day.