No one in the city of Cleveland can be blamed for eyeing the 2026 offseason as the time for one last reunion with the greatest player to have ever donned the wine and gold. However, the schematics on how to get LeBron James to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers are not that simple.
A sign-and-trade could have been a nice and simple answer for the Cavaliers, were it not for one crucial factor. That, of course, would be the dreaded second apron that fans in Cleveland are surely pretty tired of hearing the repercussions of.
Unfortunately for those fans, they need to buckle up for another conversation about how these financial restrictions will limit the team-building potential for the Cavaliers.