The rumors had been circulating for the entire 2017-18 season that LeBron James could join the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent that summer. But with the Lakers winning just 35 games the year prior and striking out on numerous free agents in the previous offseasons, James breaking that streak just seemed impossible to many.
James leaving his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for a second time was something that didn’t seem likely, especially as the Cavs had done everything they could in order to appease him. On the other side of that however, James had completed his goal of bringing a championship to Cleveland.