The sports world transferred their focus this week to the NBA off-season. NBA free agency used to be a benign event until Ohio’s favorite son and Ohio State super-fan LeBron James transformed it into must watch TV. Unfortunately, the creation of this spectacle came at the expense of Ohio sports and fear is creeping up that tragedy could strike twice.
The unfortunate (if not predictable) loss to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA finals cost the Cavaliers their repeating as champions but also caused concern that James may again take his talents somewhere else. NBA expert Adrian Wojnarowski had his doubts as expressed on The Vertical Podcast with Woj:
“Not only is there no guarantee he’s coming back, I’m not sure there’s an expectation he’s re-signing there.