ESPN's Brian Windhorst shared some insight into why LeBron James showed up in person to Cavaliers Game 4 matchup With Celtics.
forward did just that on Monday night when he was in attendance alongside his wife Savannah and agent Rich Paul for the Cavaliers Game 4 matchup with the. Naturally, James was greeted with a standing ovation from the Cleveland faithful after a short highlight reel of some of his greatest Cavaliers moments rolled on the video board.
"The first thing I thought of was this moment 10 years ago where LeBron showed up to a game in Cleveland while he was a player for the Miami Heat to honor Zydrunas Ilgauskas’ Jersey retirement, his longtime teammate," said Windhorst. "And he got in a private plane, flew from Chicago over to Cleveland on an off night. Pat Riley was not happy. And a few months later he signed with the Cavs.
"On draft night they can trade three first-round picks. At the trade deadline, they did nothing and LeBron wasn't happy about it. So this little maneuver is mostly a bit of a thing for the Lakers. And then you have the Bronny factor."
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