Five reasons LeBron James should leave the Miami Heat

NBA Free Agency 2014: Five reasons LeBron James should leave the Miami Heat

Jun 12, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) talks with center Chris Bosh (1), guard Dwyane Wade (3) during the second quarter of game four of the 2014 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

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Jun 18, 2014; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs players celebrate during NBA championship celebrations at Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /

LeBron leaving makes the NBA more interesting

Dominance is fun, especially when it’s done by the best of the best. But too much dominance causes one sport to become stagnant and that’s where the NBA was headed had James and the Miami Heat walked away with their third championship in four attempts.

Instead, the San Antonio Spurs walloped the defending champions in five games, re-creating a nostalgic feel the league had been absent of since 2010. Someone will mention the 2011 Finals defeat, but that didn’t resonate as this one did. Against Dallas, the Heat looked like they were on year away. Against San Antonio, it felt like it was LeBron James against the world–the world being San Antonio-while his soldiers failed right before his eyes, like in 2010.

Now James has to find a new surrounding cast, prove he can still win championships as he goes face-to-face with the ghosts of the NBA’s past. And wherever James lands, it could cause the landscape of the NBA to change as they did in 2010. The perfect formula for making the NBA exciting and after enduring the injury fest that was the 2013-14 season, we deserve a new batch of excitement.