Cleveland Cavaliers giving LeBron James exactly what he wants

To the surprise of many, Miami Heat forward LeBron James left the Heat in favor of a return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in July. Since then, the Cavaliers have surrounded James with talent. They have signed former James’ teammates, Mike Miller and James Jones and have pulled off a deal to acquire Minnesota Timberwolves’ star power forward Kevin Love.

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Nate Duncan explains James is being given everything he’s asking for in Cleveland.

"I have never been as high on Wiggins, and I think it’s unlikely he’s ever as good as Kyrie is right now, even if he’s cheaper for a few years. More importantly, LeBron wants to win now, and he likes Kyrie. There’s no way Wiggins produces as much as Kyrie over, say, the next 3 seasons. Plus you’ve now got a team with huge holes at PG and C, and without enough shooting with Wiggins and LeBron as the wings playing big minutes. Their current team will be much better than the squad under what you’re proposing this year, and likely next year as well because they aren’t getting any free agents as good as Kyrie next year either. LeBron wants maximum contention for his age 30 and 31 seasons, and they’d be smart to maximize that this year and next while he’s still realistically the best player.But most importantly, this isn’t what LeBron wanted, so it wasn’t going to happen."

James averaged 27.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game while shooting 56.7% from the field, 37.9% from three and 75.0% from the charity stripe last season. Love averaged 26.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game last season while shooting 45.7% from the field, 37.6% from three and 82.1% from the charity stripe last season.

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