My Biggest Fear About LeBron, Etc.

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I already mentioned what follows on a podcast I did with old tyme Roundie Henchman Ben Cox, but it bears repeating.

Basically, my biggest fear about the Playoffs, Free Agency 2010, and LeBron.

It’s not losing. We of Cleveland fandom have done it before, in the most heartbreaking ways possible.

Nor is it LeBron leaving, win or lose. I’m at peace with that.

If it happens, it’s because he wants to live somewhere else, and nothing can stop that. The Cavs organization is first class in every way and the best basketball situation, as well.

This fear is not even the Cavs winning the title, and the unsettling loss of identity that will accompany it.

No, my biggest fear is the combination of the Cavs winning and the city going completely overboard in terms of celebration and honors.

I don’t mean riots or parades – those will be fun and I’ll be flying in for them.

I’m talking about putting up LeBron statues immediately, retiring #23 when he switches to #6, renaming roads and buildings after him, etc.

Please wait until he retires.

With the dearth of joy around CLE’s other sports teams, the general inexperience with winning, and the “we must romance him for free agency” factor…it’s scary.

Don’t forget, this is the city that allowed Jacob’s Field to have “Era of Champions” on the outfield wall to celebrate the multiple Central Division titles.

(If you need the full 45 minutes of podcasting action – they cut all my turtlecalls.com talk – you can get that here.)