Yesterday, Nets player Griffin talked about james leaving the Cavaliers for Miami in 2010 to form the Big Three in a live show, and Griffin said: "Everyone is saying that James is the first person in the NBA to hold his thigh, but the Celtics have already done so, they put KG, Ray Allen and Pierce together. ”
So now there's a question, why would James, who won the 2009 and 2010 regular season MVP in a row, decide to leave the Cavaliers?
The most important reason was that James wanted to win the championship, but the Cavaliers at that time could not form a team with the strength to compete for the championship, and the city of Cleveland could not retain or attract talent.
Squirrel here to ask a question, who is the strongest teammate of the James Cavaliers 1.0 period? Big Z? Mo Williams? Big Z is a two-time All-Star bench, And Little Mo has only scored once, and if it weren't for the Cavaliers' record, the data of these two people would be difficult to enter the All-Star. These two seem to be more than one level behind Pippen and Gasol. But if that guy hadn't gone, he would have been james the knight's strongest teammate in 1.0, and if he hadn't swung a spell for the knight, James might not have left the cavaliers, and he would have been Carlos Boozer.
In the summer of 2002, the Cavaliers drafted Carlos Boozer from Duke University with the No. 34 pick, and the current winner was Yao Ming, a small giant from the East. In the first season of being selected, Boozer was able to play 81 times, including 54 starts, Boozer got enough opportunities to exercise, the first season can get 10 points and 7.5 rebounds per game average data, the second year Boozer sat in the starting position, and can hand over the double-double data of 15.5 points and 11.4 rebounds per game, the Cavaliers are kind to Boozell. Coupled with leBron James, the proud son of heaven selected in the summer of 2003, the combination of inner and outer twin stars seems to be about to take shape, and the Cavaliers can look forward to the future.
In the summer of 2004, Boozer's rookie contract was still one year left, the Cavaliers had team options, Boozer took the initiative to find cavalier management hoping to end the rookie contract early, Boozer hoped to sign a 6-year, 40 million long contract, and expressed optimism about the future of the Cavaliers, willing to assist James to lead the team forward. In the face of the affectionate young and excellent young man, the Cavaliers management agreed to Boozer's request with a little consideration, and the Cavaliers immediately chose to execute the team option, and Boozell became a free agent. Shortly after Boozer became free, the Jazz immediately offered Boozer a six-year, 68 million contract, and Boozer turned around and ran to Salt Lake City, leaving a sluggish-looking Cavalier management. It is one of the most famous "anti-bone boys" incidents in NBA history.
Why did Boozer so determinedly leave the Cavaliers who had chosen him and given him enough chances? Ostensibly because of money, but Boozer did not give the Knight a chance to give the price, and when the Jazz gave the offer, Boozer quietly left, leaving not even the opportunity to negotiate for the Knight. If Boozer had negotiated with the Cavaliers with the Jazz offer, it would have been very likely that the Cavaliers would have left Boozer at a higher price, after all, a young potential interior player was still very popular in that era, and the combination of James + Boozer had a visible future.
Later, Boozer handed over 20+10 season average data in the Jazz, and the Jazz led by Delong + Boozer also eliminated the Rockets with Yao Ming + Maddy in the playoffs many times, and the Jazz team left many Chinese fans with painful memories.
One of the big reasons is that Boozer doesn't seem to like the city of Cleveland, which is why he's so determined. It's not just Boozer, a lot of athletes don't want to play in Cleveland. As a heavy industrialized city of the old era, the city has experienced a significant decline in the era of rapid development of information technology, young people have left their hometowns to find new habitats, Cleveland is also a famous "cursed city" in the American sports world, until 2016 The Knights ended the city's 52-year history without a crown.
So we can see that despite having a superstar like James, the Cavaliers owner is willing to spend money, but in the end, the helper for James is only 37-year-old O'Neal, 34-year-old Jamison, and the best reinforcement in the Cavaliers 1.0 period is to get the famous "Mr. Mo Buchuan" from the Bucks trade - Mo Williams. James later revealed that he had contacted many players privately, but no one wanted to come to Cleveland, even Bosh in 2010 directly expressed his willingness to play with James, but he would definitely not be in Cleveland, which is the sadness of the city of Cleveland.
If James hadn't left the Cavaliers, Cleveland wouldn't have attracted reliable helpers, and the Cavaliers wouldn't have the picks for a high pick, and whether James would have won a championship in his career is still unknown! James without a crown can't say that he is second in history, and the top ten can't get in.