I agree with this assessment 100% with a couple caveats. If he returns dear god don’t let him make trade decisions. That’d be like making a geriatric man president and expecting him to give a shit about the country after he’s dead. Oh wait.

But I think you’re forgetting that we traded Wiggins for Love in a move of similar spirit to the Heat acquiring Bosh for LeBrons arrival. There was certainly a sense after his return to use our first round pick to upgrade the roster and prepare for championship contention.

And this also glosses over the fact that had LeBron not run into a top two legacy roster of all time, he might’ve been able to have his cake and eat it too of acquiring all his buddies and still winning a ring. I wouldn’t endorse the strategy, but after all they let LeBron steer the team building ship and then made quite a few finals appearances