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Even after drubbing Dallas on Sunday, the mood in the Miami locker room was hardly one of celebration. So it was mentioned to a straight-faced LeBron James that he didn't seem too happy.
"I'm good. I'm good," James insisted.
So James says that. But everybody knows James truly won't be happy until he's hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the end of this truncated 66-game NBA season.
Eight seasons have passed in James' career and he still doesn't have a ring. For years, it was noted Michael Jordan didn't win a championship until his seventh season. Well, James is past that. Even another superstar much maligned for not winning titles — Wilt Chamberlain — got his first of two in his eighth season.
But James now is a clearly a small forward...
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