Afterward seeing him leave and render once, some Cleveland Cavaliers fans still have slight hope that LeBron James will come back to the Cavs once again before ending his legendary NBA career. Their squad has merely had success throughout the past two decades when he has been on it, then having him back in The Land would exist franchise-altering and give the fan base a much-needed spark.

However, with the Los Angeles Lakers currently having a stacked squad that'due south looking to win a championship, it seems pretty unlikely that The King will return to Northeast Ohio anytime presently. Merely Cavs fans at present have some unrealistic hope thanks to his recent comments and tweet.

LeBron James praised two current Cavs stars

LeBron James rarely comments on the current state of the Cavs. They accept been rebuilding ever since he left for the 2d fourth dimension in 2018, but Cleveland now has a strong roster filled with young stars like Collin Sexton and rookie Evan Mobley.

This flavour, the Cavs got off to a nice 3-two offset with three directly impressive wins over the Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets, and Los Angeles Clippers. And during their Oct. 27 win over the Clippers, Sexton, the fourth-twelvemonth guard, scored 26 points, which included an internet-shattering dunk over Nicholas Batum.

Before that night, the Lakers suffered an embarrassing loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a game where James didn't play, just The Male monarch nonetheless took time to mail service about Sexton on Twitter afterward his squad's L.

"My goodness Immature Balderdash!" James tweeted, referencing Sexton's nickname. "With the left too."

The Lakers and then played the Cavs a couple of nights later, and Cleveland outplayed LA for virtually of the game until James and visitor took over in the fourth quarter and won 113-101. After the game, James then had some comments virtually Mobley, the Cavaliers' rookie big human being, following the youngster's 23-indicate, six-rebound performance.

"He's going to be a damn practiced basketball actor in this league," James said, per Cleveland.com. "It's and so crazy because he was just playing confronting my son a couple years ago. It's weird. It's getting more weird past the twenty-four hour period. He was playing confronting my son in the playoffs two years agone and manifestly we saw what he did in the tournament — just electrifying. They got a good 1. Cleveland has a proficient i. They've done a great chore over the years in the draft, I'll say."

NBA and Lakers superstar LeBron James against the Cavs in October 2021.
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers during a game against the Cavs on Oct. 29, 2021. | Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

As mentioned earlier, LeBron James rarely speaks on the electric current land of the Cavs, so his comments were certainly interesting, especially since he will be a complimentary agent in the summer of 2023.

And Cavaliers fans have since expressed their hope for The Return Part Two.

Following James' tweet about Sexton and a tweet from the Cavs' official team account near the 18th anniversary of LeBron'southward NBA debut, Ben Axelrod, a Cleveland-based reporter, posted, "The amount of social media flirting between LeBron and the Cavs has not been lost on me."

Axelrod then tweeted a poll where he asked fans if they wanted "LeBron to return to the Cavs," and 81.iv% voted yes, while eighteen.6% voted no.

Following James' remarks about Mobley, some other fan on Reddit posted "I promise so" in reference to a user proverb they retrieve the Cavs need to go on tanking and so they can then merchandise for a couple of superstars when James returns to the franchise once again in a couple of years. A second fan also said, "I'chiliad in," when someone commented, "I kinda desire LeBron to go dorsum. The re-render."

All in all, James' comments take given Cavs fans a glimmer of promise for him possibly having a third stint with the team.

But the likelihood of that happening doesn't seem great.

Another LeBron James-Cavs reunion is unrealistic

At this bespeak, any promise the Cavs have in bringing LeBron James back to Cleveland seems pretty unrealistic. James simply won a championship with the Lakers a couple of seasons ago, and he'due south on a star-studded roster this year that has a chance to win another championship.

The four-time NBA MVP besides said, "I truly hope that I can finish my career with the Lakers," on a podcast this past summer, per Yahoo Sports.

Merely then over again, not many NBA fans thought James would return to Cleveland in 2014 later going to four consecutive NBA Finals with the Miami Rut. He as well said he didn't "have the free energy" to leave the Cavs over again when he returned to the team (per USA Today) but then went to the Lakers iv years afterwards.

So, with that said, annihilation is possible. Equally of right now, though, it appears the Space Jam ii star is pretty comfortable in Hollywood.

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