Is Decision II in the Offing for LeBron James?

LeBron James announced what came to be known as The Decision in this interview four years ago. The anointed King compounded the PR nightmare with this naive-at-best, arrogant-at-worst prediction, once arriving in South Beach:

LeBron's Not 2, Not 3... promise stopped at 2.  The Heat reached the NBA Finals every single time in the four years since The Decision, but were a mediocre 2-2 and it made him a Peyton-Manning-like 2-3 overall for the Finals.  As of right now, we do not know if The Big Three will remain intact, but regardless the Spurs doused their seeming invincibility with an authoritative beatdown. With Dwayne Wade in the twilight of his career, and Chris Bosh more of a mini-member of The Big Three, it's possible but unlikely they will win another championship.  I'm sure this point weighs on LeBron, as he remains in limbo on whether he's staying or going.

Is The Decision II in the offing?

According to Skip Bayless from ESPN First Take, LeBron gave no heads-up to Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. So The Decision ended up being (what we clinical psychologists call) a narcissistic slight to Gilbert, and it prompted him to write an open letter dripping in narcissistic rage:

Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight;

As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.

This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his "decision" unlike anything ever "witnessed" in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.

Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us.

The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.

There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.

You simply don't deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.

You have given so much and deserve so much more.

In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:

"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER 'KING' WINS ONE"

You can take it to the bank.

If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.

Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.

Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.

This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown "chosen one" sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And "who" we would want them to grow-up to become.

But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called "curse" on Cleveland, Ohio.

The self-declared former "King" will be taking the "curse" with him down south. And until he does "right" by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.

Just watch.

Sleep well, Cleveland.

Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day....

I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:

DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue....

Dan Gilbert

Majority Owner

Cleveland Cavaliers

Which, in light of an apparently real possibility that LeBron would return to the Cavaliers, prompted me to wonder on Google+:

Can Dan Gilbert really pull off The Undecision, and un-nasty The Nasty of 2010?

I hope that LeBron and Gilbert, and anyone else inclined to make stupid predictions or promises, have learned that it is super-tough to win a championship.

Thank you for reading, and let me know what you think!

Ron Villejo, PhD