The first season of LeBron James’ return to Cleveland isn’t going the way he wanted.
The Cavs have stumbled out of the gate, and while things aren’t dire, they aren’t good, either. Cleveland was blown out at home by the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night, the Cavs’ fourth straight loss, dropping them to 5-7 on the season.
Frustration seems to be setting in for James, who had a pretty negative assessment of the team’s situation following the 17-point loss in Cleveland.
“We’re a very fragile team right now,” James told reporters, according to ESPN.com. “Well, we were a fragile team from the beginning. Any little adversity hits us, we just shell up. That’s something that will come with experience.”
Looking back on his first stint with the Cavs — where Cleveland lost the 2011 NBA Finals — James admitted that he’s still optimistic about the future.
“This is not even the lowest it’s going to get for us,” James said. “You guys know, the lowest it can get is up 17 in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the Finals and losing. It can get that low. Or being up 2-1 and going to Game 4 and lose three straight in the Finals. That’s very low. So, I’m very optimistic. I’m very positive. More positive than I thought I would be right now, so, we look at what we did wrong, things that we did well and get ready for Orlando coming in on Monday.”
James didn’t help the cause much Saturday night while committing a game-high five turnovers.
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