Nick Wright comes up with over-the-top reason the Cleveland Cavaliers could bring back LeBron James

The Cleveland Cavaliers have moved on from LeBron James, but the media hasn’t moved on from the NBA’s most toxic pairing.

We can safely say this and it’s a fact, the minute LeBron James leaves your team, you’re screwed. The all-time leading scorer has a nasty habit of pushing out younger players who can help teams long-term in favor of aging, “bigger” names. It’s happened twice with the Cleveland Cavaliers, once with the Heats and it’s already, somehow, happened twice with the Los Angeles Lakers, despite James not leaving the team at any point prior to his arrival in 2018.

All of this is coupled with the fact that he intends on playing with his son, Bronny James, at some point in the NBA. Now, Bronny’s stock has gone up and down a lot as a prospect, and now at USC, the world will finally see how the younger James’ is able to do against top talent.

So, in order for any team to land LeBron James, they have to first land Bronny, and then find space under the salary cap to sign his father. It was a nightmare rebuilding after James left all those teams, now people are foolishly fantasy booking his return to Cleveland? The number of moves it would take for Cleveland to one, get a draft pick high enough to get Bronny, and two, trade away good players to make space for James, would cripple the team.

But, don’t tell that to Fox Sports 1’s Nick Wright.

Nick Wright thinks Evan Mobley gives the Cleveland Cavaliers an edge to land Bronny and LeBron James

Wright, like so many other cable talking heads, loves to do these weird deep dives that make no sense, and this is another one. On the May 8th edition of his show, First Things First, Wright thinks the Cavs could end up landing the James’ tag team because…Evan Mobley’s father is an assistant on the USC men’s basketball team.

Here’s what Wright said;

"Evan Mobley plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Evan Mobley’s father Eric is an assistant coach at USC. The Cavs traded away all of their future first-round picks, except for their ‘24 first-round pick, which would be the year that Bronny could come out of school if he was one and done."

Firstly, the Cavs do have another first-round pick. They have a swap with the Utah Jazz in 2026, with their first-rounder possibly being swapped with the Jazz’s first-round pick. It’s very likely the Cavs end up keeping their first-round pick.

Secondly, there’s no saying Bronny is even any good. A lot of highly touted prospects fade away, especially in college. What happens if Bronny doesn’t leave after one year? What happens if Bronny transfers before the year’s over? He may not get the minutes he wants, or his father wants for him and could transfer out.

It happens all the time, even more so with the sons of superstars.

The Cavs should not move heaven and Earth for the James family. If LeBron and Bronny stumble into Cleveland, via a cheap final-year deal for LeBron and a second-round pickup (or undrafted free agent signing) for Bronny, great.

But the Cavs should not be moving all these pieces around for a then 41-year-old James and a prospect we have no clue about. And shame on Wright for even throwing out such a monumentally dumb idea as if it were some insightful take.