Who else in the league can afford to pay Lebron the super max he desires (and deserves) while at the same time putting a team around him that can beat the Warriors? Where can he possibly have a better chance of accomplishing that than right here with the Cavs?
Every scenario I can imagine where Lebron gets his top dollar also puts him with a lesser team than what he has here with Kyrie and Love.
What I saw in the finals was that the Cavs clearly did not play up to their ability in all 4 losses. They did come ready to leave it all out there on the court. A few simple (but at the same time difficult) things like a stronger effort at times, and smarter play at other times, would have had us going to 7 games with a chance to win. We repeatedly shot ourselves in the foot in the finals and against the Warriors any foot wound is fatal.
Our bench got their asses kicked in the finals, not so much our big three. Fix the bench.
Our failure to work on good defensive habits also cost us the finals. Get some 2 way players in here with some length who can switch several positions on defense, and make defense a focus throughout the entire regular reason.
If we do those things and maybe get a rejuvenated CA in here after a buyout then we're right back in the conversation.