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LeBron James Shouldn’t Stay in Miami Or Go to Cleveland

The conventional wisdom is that LeBron James will remain in Miami or return home to Cleveland. Neither would maximize his chances of winning a championship — but Cleveland, at least, is on an upward trajectory. In Miami, James runs the risk of staying too long with a team in decline. The Heat won 54 games […]

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LeBron James Shouldn’t Stay in Miami Or Go to Cleveland

The conventional wisdom is that LeBron James will remain in Miami or return home to Cleveland. Neither would maximize his chances of winning a championship — but Cleveland, at least, is on an upward trajectory. In Miami, James runs the risk of staying too long with a team in decline. The Heat won 54 games […]

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NFL Teams Increasingly Hang on to Their Star Draftees

Where will the players drafted by the NFL over the past few days do the bulk of their professional work? If trends in the past two decades continue, the answer is with the team that drafted them. For the piece I wrote last week on comparing consecutive years of the NFL draft, I downloaded year-by-year draft […]

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