The argument could be made that Miami brought two championships to James. That 2010 Cleveland team was headed nowhere fast. He couldn't get Bosh to join him there, so the next best thing was to form the Big 3 in Miami. Unfortunately, as it turned out, James really considered it the Big 1 and thought he was bigger than the franchise.
Cleveland may be the perfect place for him. Even if he doesn't win any more championships (which I doubt), he'll be viewed more favorable by 49 states and hacks like Michael Wilbon, Jason Whitlock, and Bill Simmons. When there's a franchise so poorly run, he'll basically be able to run the organization on a year-by-year basis with a series of one or two year contracts.
I don't want to sound like the ultimate homer, but I'd rather have Riley and guys like Wade and Bosh who want to play in Miami, rather than people who see the Heat as a means to their end.
Also, part of the reason I will continually root against James is the media narrative that Heat fans are simply LeBron bandwagoners. Even when Miami had the down years before James, the team had a lot of support in South Florida. I recall that Cleveland attendance fell into the sewer once James left the team. I'm not suggesting going all douchebag like the idiots in Cleveland who literally pissed into LeBron James urinal cakes, but show that the Miami Heat fans were never about one player.
He'll need all the luck he can get in Cleveland. His talent alone might facilitate winning one more championship, but I don't believe that such a poorly managed team can succeed over the long run. And if they do win, Gilbert will be the Jeffrey Loria of the NBA -- a guy who can claim he's a champion owner but really just got there on a fluke.
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