Celtics fans need to give up on the LeBron James pipe dream for good

Now, things did not end the way many Boston Celtics fans would’ve hoped this season. Watching the team blow the first 3-1 series lead in franchise history and be eliminated by the seventh-seeded Philadelphia 76ers for the first time in 44 years was frustrating.

Brad Stevens seemed more ready than ever to shake things up during his end-of-season press conference last week.

Some sort of new-look Celtics team by the time training camp rolls around feels inevitable.

However, none of these things mean that Boston should show even the slightest bit of interest in signing free agent forward LeBron James this summer.

The members of the fanbase who are online pushing for this to happen simply need to stop. There’s no need to add the unnecessarily dramatic, always willing to throw everyone under the bus Hall of Famer into the fold at what feels like a fragile time.

What made this past season’s edition of the Celtics so great and fun to watch is that no one felt bigger than the team. Was Jaylen Brown excellent throughout the regular season? Yes, but, again nothing he did minimized the efforts of his teammates.

Even when Jayson Tatum returned, Boston continued to win basketball games in the same manner, up until their disappointing playoff collapse -- which didn’t come as a result of a lack of drama surrounding the team.

The Celtics don't need the headache that comes with LeBron's crown

The unfortunate reality of bringing in James, for any team, is that the entire world begins to revolve around him. 

Whenever they win, it’s thanks to him, and when they lose it’s everyone else’s fault.

Even as he’ll turn 42 years old next season, he’ll still expect the same royal treatment he’s had for the past decade plus. It’s been that way since he decided to leave the Miami Heat because Pat Riley wouldn’t let him eat cookies on the team plane.

I mean, the whispers of turmoil between James and the Los Angeles Lakers this past season all stem from him no longer feeling like he’s the most important person in the organization. It began when ESPN’s Baxter Holmes revealed that Lakers governor Jeanie Buss didn’t quite think as highly of LeBron as he would’ve liked.

This past week, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported that James was offended that he didn’t receive the game ball for his record-setting 1,229th win, and it instead went to head coach JJ Redick, who’d won his 100th game as head coach on the same night.

Oh, and who could forget when James’ longtime agent and friend Rich Paul publicly called on the Lakers to trade Austin Reaves this season.

Why wouldn't the Laker bring him back, especially if he's willing to play for less?

They don't want the headache, and neither should the Celtics.

It doesn’t matter if he’d sign for the mid-level exception. The Celtics don’t need to walk on eggshells to avoid upsetting LeBron when they’ve already got a pair of superstar wings on the team. There are better ways to improve the roster than by turning to their biggest enemy since the turn of the century.

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