In some histories of the Cleveland Cavaliers, descriptions of its first decades from 1970 to 2000 are filled with words like “awful,” “miserable,” “wretched,” “horrible,” “woeful,” “heartbreaking,” and “disappointing,” despite the fact that such players as Lenny Wilkens, Nate Thurmond, Walt Frazier, World B. Free, Hot Rod Williams, Larry Nance, and Brad Daugherty all played for the team. But Cleveland’s fortunes changed in 2003, when LeBron...Continue Reading