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In the end, just three things remain certain for all of us: death, taxes\u2026and LeBron James curb-stomping another American city\u2019s heart and forcing his fans into debt with the purchase of yet another team\u2019s jersey.<\/p>\n

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Yes, the GOAT of the NBA, LeBron James, has worn at least 54 different primary regular-season jerseys throughout his career across three franchises: the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers. But he\u2019s also the GOAT of crushing the heart of a city\u2019s NBA fans. Just as LeBron told the Cleveland Cavaliers he would \u201ctake my talents to South Beach\u201d in a wrenching and televised gut-punch of a breakup in 2010, told the Miami Heat he was leaving them in 2015 to go back to Cleveland and then told the Cavaliers he was leaving them again<\/em> in 2018, the King of Pain has now called it quits with the Lakers and will pursue free agency at 41 years and more than 180 days old.<\/p>\n

Lakers ownership, team legends and his LeBron\u2019s teammates congenially thanked LeBron\u00a0and described\u00a0how lucky they were to be in a committed relationship with him for eight years \u2014 four years longer than the heartsick Miami Heat.\u00a0The ugliness of past jiltings was absent \u2014 some Cleveland fans torched his jersey when he first left the Cavs \u2014 but\u00a0he\u2019s leaving many a young fan clutching a purple-and-gold No. 23 jersey autographed by LeBron, feeling abandoned and disillusioned.\u00a0And wondering how much their gullible parents will be willing to\u00a0pay for LeBron\u2019s authentic, NBA-licensed jersey when he signs with his next team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Signing\u00a0LeBron at his advanced age would be less of a free-agent acquisition and more\u00a0an archaeological dig. Even so, the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry are among those rumored to be LeBron\u2019s next suitors. Returning for a third time to Cleveland, a bona fide contender in the Eastern Conference, is also a\u00a0possibility. Whoever\u00a0 takes the plunge can all but be assured LeBron won\u2019t leave them for anything other than retirement.<\/p>\n

While LeBron earned his record 22nd All-Star selection last season and led a Lakers team without the injured Luka Doncic to a first-round upset of the Houston Rockets, he also seemed to confront his own mortality for the first time in his career. He missed the\u00a0first season opener of his career and the next 13 games with a right sciatic nerve issue. Because he missed 22 regular-season games, he was, also for the first time in his career, ineligible for postseason awards.<\/p>\n

Whenever LeBron says goodbye, he does so because he doesn\u2019t believe\u00a0 his team has what it needs\u00a0to win it all.<\/p>\n

The Lakers, in other words, are no longer attractive to him. And for so many kids with Lakers jerseys with the name \u201cJames\u201d on the back, that\u2019s a deep hurt. We\u2019re of course talking about Bronny James, here. That\u2019s right.\u00a0LeBron didn\u2019t\u00a0just leave Laker Nation for his next love; he left his own son! Bronny, bless his heart, has blossomed into a nice NBA role player after initially being dismissed\u00a0as a nepo baby out of Southern California. But what kind of job security will\u00a0the kid have now that dad is pulling up stakes?<\/p>\n

For all the records and titles and insurmountable numbers \u2014 he\u2019s won a total of four championships as the best player on\u00a0three franchises \u2014 the LeBron statistic that won\u2019t be mentioned on Basketball-Reference.com will be the total number of Fans\u2019 Souls Crushed. No one has done it longer or more devastatingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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From Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, John Stockton and Reggie Miller, to Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki and Stephen Curry, a superstar staying with one franchise his entire career was often seen as a badge of honor and loyalty. But even 15 years ago, when he first left Cleveland, LeBron realized loyalty is a one-way street in the NBA, and owners were the ones who more often broke hearts and severed fans\u2019 relationships with their favorite players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He became an expert in getting out of the kitchen before it caught fire, and he always landed on his feet in a better situation. Thus, by packing up and moving at his whim, there may be no NBA player who has done more for player empowerment.<\/p>\n

But LeBron may have done just as much for jersey sales: No. 23 in Cleveland, No. 6 in Miami, back to No. 23 in Cleveland, back to No. 6 with the Lakers. Then he went back to No. 23 with the Lakers after NBA legend Bill Russell died and the NBA retired No. 6 jerseys across the league.<\/p>\n

Multiply those two numbers by three teams and by the multiple jersey designs each team has had, and then think of\u00a0the number of cash-strapped parents who over a period of 23 years have doled out thousands of dollars to keep their \u2019Bron-obsessed offspring happy.<\/p>\n

Think of me. I\u2019ve bought my 15-year-old son eight LeBron jerseys over the years. And that\u2019s merely a fraction of what\u2019s available. Including All-Star jerseys, there are 16 different LeBron jerseys just from his two stints with the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s ever a support group for purchasers of LeBron jerseys, I\u2019ll be a charter member. \u201cHi, I\u2019m Mike, and I have a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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