LeBron James frustrated with Cavs front office regarding 'failed trade moves'

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What's the story?

LeBron James is apparently upset with the Cleveland Cavaliers' front office on not landing both Paul George or Eric Bledsoe.

In case you didn't know...

Paul George was traded from the Indiana Pacers to the Oklahoma City Thunder last summer, while Eric Bledsoe was sent to the Milwaukee Bucks from the Phoenix Suns at the start of December.

The heart of the matter

There seems to be all kinds of chaos between the Cleveland Cavaliers organization and their superstar, LeBron James, who has complaints that date back to the off-season.

James is bothered by the fact that the team was unable to generate any kind of trade that would bring Paul George or Eric Bledsoe to Cleveland, as reported by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on The Lowe Post (h/t Erik Garcia Gundersen of LeBron Wire). Both players were on the trade block during the off-season, but even after offering Kyrie Irving in return, the Cavaliers were unsuccessful to acquire either player.

The King himself “aggressively recruited” George to come to Cleveland and stay there beyond his free agency in 2018, according to Windhorst and Ramona Shelburne.

Jackie MacMullan of ESPN reported that a three-way deal was in the works in June which would send both Bledsoe and George to Cleveland. That deal would send both Kyrie Irving and Channing Fry to the Suns. Phoenix apparently canceled the deal when they were asked to trade the No.4 pick to the Pacers.

Cleveland ended with trading Kyrie Irving to the conference rivals, the Boston Celtics, who currently are at the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Isaiah Thomas, who the Cavaliers got in return for Irving, had been out with a hip injury and missed more than half of the season.

What's next?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are struggling right now as they have lost 10 of their last 13 games. They play the Indiana Pacers on Friday.

Author's take

The Cavaliers would definitely have been in a better shape if they would have landed either or both George and Bledsoe so it's fair for James to be unhappy with the deal, or lack thereof, but it's a bit too late to cry over spilled milk.