" The new LeBron says he is the old LeBron.

The LeBron who melted in the NBA Finals was an imposter, but the real LeBron is back.

In a State of LeBron address on Monday, LeBron James declared that he has worked through the vitriol and angst of last season and is ready to take the Heat to a championship.

James, looking relaxed and fit on a day when Heat players spent a couple hours posing for pictures and doing numerous interviews, is prepared to shoulder even higher expectations this year. So are his teammates.

The trial run, which ended with a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, is over. The getting-used-to-each-other wrinkles have been ironed out. The celebratory hoopla about the phenomenal convergence of talent in Miami is so yesterday."