"The Cleveland comments have taken on a life of their own, but there also was some "point-ed" cogent analysis from LeBron James at Thursday's practice.

First, the homecoming comments:

When surrounded by Cleveland media, what would you expect him to say, particularly on the eve of a game where he received a downright frightening reception a year earlier?

Should he have spoken of a Cleveland return in the future tense?

There probably was a better way to handle it when it came to the translation in South Florida.

But moving beyond the gotcha moment, James also offered an interesting analysis when asked about the play of Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving.

Now those are comments worthy of deliberation and inspection."