"Losing LeBron James as a teammate is like the ocean, or at least something like that.

The new Cavaliers season started Monday with the annual media day and the featured attraction was Mo Williams, one of the team's remaining stars and easily its most emotional one. He didn't disappoint, putting the team's situation and his personal feelings on the matter right out in the open with a series of mildly amusing but effective metaphors that added some needed levity on an awkward day.

"You're at the beach and you're walking right to that water and you can feel it on your toes and you're a kid and your momma grabs you and says 'nope, you're not going into the ocean today,'" Williams said.

"You're looking back and you're like 'wow, I was almost there.' You don't know when you'll be down by the ocean again."

Williams' point, it seems, is that having a chance at a championship dashed, followed by James' departure in free agency, was a shock to the system. A shock the team is just now shaking off.

Over the last week, Williams' efforts to do so became public thanks to an interview he gave to a Web site and several raw statements on his Twitter account.

Even now that he's a favorite to be named one of the team's captains and will be counted on as an on-floor leader, Williams doesn't apologize for those effusive statements. Not unlike over the summer when Williams answered trade rumors by publicly asking to stay in Cleveland, the energetic point guard said if he's perceived as being too open, it is because he can relate to Cavs fans.

"You can't control where your heart is," Williams said. "