The Blueprint: LeBron James, Cleveland’s Deliverance, and the Making of the Modern NBA

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June 19, 2016: the greatest moment in Cleveland sports history, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals and broke the Cleveland Curse. It used to be the triumph fans had been waiting fifty-two years for, and it wasn’t easy to get there—but thanks to LeBron James, an audacious plan to build a winning team, a few maverick GMs, and an implausible community of fans, it happened; and 2016 saw the birth of a new Cavaliers dynasty.

But how did they get there? It used to be a roller-coaster ride from tragedy to triumph, one that Jason Lloyd, a longtime Northeast Ohio resident turned reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal, got to see firsthand. He used to be witness to the Blueprint, as he calls it, which the Cavs put together to win their star player back from Miami and build a team that could win the ultimate championship. It incorporated several losing seasons, some highrisk draft picks, and an entirely new understanding of tips on how to build a championship team.

The best a part of the plan is that it worked, culminating in the most exciting Finals series in NBA history. And, most important, the end of the Cleveland Curse. Jason Lloyd, a true insider, tells the story of how the NBA truly works, and how everyone—from the front place of work to the stars at the court to the new generation of coaches—worked together to create an unforgettable winning team. The Blueprint is an unputdownable, will have to-have book for each and every LeBron, Cavs, and NBA fan.

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