You can actually argue that started when they traded for Luka. I know everybody thought LeBron was in on that. I know I said at the time I didn’t believe that—LeBron was not in on it. I don’t know what else to tell you. He was not in on it. He wasn’t against it. I think he was shocked they traded Anthony Davis. But LeBron was not in part of that decision process. That was a move away from LeBron as the center of the team.”
Source: RealGM