Perhaps you have heard the unsubstantiated rumors about LeBron James’ teammate Delonte West and LeBron’s mother being involved in a sexual relationship. On the surface it sounds crazy, and I do not have any first hand knowledge or a reliable source to validate the rumor. (Calvin Murphy says its true but he is less than reliable) If I were a betting man, and I am, I will put my money down that it is true. And I do that based on one reason – it is the only thing makes sense to explain LeBron’s performance in Game 5 of the Cavaliers series against the Celtics.

If you saw LeBron’s performance in Game 5 you were left to really draw only one conclusion, he was throwing the game. Problem with that option is, it just doesn’t resonate. There is no purpose to him throwing a game, no one could ever pay him enough money to throw a game and he has no history tying him to any type of gambling. Even if there was, is there really a debt that would be so large that LeBron couldn’t just pay it?! If you want to get into a conspiracy theory along the lines of Michael Jordan’s being secretly banned from basketball, and his father’s murder both being related to some bad stuff Jordan was wrapped up in, you have a real tough case to make because LeBron has nothing attached to him that allows that theory to hold any water.

What does hold water is that LeBron and his mother are extremely close and if he had found out that his crazy teammate Delonte (he is literally and clinically crazy) was catching hummers and puttin’ the wood to his mother, this would be enough to ruin LeBron for at least a few nights and completely throw him off his game, and cause him to have a “I-don’t-really-give-a-shit” attitude.

Again, I have no proof and I have not seen or read any proof that is strong enough to convince me the rumors are true. All I am saying is, LeBron’s discovery of his mom banging his teammate is the only thing that makes any sense as a reason for his odd on the court behavior in Game 5.