If you read the headlines of the newspapers summarizing LeBron’s first media interview since the Boston Massacre, you’d think Cleveland had this in the bank.

“LeBron Makes Cavaliers Front-Runners to Re-sign Him!”

“LeBron Says Cavaliers Have ‘Edge’ in Signing Him!”

“James Says Cavaliers Lead His Suitors!”

(Side note: New York Times, I love you, but you would be the publication to make LeBron sound like Sleeping Beauty, wouldn’t you?)

But it’s not exactly as ringing an endorsement as some of the headlines would lead you to believe. Here’s the excerpt from the Larry King live interview that’s formed the entire basis for all these headlines, care of NY Daily News:

“Do you lean at all toward the place you know the best? I mean do they have an edge going in?” King asked.

“Absolutely,” James said. “Because, you know, this city, these fans, I mean, have given me a lot in these seven years. And, you know, for me, it’s comfortable. So I’ve got a lot of memories here. And - and so it does have an edge.”

“It’s comfortable?”

“Comfortable” is your old, baggy sweatshirt you wear while watching a football game at home. “Comfortable” is what you call your job when it no longer challenges you. “Comfortable” is that girl next door who you might like dating, if only because you don’t need to worry about burping in front of her.

He’s calling Cleveland his security blanket. So to summarize, we are as comfortable and safe as any Plan B could be. Doesn’t that just make you want to jump up and down? … Me, neither.

Media hype is fun.