His legacy will live on in Cleveland, except it won’t live on the way LeBron James had wanted it to. No, his legacy will live in infamy, as the bright star who broke a city’s heart.

It’s not easy to unbreak a heart, not when a person has left that heart in shards. And in Cleveland, those men and women with broken hearts won’t see theirs fixed. Their anger is too visceral to discard, and if anyone doubts that, just look around the city or listen to the talk on the streets or check out made-for-the-moment websites: It’s LeBron James everywhere, 24/7.

In the streets around Progressive Field and The Q, vendors hawked T-shirts last night that said “QUITNESS” or something about James’ momma too crass to mention. One Internet site has been peddling a particularly telling T-shirt for $13.99. It reads: “I WITNESSED NOTHING.”

That’s only half true. Nobody can say that James didn’t treat Cavaliers fans to seven seasons of incredible performances. He was an MVP twice; he took the Cavs to the NBA Finals; he won a scoring title and an Olympic gold medal; and he made basketball matter in this football-crazed city.

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