The NBA season came to an anticlimactic ending with the Golden State Warriors sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers to collect their third NBA title in the last four years. The story around the NBA (and will surely be the nonstop story on ESPN until there is an answer) is where will Lebron James go in free agency.

Lebron holds all the cards here. He could go to Houston or Oklahoma City, who have a chance to down the Warriors with just one more superstar. He could go somewhere with young talent that needs a legend to lead them, like Philadelphia or LA. He could give it one last go around with the hometown Cavaliers, or he could even take a year off. He has plenty of money and nothing left to prove.

One rumor that has been swirling, the one that brings intrigue to the NBA landscape, is that the King opts out of his contract and takes his talents to Boston and pushes the Celtics over the top. On the surface, it does offer a good story: reunite Lebron and Kyrie Irving (even if Kyrie doesn't want it) and see the Celtics duke it out with the Warriors when it is questionable whether or not it is necessary to do that.

I'm sorry, but the Celtics should not go after Lebron. He is a great player, but the Celtics don't need him.

Let's take a look at how a Lebron to Boston deal would work. Let's go with the assumption that Lebron does opt into the final year of his contract with Cleveland. That carries a base of 35 million dollars for the season. The Cavs could trade him to the Celtics after that, but it would require the Celtics giving up either Kyrie, Gordon Hayward, or Al Horford along with another expiring contract (Terry Rozier or Marcus Morris, two players that held their own during the playoff push) AND at least one first-round pick in the upcoming drafts.

Horford is getting up there in age, and Kyrie is only under contract for one more year. That leaves Hayward as the most likely piece for the Cavaliers to get back in a trade involving Lebron.

This is a bad move for Boston to make for a couple reasons.

Hayward (28) is much younger than Lebron (34). His body is in a much better position to withstand the grind of the 82 game season now that he has had a year to rest and get stronger (albeit due to a gruesome injury). Lebron can train all he wants, but the fact of the matter is that his age and style of play are eventually going to catch up to him. Do the Celtics really want to experience that firsthand?

Second, Hayward already has a rapport with Celtics head coach Brad Stevens from when the two were at Butler back in 2010. Stevens has done a great job with this team since taking over for Doc Rivers in 2013. Lebron has a tendency to have head coaches fired, so what would happen if the C's let Stevens go?

More about Lebron, he would want to call the shots. When the Celtics traded for Kyrie in the first place, they gave up Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, and a first-round pick that ends up being the 8th overall pick in this year's draft. Only that pick remains because Lebron wanted both of them out of town.

Is Danny Ainge ready and willing to deal with a headache that Lebron meddling in front-office affairs would bring?

A healthy Kyrie, a healthy Hayward, and more experience for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are all the Celtics really need. They played great defense all year, and their offense can only get better now that their playmakers are coming back better than ever.

I honestly do hope that Lebron makes a decision soon and doesn't turn this into a circus-like he did when he left Cleveland the first time for Miami. I just hope that his decision doesn't lead him to Boston. But it is still early in the offseason, and Lebron hasn't even made his decision on staying or leaving, so let's cool it with the "Where in the world will Lebron James go next season?" chatter. Bonus points if you said that as if you were singing the theme song to "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"