Among the many fraught relationships in LeBron James' life at the moment (looking at you, Kevin Love), his relationship with Twitter might just be the most dysfunctional.

On Monday afternoon, sometime before he posted his 41st triple-double and pushed the Cavaliers past the Nuggets, 124-91, in Cleveland, James made the curious decision to unfollow the Cleveland Cavaliers' official Twitter account.

Because this is LeBron James, the move caused a firestorm. Was his decision to unfollow the Cavs a shot at the franchise? A sign that he's leaning toward opting out of his contract this summer and leaving Cleveland ... again?

After the game against Denver on Monday night, a reporter reluctantly did the inevitable and asked James why he had unfollowed the Cavs on Twitter. The entire interaction was awkward: James was visibly annoyed, stuttered through a nonanswer, and eventually just said, "next question." One question later, he ended the media session rather abruptly.

At first glance, James looks peeved that someone would even ask him a question about something this innocuous. But James is the most scrutinized athlete alive, and he undoubtedly knows that everything he does — even something this mindless — will become a story.

Plus, if you've been following the Cavs at all this season, you know this isn't James' first Twitter move that has had people shaking their head. Earlier in March, James sent out a slew of cryptic tweets that many interpreted as a subliminal message to his teammates.

James eventually cleared the air about his bizarre Twitter antics, saying he was simply bad at social media. And perhaps this latest incident involving the Cavaliers' account can be chalked up to similar social-media ignorance.

According to Cleveland.com, however, James unfollowed his team's account because he is starting to prepare for the playoffs. As that same article said, there is precedent for James changing his social-media policy before the playoffs. Every year, he posts an all-black screen to each of his social-media accounts to indicate that he is quitting social media to focus solely on the playoffs — an action he refers to as Zero Dark 23.

The Cavaliers organization reportedly found out that it had been unfollowed by James almost instantaneously on Monday, and, unsurprisingly, it wasn't pleased.

Needless to say, it has been a peculiar year for James and the Cavs. The front office fired David Blatt after a 30-11 start, just one year after he had helped them reach the Finals in his first season as an NBA coach. The Kevin Love saga trudges on unresolved, and it seems quite likely that he will be in a different uniform next season. Yet the team is 50-20, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, and the heavy favorite to reach the NBA Finals. James is putting up reliably great numbers. If nothing else, this team will go down as the greatest dysfunctional team in history.

As of Tuesday, James hasn't re-followed the Cavs on Twitter. It goes without saying that this latest controversy is silly. And, fittingly, that it happened on Twitter's 10th birthday.

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