Albom's point is that the problem with the question "Do you think there's a role that race plays in this?"(when speaking about his criticism toward how he handled being a free agent) is that if anyone, black, white, asian, etc. would have gone around and did the same thing Lebron did, they would have gotten the same criticism regardless of race.
I agree with Albom, that Lebron shouldn't use his race as a crutch to explain why he had an hour press-conference to not specifically state what team he wanted to play for. I agree becuase it isn't right for someone to reenforce his ego by showboating himself on national television to announce what team he will be playing for.
I think the most effective point in this paper is brought about when he tells his story of Leo, who has the same background of Lebron, just he isn't black. He states that even though he isn't black, his ego his huge and he gets the same criticism the Lebron got.