A week before James plays in his 19th NBA All-Star game in Cleveland, the town where he rescued a franchise and earned the city a coveted title, he told The Times that this wasn’t a homecoming. “People always say, ‘You’re going back home.’ But I tell people all the time, ‘I’m not from Cleveland.’ There’s no disrespect to Cleveland. But, when you’re from Akron, you’re not from Cleveland,” James said. “This is where I’m from. “