Rooting for the Home Team

For all the lunacy and craziness that has come with Cleveland’s decades’ long championship dearth, this year they really have a chance to do something.  Being the homer that I am (see my About page, which explains where this all started), I am fully qualifying my support for the Cleveland Cavaliers.  No idiots here!

Reverse the Curse

Elephant Dressing

“I’d like a little Elephant Vinegarette on my salad, please.”

The elephant in the room – or, shall I say, “on the court” – is wearing a clown’s outfit.  Why?  Because its master, Donald Stern, is trying to pull his best P.T. Barnum imitation.  You know, the one that screams, “There’s a sucker born every minute”?

This story is too prevalent for any of the accomplices to be nominated for the Idiot of the Week award, but I thought I’d comment any way.

MONEY!  MONEY!  MONEY!  MONEY!  MONEY! 

integrity

Okay, there’s my comment.  The Elephant in the Room, dressed as a clown, is loving the money-play being dressed up as “integrity”:  The integrity of the NBA over the integrity of the “rogue” official.

Doesn’t matter to me who you think is right or wrong in this scenario, the league loses either way.

That elephant will get hungry sooner or later; who it’s gonna eat, we just don’t know.

 

You Mean the Finals Haven’t Started Yet?

Kicking off the Millennium of the Idiot

I thought the NBA finals started already. But, to my surprise, Boston isn’t in a 3-3 series tie in the championship round. Silly me. I thought they received a bye through all rounds of Eastern Conference playoffs since they were so good during the regular season.

At least, that’s how the sports pundits made it sound. Boston/L.A. is the preferred match-up. After all, what could be better than getting the two storied, popular franchises back together in the finals? And Boston has been so good, they were of course going to kick everyone’s tail. No pundit expected them to lose more than one game in their first round series; most expected them to sweep this round.

Their competitor? Enter the Atlanta Hawks. The eight-games-under-500 Atlanta Hawks. The barely-scrapped-their-way-into-the-playoffs Atlanta Hawks.

Boy am I happy they play the game on the court, and not on paper. I thought the Hawks didn’t have a chance, but could win a game or two. But here they are, playing to eliminate the pronounced “best team in basketball” from the playoffs. Playing for the opportunity to stun Boston fans into another shocking playoff exit.

Heh, heh! That would disappoint me so…so…so little.

I’m not saying that Boston will lose tomorrow. I’m not saying that they will not play in the championship series. I’m just saying that nothing in sports is guaranteed, no matter how many times someone says it. l wonder how the pundits will explain the Hawks being so surprisingly competitive. Remember, these are the same pundits that said the San Antonio/Phoenix playoff series would be the closest, most heated during the first round. So what if San Antonio disposed of Phoenix in five games?

Maybe I should stop reading and listening to the pundits. They make about as much sense as, well, DeShawn Stevenson….

OVER-PAID!

Man, it’s a good thing LeBron James is overrated, isn’t it. Nothing like helping turn a halfway decent team that could have beaten the Cavs in the first round into a team that went psycho and forgot who they were. Game, set, match: Cavs.

The Idiot of the Week: the collective basketball media for entitling the Celtics into the finals. The Celts might not even make it through the first round. You pundits may not win a Pulitzer, but you’ve won the Golden Chalice:

Let nominations for next week’s Idiot of the Week begin!