Friday, June 3, 2011
NBA finals
Last night was one of the best NBA finals games I have ever seen. My favorite teams were not playing. There was no one play that I will remember forever. The only thing that will go down in NBA history folklore was the comeback. The Mavs came back from 15 down in the 4th quarter to beat the Heat. There are several reasons this made me happy. First I think the contributions that Jason Kidd and Dirk Nowitzki have made to the game will always be overlooked if they do not get a championship. When you look back on their careers it is hard to imagine them not already having one. The second is it makes it that much harder for Lebron James to get one. A lot of people argue that I should not be anti Lebron just because he went to Miami. That is not the reason. I am anti Lebron because of the way he went to Miami. He spent the first 7 years of his career in Cleveland extorting the team for all of the special treatment he could get. He then held numerous press conferences at the end of every year promising he would bring a title to the city. He then meets privately with the 2 best free agents on the market and decides to join them in Miami. He then not only doesnt tell cleveland his plans, until the same time he holds a 1 hour special and tells the rest of the world. This is akin to getting a divorce but letting everyone else know at the same time you tell your wife. Also anyone who wants to be regarded as one of the greats should work with what is around them or getting other stars to come to him. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson would never have done things that way. That is why they will always be regarded as the best.
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