The Cavs are now down 3-2 in this series and it looks like the Warriors have figured out the formula for winning the championship. For Cleveland and its fans, there is a silver lining. Kevin Love has to be watching this thinking that he could have been the difference maker that would have put the Cavs over the top. Of course, Kyrie Irving is not playing either. For
Love who will be a free agent, how do you not come back and sign that long term deal to play with LeBron and potentially win multiple championships? Even Golden State’s most ardent fans would have to wonder if they were good enough to win this series if Irving and Love were healthy. Assuming Cleveland loses this series, Love must have the competitive spirit to want to stay in Cleveland make some history over the next few years. This could just be the beginning.
SU is a big LeBron fan – always have been. However, his comments after last night’s game were cringe-worthy. He said the Cavs still have a chance because he is the best player in the world. While this may be true, can’t you just let others say that? Is it necessary to say it about yourself? SU predicts that the next thing he will be doing is talking about himself in the 3rd person (this is the natural progression of the big egos). Keep an eye out for that.
Iman Shumpert is just not healthy. Aside from his shoulder, there is something going on with his legs. He cannot finish around the basket. Knick fans remember him as a leaper and big time dunker but he has had his share of knee injuries. It’s just another lmitation for the Cavs. It really is amazing that they still are in this series with so many injuries. Steve Kerr deserves credit for his small-ball line-up the last couple of games but truth be told, his strategy against LeBron can definitely be second-guessed. A little more double-teaming and make him give up the ball earlier in the possession is another option.
SU caught some of the Yankees’ game yesterday. Stephen Drew (batting 6th!) went 2 for 4 and John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman applauded his 2-hit effort. But if you are paying even a little attention, you would have noticed that he failed with the bases loaded and runners on 1st and 3rd in this game. His hits came with no one on base. But he is almost up to .180 now and that must be Brian Cashman’s threshold for giving him a new long-term deal. SU is criticized for complaining about the Yankees who are still in 1st place but this team is beyond boring. The Yankees will continue to hover around .500 but someone in the AL East will pull away eventually. I am not asking them to make trades. Just bring up some younger players and put them in there.
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Even before The Choice, LeBron was an honorary member of the A-Rod School of Tone Deafness. Also, how do Knick fans, who watch Carmelo jab step us into a coma regularly, feel about Curry dancing around the 3-point line and hoisting up 30 footers?
Here is the real question for Knick fans. Carmelo basically played the first half of the season with a roster that is very similar to what LeBron is now playing with and that team went something like 3-35. Is LeBron that much better than Melo to be winning not just games but playoff games? Is the divide between LeBron and that next level of NBA star just that wide? Or is Carmelo just a scorer who doesn’t make his teammates better?
60 points and 0 assists pretty much says it all for Melo.
While LeBron is definitely the best player on the planet right now, most kids learn when they are 8 years old that it is better to have other people say how awesome you are not to announce it yourself. He’ll talk himself into being liked about as much as Kobe is.
Good comparison with Kobe. But at least LeBron passes the ball. You see the same number of free agents lining up to play with Kobe as with Melo. And that number be zero.