NBA Finals - Who ya got?
The long awaited NBA finals finally start tonight as the defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers (boy that's got a nice ring to it) take on the Golden State Warriors and this marks the first time two teams have met three straight years in the finals. The Cavs come in 12-1 in the playoffs while the Warriors are 12-0 and have won an amazing 27 of their last 28 games.
ESPN polled 27 NBA experts and 23 have the Warriors winning with most picking them to prevail in 5 (top bet in Vegas by the way). Speaking of Vegas they have Golden State as a prohibitive -240 to win the series (you have to put up $240 to win $100) and the odds to win the finals MVP are Durrant the favorite at 7-5, Curry #2 at 8-5 and LeBron #3 at 2-1. Clearly the entire world thinks Golden State will make quick work of the Cavs.
Me? Well I think just about everybody here knows I'm not seeing things that way. I think as long as #23 is on the court Cleveland has a "punchers chance" of defending their title. I've got the Cavs in 7 in an epic repeat of last year's finals with a red hot Kevin Love being the surprise X factor when all is said and done.
Go Cavs!
Championship-level teams need to have multiple good players. I'm not sure why it would make a difference if a superstar arrives first and then has a team built around him (like Jordan with Pippen, Grant, Rodman added after he arrived) or whether a successful team is built and then the superstar is added last (like the Warriors adding Durant).
Warriors in 7.
To me, the NBA has basically turned into World Wrestling.
Honest question: have you watched an NBA game in the last 15 years?
Because I usually hear that kind of opinion from people whose impression of NBA basketball was shaped by watching Alonzo Mourning and Patrick Ewing batter each other in the post for an entire game. Today's NBA game is completely different.
I wouldn't go to this years Finals if I was flown to either site for free. I was given free tickets in front row behind either bench. Free dinner and drinks were provided in a four star restaurant. Personal meet and greet withe Lebron James was provided. That is how much I care about the NBA and LeBron James. I'd be too concerned that he and/or the NBA would think I give a damn to actually enjoy myself.
Comment 1: oooooooooooh
Comment 2: and yet you opened and commented on an NBA thread
mick bolivia.
Go Pistons.