Wait a second…if LeBron gets knocked out, will the league try even harder to ensure Kobe makes the Finals?
In 2010, I bet a college buddy of mine (who longtime readers may remember as the only other contributor to Hole Punch Sports) that CU’s football team would not win the Pac-12 in the next 15 years. Guess what? It’s time for me to gloat, because I was right. Why we were doomed Back in the day, a lot of people made the argument that CU should join the Pac-12 because we’d get so much more TV money there. Of course, given college football is the answer to the question, “what if you had a sport where multiple teams were like the Yankees, and you created a whole universe of haves and have-nots?”, then yeah, you want to be aligned with some of the haves. But the question in my mind wasn’t, “will CU be better off with more money?” That’s an obvious yes. The question I asked was, will CU be any more competitive in their own conference if they’re competing against teams who are also getting more money? I couldn’t see why they would be. The mathematical angle Legend has it that Cowboys runn...
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I think the Magic are for real. They play solid D, and force other teams to pack it in against Howard and then can kick it out to excellent jump shooters like Rashard and Hedo.
Of course Orlando is legit. I didn't see the game yesterday but they're closer than anyone to the championship. They certainly don't play like most title-winning teams but they've won too many playoff games not to be taken seriously. And while LeBron's getting his points, they have managed to keep him somewhat in check, which no one else has done. Their shooters have to keep knocking down shots down the stretch, of course, and the chance that they won't do that is probably what makes them look like they're less dangerous than they really are.
I think the series goes to show that the Cavs are basically LeBron and the 11 Dwarfs. He is scoring a ton of points, but the team is still losing because no one else is coming through. All of which leads me to think that he will be bolting Cleveland for NYC at the first possible opportunity . . .