June 20, 2016: Trying Not To Hate

So like I said, with the Cubs doing so well, I don’t care about anything else going on in the sports world.  Of course, I know what’s going on, and will talk about all my Chicago teams, but as far as the national scene, which I was never too big on anyways, I don’t care.  I watched 1 minute of Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

Maybe it’s my way of trying not to hate.  I figure if I just ignore it, then I won’t get riled up.  After all, it’s really not that serious anyways.  The Cavs finally winning an NBA title.  Cleveland finally getting a sports title after 52 years is something I would typically be happy about.  I root for the teams that haven’t won in forever; it’s not that hard to figure out why.  Yet, this specific team, I could never root for… as long as the Queen is playing for them.

That minute that I did watch was late, when the Cavs were up 92-89.  LeBum got fouled going to the hoop and laid on the floor writhing in pain…. typical.  Let me explain.  Since then, I’ve seen some highlights… the only reason for that was because I was at a graduation dinner and sat in front of a TV on ESPN.  If it wasn’t for that, maybe I wouldn’t have even seen any of this stuff.  There’s been a lot of conversation too.  I heard LeBum was crying… very emotional too.  For someone whose entire career seems staged, like his move to Miami, like his return to Cleveland when he made sure other moves were made (Kevin Love), like his ousting of the coach, and someone who seems so phony, flopping all over the court, or someone who seems so not-tough, like whining about what was said to him on the court, it’s hard to believe anything he says or does.  So when he was crying after winning this title, how real was that?  Was it real emotion?  It’s like the boy crying wolf… should we finally believe this is real?  After all, I heard how he laid on the court crying, like someone else did 20 years ago for completely different reasons.  I heard that he looked up to make sure the cameras were on him, then continued crying.  Staged?

Some may have the same thoughts about the entire NBA Finals.  Was this series fixed?  Most of the big games across the sports have some degree of that.  For all the games except this one to be blowouts one way or another, certainly makes one wonder.  For the foul calls, the suspension, and the poor play by the Warriors down the stretch, it certainly comes into play.  But… maybe the Warriors just choked.  This, my friends, is the silver lining of this whole thing.

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So I’m really trying not to hate on Ms. James.  Why should I?  He’s not a thug.  He doesn’t get in trouble.  He’s a family man.  He donates to the Boys & Girls club, which is where I grew up.  He won a title for his hometown team, something I thought someone else would do for my hometown team.  Yes, I’m really trying to talk myself out of this.

I don’t think I will ever like LeBron.  I hated Kobe for most of his career before I finally had a little respect for him.  I never said he couldn’t play… I never questioned his basketball playing ability… the guy is truly a beast.  But, now here will come the MJ comparisons, and just like the Warrior comparisons, this one too is ridiculous… and this is one of the reasons that I do hate.  MJ never flopped.  MJ never lost in the NBA Finals; LeBum is still 3-4.  MJ wasn’t phony.  MJ was very tough.  I can go on, but I won’t.

I guess I’m happy a little bit for the city of Cleveland.  They can now celebrate a title after so many years, and that’s not so bad, even if it was brought to them by someone whose jersey they were burning not so long ago.  That’s just how us crazy sports fans roll I guess.  But as far as the Queen, I still can’t stand his ass.  Do I respect him, like he says all of his haters must do?  No… not yet.  After all, shouldn’t the real MVP of this series have been Kyrie Irving?