Cavs Now Team To Beat

It's official, Shaq is coming to Cleveland to play along side the King, and personally, I can't wait. Not only do I think the Cavs will win the Eastern Conference next year, I think they will win the NBA Finals as well. On top of that, if they are able to pick up another player, preferably a bigger two gaurd, they will challenge the record for wins in a season. They will still win the east even if they don't add anybody else, but if they can add a bigger two gaurd, and bring Delonte off the bench, or sign an athletic power forward, like a Shawn Marion, or Charlie Villanueva, or hey, maybe even Hedo Turkoglu, they will challenge the Bulls mark of wins in a season. The beautiful thing about this move is that by still having big Z the Cavs can rest Shaq and big Z as much as needed so their legs are still fresh come the playoffs, it will be amazing. It is gonna be a great year and I can't wait.

Finals Preview

The NBA Finals are finally here after what seems like an eternity. As expected, the LA Lakers are representing the West, and as few predicted when the season began, the Orlando Magic are representing the Eastern Conference. The Lakers seem to be the overwhelming favorite in most peoples minds, not mine, despite the fact that Orlando went 2-0 against L.A. this year. Yes, the Lakers have home court, and yes they were here last year, and yes they have Kobe, but they will still have the same problem they had last year, they are not going to be physical enough to match up with the Magic, just as they weren't against the celtics last year. I see this series looking alot like the Lakers series a few years back against the Pistons in Shaq's final year in LA, they will split the first two in LA, and then get swept by the Magic in Orlando and fall 4-1. Kobe will have a great series, just as LeBron did, but it will be his support cast just as the cavs that will cost them. The Magic just have to many unorthodox scorers to contain and it will show in the end.

Get off the Kings Back

I wish all the so called sports experts around the country would just shut-up and get off LeBron James back about the aftermath of the eastern conference finals and not shaking hands with orlando players and not immediately speaking with the media. It is becoming ridiculous. This is not the nhl which has a long standing tradition off lining up as a team to shake hands when a series ends. They also criticized him for leaving his teammates to answer questions about their season ending loss. First of all, who cares if he shakes hands or not, he is not the first, last, or only person who has done this. How can you expect the MVP, on the leagues best regular season team, to wade through confetti and seek out players on the opponent, who are celebrating and putting on championship hats and t-shirts, to shake hands? Do you think the magic players really even cared, or noticed until the media started asking questions about it? Not a bit. It is the most overblown and talked about topic in the history of sports. And the leaving his teammates to answer questions, good for him, they were the ones who stunk up the arena. LeBron put everything he had into that series, nearly averaging forty points and a triple double. And all of this Kobe would never do something like that can stop now, because he has already done worse in his career, like quitting on his team in a game seven against Phoenix, or calling out teammates and management and demanding to be traded. So please, stop acting like not shaking hands is the worst thing in the world, it was not a snub, he simply left the court and let the magic celebrate victory.