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Showing posts with label Chris Bosh. Show all posts
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There's going to be a moment on Sunday night where you're going to scream at the television. You're going to swear that wasn't a foul -- or that was a foul -- and the referees have it in for Dallas, again.

"David Stern hates Mark Cuban," you'll shout.

"The NBA wants LeBron to win a title," you'll yell.

And you'd be right on both counts. David Stern does hate Mark Cuban, I'm sure of this. The NBA does want it's most prolific star to win the title, I'm sure of this.

But LeBron and Wade and Bosh and the Heat winning the NBA title this year is not what's best for the NBA. Not at all. In fact, the best thing that could happen to the league is for Dirk Nowitzki to lift the Larry O'Brien trophy. Not because he's a white superstar (although, sadly, I do think there are people who will really enjoy that), but because the current narrative is one the NBA has to love: Can LeBron win it all? Can this Heat "dynasty" ever come to fruition?

Those questions, especially the first one, have been dominating the sports news cycle for the past week, and they've been on the tip of everyone's tongue since last July, since The Decision split us all into two teams (Go Heat! and Fuck LeBron!).

There's a good chunk of us that want to see the Heat fail. We hate the way this was conceived. We hate the championship celebration that was held before the ink on the contracts were signed. We hate the entitled, whiny presence the Heat have on the court at all times. We hate that a team with 2 1/2 superstars has had Mario Fucking Chalmers hit two buzzer-beating half-court shots in the finals.

We're going to hate forever. We're the group that's going to watch this until the dynasty eventually crumbles. Until LeBron and Dwyane Wade have a falling out and LeBron is forced to leave because Wade has grown sick and tired of carrying him. It would be sweet for us if that moment comes before a championship, but we know that's not very likely. The only thing that is going to stop the Heat from winning it all is a long lockout. They're eventually going to get there, and when they do, there's a decent chance they'll win more than once, which will be fine with the NBA, because people watch dynasties. They either are drawn to their power or, like us, can't wait to see them crumble. Whichever side you fall on, you're watching.

But nothing in the eventual Heat Dynasty era will match what we're seeing now. Nothing will match the anticipation of it happening, the hope that it won't and the wonderful conversation that's coming out of all of this.

If the Heat win, we're right into dynasty-watch mode (to be clear, I'm not saying they're a dynasty, I'm just projecting how we'll view them). If they lose, we get to do this all over again next year. We get to go through a regular season where we question whether or not they have the right point guard to get them to a title. We get to question whether or not they'll have the inside presence to deal with whatever team Dwight Howard ends up with.

And then, as the playoffs move forward and those questions start to look silly, we get to question whether LeBron has it in his makeup to win a title. All over again.

This is the most fun I've had watching basketball since Larry Brown was coaching the Pistons. And I imagine that I can't be alone in that thought, not just with Pistons fans, but with all sports fans. For all of our sake, let's hope we get to do it all over again next year.
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Eva Mendes, because when I wrote about the Heat in the headline, I immediately thought spicy, which led me to Latina, which led me to Eva Mendes, which led me to this picture of her sticking her ass out. That's kind of how it works around here.

Chris Bosh was the biggest of the Big 3 Sunday night, leading the Heat to a win against the Chicago Bulls in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals series. If you watched this game and the recap shows, you certainly heard this: "The Bulls only have one guy who can create his own shot." This has become ridiculously apparent in the last two games, and if Derrick Rose doesn't go off for 40-50 for the rest of the series, the Bulls probably aren't winning. As I've said for the last two weeks, the Heat are winning the NBA Title, and there's nothing we can do about it. (Miami Herald)

Thanks to three (!) 5-on-3 goals in less than two minutes, the Canucks won Game 4 of the Western Conference finals to take a 3-1 lead on the San Jose Sharks. Unfortunately for Sharks fans, they don't have a gripe, as it was a too-many-men penalty, along with a delay of game that put the Sharks down two men the second two times. These are things the officials can't ignore. I'd love to say I feel sorry for Sharks fans, but I don't. Not one bit. Not after last year's series against the Red Wings was essentially decided by 5-on-3 goals in San Jose. The Canucks are winning the whole thing, by the way, and I'm not nearly as upset about this as I thought I might be. (The Province)

The Tigers beat the Pirates 2-0 to snap their five-game losing streak. This streak, of course, came after the Tigers had reeled off a considerable win streak. That streak, of course, followed a considerable losing streak. It's no surprise this is a .500 team, and we can probably expect a lot of the same as long as the Tigers' offense continues to be consistently inconsistent. (DetNews)

The French Open started Sunday, and my money's on this guy. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were great for the game of tennis because they gave it a rivalry that even Americans were interested in. Novak Djokovic has been in their shadow for the past couple of years, but he's now busting out, and he has the personality to accompany No. 1 talent. If you're a tennis fan, he's a guy you're going to want at the forefront of your sport. (ESPN)

A devastating tornado leveled the city of Joplin, Mo. last night, leaving at least 89 dead. Early reports on Twitter were saying that 75% of the city was gone. A hospital was destroyed, as was the high school. This is the most damaging tornado in the United States since 1953. (News-Leader)

On a brighter note, the Rapture didn't happen on Saturday, that or all of you are heathens like myself. What's fun about this story is, most of us were making fun of this doomsday prediction, but there were people who really thought it was going to happen. This family's unborn child should be taken away from them upon birth. (Huffington Post)

Today's Amazingness is from the Ricky Gervais Show, which is awesomesauce: