No NBA team had ever come back from being down 3-1 in the finals…
That is, until Sunday.That’s when LeBron James proved that he is ‘THE MAN’ in today’s NBA. James took Cleveland to its first championship title in more than half a century. It was 1964 last time Cleveland won a national championship in pro sports.
Wow.
LeBron was hated by many in Cleveland for leaving for Miami a few years back, in order to win a championship. But now he’s THE MOST LOVED man in the city’s history. He did the impossible,
LeBron now holds about every record one could attain in the NBA Finals. He even had a triple double in game 7 and scored plus 40 in games 5 and 6, things nobody not even Michael Jordan ever did. More important he now has three rings and two championships for both Miami and Cleveland. Of course he was the voted MVP of the series.
We in Kansas City can appreciate the long wait for the city of Cleveland.
Often referred to as ‘the arm-pit of America,’ Cleveland feels pretty damn good today.
Defeating Golden State 93-89 in game 7, beating the team with the NBA’s all time best record of 73-9 and stopping two time NBA MVP, Seth Curry cold was a storybook ending for LeBron and his team.
Yes, he’s now right up there with Jordon as one of the best players ever in the NBA – no question. Well, MJ does have those six titles to James’s three but no matter, this one was one for the ages.
When James was asked how it felt he said, “I’m home.”
What is this NBA thing you speak of? Yawn.
I’m with BWH – who cares about Cleveland, much less the NBA?
July in Cleveland will be notable only for the total number of assholes descending upon it, which, though it may well surpass the current Guinness World Record, is still not enough for me to give two rat asses.
Boy just no respect for LeBron huh? Again this goes to show as stated you just can’t please or impress some folks. Kinda the way those in Cleveland may have felt about our finally winning a championship last year, hmmm.
Nah – not even close; the NBA quit playing basketball sometime back. If memory serves it was when they let the players casually palm the ball, walk at will, had the refs quit calling obvious fouls and let the game devolve into random dunk-fests.
Should the league return to applying the rules of the game, and not incidentally raise the basket to 11 feet, then it might again be worth watching.
As for Cleveland proper? It has nothing innately interesting, much like Kansas City, to recommend itself. I’m sure the citizens of the burg love it, much like we do KC, but as a “vacation spot”? Give me a break; I’d rather visit Hinckley in the spring to watch the buzzards return…
They quit calling fouls? The back to back MVP fouled out of game 6 and Green was suspended for game 5 for flagrant fouls.
A couple of my friends explained that the NBA playoffs, and the finals in particular, are the exception to the ‘not calling fouls’ practice – too many eyes not to.
Yea, but so what? They’re not interested in us and we’re not interested in them … and never the twain shall meet.
First John Belushi and now Michael Jordan? Who are these people? Glaze you are keeping my Google busy
I quit the NBA is the late ’90s. It got too boring, too many 19-year-olds learning fundamentals while making millions and too many 75 to 80 point games. The NBA was a shell of what it was from 1980 to 1995. So, I quit watching it.
I’m a college ball guy. IMO, basketball is better in two half’s in stead of four quarters.
When glaza talks about sports we know the bull sh*t is starting.
Looks like glaza was jacked up again talking to his weiner dog jr. when he
wrote this story.
To say LeBron with 3 rings is equal to Jordan is about the same as saying
jr. the weiner dog is equal to lassie.
Clevelands best day is the worst day in Kansas city. and this summer we’ll
probably see a real enactment of the civil war when the loser rethugs bring
their clown dumpster and his racist/vile/white supremacist followers to town
in July.
Another faceplant and nothing article by the king of sting senior citizen.
to be honest glaza and jr. I was going to place a bet on Clevelanoud to win.
And underdog….down 3-1 an never coming back in nba history.
on the opponents court…where they were literally undefeated.
But I didn’t bet.. Picked up the phone to call me book..but I hanged up…
just wanted to watch what I Knew would be one hell of a game.
I know I bang on you pretty hard. Iproably say things that are out of
line when I talk about you.
But as I’ve said….we’re both underdogs. We both fight the odds
everyday. The odds say we’ll both go under…but we continue
to fight…move on….push aside the negativity and we’re still standing.
To those who have never ventured nor realized the ups and downs
that life throws us…never realize that we’re the only ones who can move
us higher…..never realize that we are the sole determinants of where
we end up…we still keep going and move forward.
For those who don’t understand what it takes to run/own/and keep
a company going you will never understand!~
Here’s to glaze…myself and all the other people who risk it all to
fulfill our dreams and keep going despite all the people and roadblocks
who said “it could never be done”….and “wee can never survive”…..may
god bless you and may you defy the odds eac h and every day.
Your lifelong friend (now don’t think I’m letting up on your sports and political
predictions….
Luv ya :
your friend
Harley
Man, is this website’s readership OLD. No one can appreciate the NBA here? Too busy putting on your white New Balances and heading to the mall to walk in the air conditioning?
Don’t put me in that category. This was one of the best finals in years. It got the best ratings for any game seven in ABC history. I’ve been watching the NBA since the sixtys.Now if I was like harley, I would tell you about when I used to hang out with Wilt and Dr. J. and how I’m the godfather of Kobe’s kids and how Larry and Magic used to read all of my national blogs and take me to Vegas . But I won’t bore you with small talk.
🙂
glad you brought that up rww you p.o.s. liar.
I’ve been to 2 nba al star games and guess what…..got
pics with kobe and magic as part of a promotion
I won.
Pretty cool nd got lots more pics/autographs from great
stars over the years.
So stfu because as Harley always says I AM THE MAN@@@
And rww and chuck are filthy ditch digging moles@
Damn Chuck he out lied me again!! I might as well give up.I need to finish this hole before it starts raining.
I attend football 101 banquet and get about 10-15 photos with big stars.
what do rww and chuckles the lonely bald headed loser do? They sit and
drink beer while the wives tell them to take a shower cause they smell like
manure!
Pee-wee Harley- Herman: I did everything you said, Chuck. I broke rules. I broke hearts. I lived a little. I wanted to find out who I was. But I found out all right. A stupid little baby crying at the bottom of this crappy well.
what…did you lose your pitchfork?
chuclets….you’re what people refere to as WT!