Cleveland has that long, storied history of gut-wrenching sports moments, so a little success, even a little hope, i.e. LeBron James, has made everyone a little nervous. We feel it all the way from here in Moscow.
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Bud Shaw is a prime example, as he attempts to protect himself from the certain doom the Cavaliers season will bring, looking for something – anything – bad to say about the Cavs.
James seems to have spent inordinate time on his 3-point shot, trying to make between 200 to 250 a session. The Cavs signed Donyell Marshall and Damon Jones to shoot the three.
An abundance of off-season workshops are ahead of him at his age. When he spends as much time improving his low post game as he did working on his 3-point shot, the Cavaliers will benefit even more.
We don’t know why he dances around it by poking at LBJ’s 3-pointers – we know what he’s really saying: something is going to go horribly, horribly wrong. We said it to someone last season when the team was ten games over .500. “Watch, they’ll inexplicably forget how to play out of nowhere.” That actually happened, in case you’ve forgotten.
Regardless, maybe everything really is different now. Tonight’s game on ESPN against the Spurs will be a nice test. Worst case is that picture up there looks a lot cooler than what we used to use.
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