On this NBA Season Eve*, We’re sorting through a hefty share of emails regarding the Pistons’ Rasheed Wallace claiming that the NBA basically fixed the series with the Cavaliers last season, ie the league wanted LeBron in the Finals.
We’re not sure how that works, when the Pistons let him drive down the lane like 100 times in a row in that Game 5, and Sheed himself completely melted down and got himself ejected from Game 6.
We will concede that David Stern used telekenesis to guide all of Boobie Gibson’s jumpshots into the basket. That’s a little more realistic.
Here are a portion of the comments, if you haven’t seen them.
“I still don’t think they (Cavaliers) beat us, we beat ourselves,†Wallace said. “And I think we also fell victim to that personal NBA thing where they are trying to make it a world game and get (television) ratings. They wanted to put their darling in there (the NBA Finals) and they did, and look what ended up happening.â€Â
First of all, Sheed’s mouth became completely irrelevant two seasons ago, when he kept calling (and missing) his shot regarding the Pistons beating the Cavs in the second round. Are we all in a agreement on this?
He’s not exactly Joe Namath.
Secondly, and more importantly…we just don’t care.
We’ve tried to get fired up for this season, but we’re just not. AT ALL.
We’ve already explained our reluctance to get League Pass, and honestly, as we sit here this morning, we’re not even sure we’ll watch the Cavs and Mavs play Wednesday, let alone any other games.
There was a great danger last season, and we said this as it was happening, that the apathy/malaise of LeBron could permanently damage our fandom if he kept that $#!t up.
He did, save for the Pistons series, and all signs of this preseason say it’s continuing into this year. We think he’s lost us. He’s really a more talented Vince Carter, until he proves otherwise. Earn it, kid.
THAT SAID, we look forward to seeing how the hell we’re going to write an entertaining NBA blog when we no longer enjoy the league, and won’t be watching that many (if any) games.
We will attempt it – we will continue – if only because you should definitely be keeping an eye on this location.
*Previously one of our favorite days of the year.
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MARK PRICE!
Blah, blah, blah – not watching the Cavs. Blah, blah, blah. At least, since you are in LA, jump on the Clippers bandwagon then.
Why not just call the site YayWSM?
Umm…that’s not too far off, Jordi.
I would skip an NBA game to see American Gangster. I love when Denzel kills a bunch of people.
I saw it – it’s really good. Denzel does indeed kill people.
doesn’t the league pass let you watch every game, or something? i’m poor and only have the regular cables and stuff. anyway, even if the cavs are being lazy, don’t you wanna watch the suns before steve nash collapses in the heap of canadian bones on the court? or watch jason kidd hit on sexy news reporters and throw cookies… i mean assists? or watch the bobcats be really, really bad? i think there’s still much to look forward to, even if your favorite team ain’t bringing it (and i would know… i like the knicks).
you know, the best thing for lebron would be for kobe to land in chicago. no way he can afford to take it easy with mamba tearing up the east, in his own division, no less.
i’m really excited about american gangster. i’m even more excited about the jay-z album. ch’yeah!
Nah cause if the Cavs are available, I’ll watch them. And then I’ll just be angst-ridden.
The Lakers should trade Kobe for D-Wade. That would make me laugh.
Blazer Bandwagon is ripe for the jumping. It’s nothing but feel-good feelings up here, seriously.
Tell Rasheed it would have made a whole lot more sense for the fix to include the actual finals.
I’m not totally sold on the LeBron malaise. I mean, I know he has it on occasion, but he played defense all year. The key to “no malaise” is him moving the ball/driving immediately rather than “looking over the court.” When he waits, the defense rotates towards him, takes away passing/driving lanes and results in him hoisting an ill-advised jumper.
How can you still be down on the Cavs? Haven’t you seen that Juwan Howard rumor?
Juwan Howard!
In ‘06, the NBA was setting up the fix for this year by making the Cavs/Pistons series close.
I betcha anything Rasheed doesn’t brush his teeth most days.
I agree with Roger about the ‘malaise’ to a large degree. I wish LeBorn would move right away when he gets the ball. Pass or drive or shoot. Do his teammates stand still because they know he’s going to do this? Or does he do this because his teammates don’t move? Or is it all because the offensive plan sucks?
Even Windhorst says LeBron looks good and is working hard.
Rasheed Wallace is just trying to get a rise out of you guys, calm down. He’s tired of guys like Frank saying that Drew Gooden and his girly looking jumpshot are better than his low post game.
I’m still somewhat perplexed that Danny Ferry didn’t LOL (the kind where you spit up coffee) when Mike Brown told him he’d be passing on an offensive assistant and then hire one anyway. I mean we hear about this Indians/Spurs stats/system based approach to the game and they chose to NOT fix the MOST glaring flaw. How are those two things consistent?
Scoop Jackson would like you to know that blogs are, by definition, killing the NBA.
His definition: Blogs (a portmanteau of “Web†and “log,†or unsolicited commentaries posted on the Internet as expert opinion) were born in or around 1983, and have become more important to public perception than mainstream media columns. Bloggers have had a great impact on the shifting or directing of the base of public reality. According to Technorati (a blog search engine), there are approximately 106 million blogs in existence. Of those 106 million, it’s been estimated that more than 100,000 deal specifically with American sports. And the sport the blogs and bloggers hate the most: basketball. The league they will give the least benefit of the doubt to: the NBA. This year the NBA can give bloggers no more reasons to hate than they already have. The power of the blog can kill the league.
Tom Donaghy is killing the NBA. Scoop Jackson is killed the credibility of mainstream media. Anybody want to email him the definition of plagiarism?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/071029
Scoop Jackson would like you to know that blogs are, by definition, killing the NBA.
His definition: Blogs were born in or around 1983, and have become more important to public perception than mainstream media columns. Bloggers have had a great impact on the shifting or directing of the base of public reality. According to Technorati (a blog search engine), there are approximately 106 million blogs in existence. Of those 106 million, it’s been estimated that more than 100,000 deal specifically with American sports. And the sport the blogs and bloggers hate the most: basketball. The league they will give the least benefit of the doubt to: the NBA. This year the NBA can give bloggers no more reasons to hate than they already have. The power of the blog can kill the league.
Tom Donaghy is killing the NBA. Scoop Jackson is killed the credibility of mainstream media. Anybody want to email him the definition of plagiarism?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/071029
That guy still has a job at ESPN?
Sorry for the double-post, my bad.
Boney, you often make up things I or others say. You must have never be bored with those voices in your head. Get Rasheed to spend more time inside than he does arguing and we’ll see some of those post moves.
^ Wow, Todd Lerner, that is big news. Scoop has no idea what he’s talking about; bloggers LOVE the NBA. There are few good football blogs, but there are plenty of great basketball blogs. Todd, maybe you should send that to Deadspin or someone in trade for a link to your site when they run the story. That is pretty crazy of Scoop to say.
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