(I personally hate seeing NBA threads here, but since this is an NBA hate thread, maybe I can be forgiven...)
So tired of hearing how this final was different this year. Every damn sportstalk show I dial in contains the obligatory conversation from local guys who simply have nothing else to talk about. And I knew it was off season U of L sports BS. I knew that.
But there I was late Tuesday nite, remote control in hand, flipping through the CATV stations. And a brief pass through CBS told me that it was the 4th quarter and do-or-die time for Cleveland in front of the home fans. So I hesitated...stupidly.
The home team down ten points needed a rally. And in the minute-and-a-half I dropped in, there were probably three possession changes each way. The Champs scored every time against very little defensive pressure.
And I doubled the cumulative amount of time in my life I've watched King James doing his thing, AKA his best impression of a cosmic black hole, in response. Ball goes in, and it doesn't come out. Three jacked up shots, maybe one made basket, and I'm off to the next channel.
I was surprised at how little the Cleveland fans were into the game at that point. Evidently, they cared almost as little as I did.
So DAMN GLAD every time the NBA topic comes up, we don't have that garbage in Louisville on a regular basis. I realize sports guys are paid to talk sports. But try soccer or bowling or just about any other sport besides professional basketball. The product sucks, and I'd rather watch Beverly Hillbillies or Gilligan's Island reruns. Takes me just a minute or two every few years to be reminded...
So tired of hearing how this final was different this year. Every damn sportstalk show I dial in contains the obligatory conversation from local guys who simply have nothing else to talk about. And I knew it was off season U of L sports BS. I knew that.
But there I was late Tuesday nite, remote control in hand, flipping through the CATV stations. And a brief pass through CBS told me that it was the 4th quarter and do-or-die time for Cleveland in front of the home fans. So I hesitated...stupidly.
The home team down ten points needed a rally. And in the minute-and-a-half I dropped in, there were probably three possession changes each way. The Champs scored every time against very little defensive pressure.
And I doubled the cumulative amount of time in my life I've watched King James doing his thing, AKA his best impression of a cosmic black hole, in response. Ball goes in, and it doesn't come out. Three jacked up shots, maybe one made basket, and I'm off to the next channel.
I was surprised at how little the Cleveland fans were into the game at that point. Evidently, they cared almost as little as I did.
So DAMN GLAD every time the NBA topic comes up, we don't have that garbage in Louisville on a regular basis. I realize sports guys are paid to talk sports. But try soccer or bowling or just about any other sport besides professional basketball. The product sucks, and I'd rather watch Beverly Hillbillies or Gilligan's Island reruns. Takes me just a minute or two every few years to be reminded...