I'll admit I'm a fair weather fan of the NBA. I adore college basketball, enter into March Madness drafts every year, and contrary to popular belief, I do NOT pick my teams based on their colors or their funny names (Gonzaga, hahaha). However, this past season and the dramatic run by my hometown team The Cavs for the NBA championship helped get me back into the NBA swing.
Oh the Cavs... what a sad story. Years of finishing behind the seemingly unstoppable Bulls left a team in need of something, someone, and then it happened. An Akron native (who went to high school with my brother) showed up in the NBA draft the year the Cavs just so happened to have the #1 pick. Enter... LeBron James. Here we go. A new breath of life swept into the Cavs, and the fans. Sold out crowds. Bigger than life MVP posters downtown Cleveland. Magical. And the 08-09 season seemed like the Cavs really had a chance. Articles and ESPN analysts kept saying the Orlando Magic was like a "fantasy team" specifically built to attack the Cavs weaknesses. As I watched the Magic tear apart the dreams of so many Cleveland fans, I realized there really is a curse. If LeBron can't stop the curse, who can??
I live in St. Louis now, and with no NBA team here they never cover basketball. I first heard about this from facebook status updates, but had to research it further. I had to search the STL paper today for the tiny blip about the new reported acquisition by the Cavs.
SHAQ?????????
Holy cow. They're putting the curse of the Cavs into the big hands of this giant??? I mean, I get it- the whole combo of Shaq and Kobe worked, and I'm assuming they think Shaq/LeBron will bring in the rings as well. Shaq, good luck... it's quite the curse.
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