2760. Waiver Wednesday

Wednesday is sports day. Normally I reserve this space for (marginally) useful conversations about football, but there is nothing of relevance really going on in football. OTA’s are not relevant. What is relevant is the showdown brewing in the Golden State. For the first time in NBA history the same two teams are meeting in the finals for the 3rd straight year. This is the rubber match. It is unlikely that both will be back next year (though the argument that Lowry is trying to get to Cleveland does change that conversation–if true), so this is the own where we learn who is the mightiest.

Only, that is not the whole story.

Today we discovered that Lebron James’ L.A. Mansion was vandalized with a racial epitaph. He responded by saying that no matter how much money and power you have, in the end you remain a black dude in America and that is a terrifying thing. In other words, despite his status he is still being subjected to this type of stuff. Will this affect his play? Nope. One has nothing to do with the other, IMHO. What will affect his play? Draymond Green.

Here is my guess for the finals: Golden State in 7. The real factor here is the play of the secondary guys–guys like Kyle Korver on the CLE side and Javale McGee on the GS side. These are the guys they brought in that were not the big names, but are going to be the impact players who create opportunities for the big 3 on each squad. And how about those big 3? Honestly, I think Cleveland has the edge, because Kyrie Irving is balling out of his mind. Everyone is talking about Kevin Love finally putting in legitimate work in this offense (and not sucking too bad on D) but Kyrie is that guy.