Instead of last night being epic, it sucked.
The Indians lost, the Pacers lost. The Heat won.
I’m not all that mad that the Heat won except for it could mean the worst thing possible for Cavs fans.
For every game the Heat win, Lebron’s chance of leaving becomes less and less. With every Miami victory, the chances of LeBron returning to Cleveland become worse and worse.
I truly believe that LeBron will not lose a seven game series within the next three to six years. Whichever team he is with. That means anywhere from four to eight championships. Believe it.
The matchups say that San Antonio should win. Parker is better than Chalmers. Ginobli can lock up Wade. Kawhi puts up a small obstacle against LeBron. Duncan will dominate Udonis. Splitter can handle Bosh.
But, LeBron, in his greatness, will say no. The matchups won’t matter, the officiating won’t matter, none of it will matter. His name is LeBron James, and that’s all that matters.
Ryan Isley, @Isley23, trolled me a little bit after a flopping tweet, but later we came to a mutual agreement. An agreement that haters will absolutely despise. It’s a truth that can’t be ignored by any Cavaliers fan or NBA fan in general.
The Cavs won’t win without LeBron, if only because they’re going to have to face him.
This depresses me greatly because I sit here and think: “Great. The Heat just reached their third consecutive NBA Finals. Dwyane Wade returned to Dwyane Wade. Bosh sucked, but he wasn’t bad enough to derail the Heat. Why would he leave?”
If the Heat lost, maybe my hope could shine through. LeBron loses two out of his three years with the Heat, this time not even making the Finals, there’s no way he doesn’t leave.
That’s not the case. LeBron wins, again, and along with his win, the Cavs and the city of Cleveland lose.
Why, again, does our hope lie with a man who spurned us once and will certainly spurn us again. Why does everything we have as a basketball town rely on him and his devotion to our city? He’s proved that he’s devoted to nothing but himself and winning. Why do we think that is going to change?
Don’t tell me that the Cavs are going to beat LeBron, either. LeBron will take his posse of talent wherever he goes and that posse will always beat Kyrie, Dion, Nerlens, or whoever the Cavs go about acquiring.
Sometimes, I wish LeBron never had anything to do with Cleveland, just so the pain wouldn’t be so much every time he wins without us.
That being said, if he has a change of heart, Cavs fans can’t turn him away. If a championship would truly mean that much to this city, there is no option that involves turning him away. It’s either grin and bare it just to get the ring, or turn him away and throw out all of the hopes of a championship, because this city’s ego and sense of pride is far too large.
With every game LeBron wins, his chances of coming back to Cleveland dwindle. We as Cavaliers fans, because of this, should be rooting, for the sake of LeBron’s return, that the San Antonio Spurs sweep the Miami Heat mightily.
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