Game 7: Cavaliers vs. the Knickerbockers
November 6, 2009
The following is my 7th game review.
Did the Cavs play better in game 7? You bet they did, shooting 54% for the game vs. 41% in game 6. The Cavs played the game the way I like it: get ahead early in the game and stay ahead! It allows the viewer to relax and just enjoy the game, maybe napping a little and catching a little Larry King at the half.
Was Lebron auditioning for the Knicks? I don’t think so, and I’ll tell you why. If Lebron leaves the Cavs next year, it will be for money AND to play on a winning team. And I don’t see the Knicks as a winning team; they’re just not that good.
Readers, please share your ideas on Lebron’s free agency. Look into your crystal balls and tell us what you see happening: will he stay with the Cavs, will he play for the Knicks, will be play for another team, will he quarterback for the Browns?
We’ll compare your predictions with reality this summer. Winner gets a jar of peanut butter (smooth or chunky) plus bragging rights!
My MVP of the game: I’ve got to give it to LBJ, the first time this season, with 33 points.
Final score: Cavs 100, Knicks 91.
Cumulative score: Cavs 576, Opponents 543.
Your comments are always well received.
Aunt Louise
Here's my guess on LeBron's priorities:
ReplyDelete1) Money
2) Championships
3) Other
He wants to make the maximum salary, which can only be afforded by a select few teams, such as Cleveland and New York. The teams that can afford him are generally pretty terrible teams, although he could get them to the playoffs. But I still think his best chance at a championship would be Cleveland. The other category would include things like he grew up an hour away and wants to bring a championship to Cleveland, and that he already knows the organization and his teammates. Plus Braylon is in New York, and in a city of over 8 million people, they are bound to run into each other at least once a day.
In the end, I think it's the land of the cleve, and the home of LeBron.
Louise, I'm beginning to think you know more about sports than you lead us to believe. Or you're very good at lifting quotes from the post-game analysis.....
ReplyDeleteI think LBJ will stay in Cleveland. There's some complicated conspiracy theory that since some people from China have purchased a part of the Cavaliers, LBJ is obligated to stay in Cleveland as part of the deal. That and the big house he just built in Bath.
LBJ can make more salary money in Cleveland than anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteSign with Cleveland: 6 years for $133M
Sign with other team: 5 years for $102M
And the Knicks are a very poor organization. not money-wise, but they have poor management, poor coaching, and their team needs a total overhaul. Cleveland, OTOH, is considered one of the best run teams in the NBA. From a basketball point of view, LBJ would be taking a major step backwards signing with the Knicks.
From a fame point of view, would going to NY, Miami, or LA really make him that much more famous? He already gets roughly $35M a year in endorsements, and that's just not going to change much with a change of venue.