By this I don’t mean that overhyped J.R.R. Tolkein book or movie, but the return of the Mistake on the Lake’s sport savoir – LeBron James. After sitting out for six games – all of which the ignominiously lost, James returned to the line up and lo and behold the Cavs win a game. The inability of the Cavs to effectively complete without their (super) star player is indicative of their over-achieving antics in last year’s play-offs. As a Cleveland native, and long suffering sports fan, just seeing the Cavs get to the Finals was stunning, but their abysmal performance was almost foretold.
The Cavs starting roster is chock full of players who probably wouldn’t even start on most other teams, even Larry Hughes would probably be a Sixth Man at this stage in his career – and inexplicably the Cavs made no off-season moves. I have to give Coach Mike Brown some props for getting this team to perform as well as they have.
But to really live up to James’ potential, trades need to be made before the February deadline comes around and consigns this perennial ne’er-do-well team to an underachieving play-off appearance against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals – you heard that HERE first!
I should have entitled this post – Abdication of the King, because it’s only a matter of time before Old Boy sees that he can’t get a Ring or even the recognition (i.e. paycheck) that really deserves playing in Cleveland.
