Archive for May, 2008
Terry Pluto’s Classic Commentary. A Cow Reponds.
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Yet, they could have won . . . only they didn’t.
And as a Cleveland fan, that probably doesn’t surprise you.
Terry…here’s a thought. Go get some of your religious zealot church friends to unzip me and smoke my dong. The negativity you bring to this is more palpable than your insistence that the Holy Spirit is in you. Maybe it’s not the Holy Spirit, Terry. Maybe it’s a bug up your ass.
81% of game 7’s go to the home team. Most of them are like game 7 of the 1992 Cavs Boston series. Remember THAT one, Terry? We WON 122-104. It was Larry Bird’s last game. And he was crushed like a bug IN CLEVELAND. Certainly, your tired old ass was around in 1992. Did you forget, or are you trying to perpetuate a negative stereotype about Cleveland sports.
We NEVER win big ones, do we, Terry? Sandy Alomar never hit a HR off Rivera. Tony Pena’s shot was a mirage. There was no Miracle in Richfield, except the time you went to a revivalist tent show there.
History was against the Cavs. Your favorite guy, Z, failed to show up. Two men tried to carry the weight of 7. Delonte may not be great, but he didn’t lay down. And the always questioned LeBron played his guts out (no Butch Davis references, please).
You may be instructed by Jehovah to cast this game in a negative light, but the Cavs made this a real game with defense and the work of 4 guys (2 of whom don’t start). The truth? The Cavs are not that good. They play team defense, and it took a huge Paul Pierce game for the 60 million dollar free agent Celts to beat the Cleveland Wallys. The big 3 were down to one. Garnett scored but 13, all but shut down by an old Ben Wallace. Ray Allen was Sczerbi-esque. It took a 38 year old to have a big game off the bench to make up for the little 2.
Put 60 million in free agents with LeBron, and see what happens, dork. Free up our cap space and give me Dwayne Wade or CP3.
Better yet…simply stop writing about Cleveland sports. Go away. You’ve lost objectivity when you resort to the primitive curse theme. You have succumbed to spiritual sports burnout. You no longer believe the outcome is ahead of us. You have accepted that the outcome is preordained.
I, for one, believe better days are ahead. And so does LeBron. Ask him about losing, and he won’t know nearly as much as you pretend to.
Analyze the game. Understand why we lost. Make appropriate changes. Somebody HAS to win the title, and it is usually the team that collects the players that are consistent and play together. See the difference between THESE Lakers and previous years. Or the Hornets. Remember that it’s a 7-8 man team game. Remember that smart moves are rewarded with victory, and 6th round selections of DeSagana Diop result in dead end development and potentially years of woe.
It isn’t in our stars, Terry. It is in ourselves. Without a true PG, and younger more vital center, this team cannot get to the highest level. These issues are correctible, not ordained.
Unless you’ve become a lazy sportswriter who has lost the work ethic to write a real journalistic piece.
Moo
Congrats To the Celtics. And a Big Thanks To Wally and Big Z.
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Here it is in a nutshell:
LeBron tried to play with 2 guys. The other team had 4. Ray Allen is old and is running on fumes. Pierce played large. Garnett? Shrinkage. PJ Brown? Clutch.
I certainly hope Z (Mr Teflon) shoulders 80% of this loss. He never gets charged up in big games, and disappears on the floor. Unless he is fed open looks, he can do nothing on his own. He is a welfare Center…depending on LeBron’s handouts.
Did you see Wally smiling and hobnobbing with the Celts after the game? Fuck Wally. Get rid of his sorry excuse for an attitude, and let him play in Oklahoma. He put up a goose egg.
While the Celts move on, there was little to distinguish between these 2 teams. Boston had a better seasonal record, but in the end, are no better than the 3 man Cavs. Boston should have blown Cleveland out early, and damn near paid for their errors down the stretch.
The Cavs must now rebuild this team with better players. The Celtics? THIS is their future. It all goes down and under in the next year or two. It’s now or never…and Ray Allen may be the first victim of a long season and old legs.
A Goaltend By Delonte? A Block On Lebron? Nah. On To Game 7. Your Predictions For Game 7…
Saturday, May 17th, 2008As much as I bitch about bad calls and Cleveland sports…I know a gift when I get one. Two stretch calls worse than 8 Belles after the finish line. Blind refs, and now a game 7.
Paul Pierce is now bitterer. Rajon Rondo is now shorter. KG keeps hitting himself in the head. Ray Allen can’t get shots off. And Boston is going home where THEY will get all the calls Sunday.
Bovine prediction: Celts 98 Cavs 84. I also predict Boston will shoot more free throws than Cleveland, and Davis and Perkins will be allowed to push at will. I also predict a “T” against Z.
Your thoughts?
Manny….showing off.
Thursday, May 15th, 2008He catches the ball DEEP, High-5’s a Fan, and then throws the Ball in for a double play.