Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Day After

You Can't Do These Things By Yourself. You Need Some Help - to kind of quote The Boss.

I'm not going to pretend like I know what I'm writing about but the Cavs elimination shouldn't really come as a surprise. Sure, Cleveland was nasty this past season and throughout the first two rounds of the playoffs but winning a title with only one great player doesn't happen too often. 

Michael Jordan only won titles with Scottie Pippen (and Pippen with Jordan) and help from Dennis Rodman later on. Kobe had Shaq still in his prime. Duncan at first had Robinson, Ginobli, and Parker as well as the help to get the job done. The Celtics had Bird, Parish, McHale and a bunch of great supporting players and the Lakers of the 80's had Magic, Worthy and Kareem. 

Cleveland needs to acquire a true all star because LBJ can't do it all himself. Of course, the fact that they haven't done that yet makes it all the more likely that Cleveland loses its MVP when that contract expires.

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