Long Live The King

Let there be no doubt, LeBron James effectively catapulted himself into a new sphere of basketball existence in last week's Eastern Conference Finals--His Airness said so himself. While downplaying the impact of (unfairly) incessant criticism from the press with his comments, he delivered a major middle finger to his detractors by taking his all-court game to legendary levels. We thought Game 3 was great, and then he stunned us with a Game 5 performance not soon to be forgotten--that is, until "House of Payne" becomes the first series ever cancelled before the first commercial of its premier show.

The East is hosed for the next decade, as many have said, since LeBron is WAY ahead of schedule--like the Juice is ahead of schedule finding those responsible--in winning the conference this year and only figures to get better. In many ways the rest of the NBA is hosed, too, because Mike Brown is getting less clueless by the minute, and Danny Ferry is lucky that he was only able to sign Larry Hughes for 5 years and $1 billion, and horrible contracts like that have to end sometime. At that point, can't we just let LeBron make EVERY decision in the organization?

We like the Cavs' chances against the Spurs...certainly a lot better than against most of the other West Coast teams. They played the Spurs tough in the regular season, and the Spurs don't do anything that the Cavs can't handle. It's just that they do everything really well, so the Cavs can't sleepwalk for a second--something they've done every game so far in the playoffs. But the Cavs have The King, and at this point, no one is safe from the Cavs when he's involved.

Last, we are HUGE Boobie Gibson fans.