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The Cavs-Celtics showdown is a case of opposites attracting. The Celtics run actual basketball plays and have the best coach on the planet. They are young and fun to watch, even if they don’t have the talent to go all the way. The more seasoned Cavs camp out on the 3-point line and watch their Mack truck do his thing. LeBron is averaging an incredible 34.3 points per game in the playoffs.
I don’t have a good feel for this series other than to say LeBron will be an hour late to his postgame news conferences because he’ll be icing. BTW, did Marcus Smart travel on the final play of Celtics-Sixers series?
It happens every spring. Who is the greatest of all-time: Michael or LeBron? Us old guys side with Michael Jordan. But I'm trying to keep an open mind. If LeBron somehow shoves aside the Celtics and the Warriors (after they take care of The Beard in five), I will be ready to jump to the LeBron camp. I just wish he wouldn't pout and whine to the officials as much as he does.
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If you care about dear ol' mom on her big day, you won't make her watch the Reds-Dodgers game. Be nice. Plant some flowers or make her lunch. Do some dishes. But if you must take a peak at the game, there is a consolation prize: Homer Bailey is not scheduled to pitch today. He made his 200th career start last week. Unfortunately, it looked like most of his previous 199. I think I heard one of the Reds' four dozen TV guys label Homer's outing as "horrendous."
We rarely capitalize every letter in our words. Not even Brazilian one-name soccer stars get the all-caps treatment. A golf tournament definitely doesn't qualify FOR THIS. So why does The Players Championship think it's so important that it needs to capitalize "players"? Those guys must really think they're special. "Hey, look at me, I can hit a 330-yard drive and you can't!" The (lowercase) players championship will wrap up at TPC at Sawgrass today. Here's hoping an ALLIGATOR decides to sun itself on the 18th green as the final foursome approaches.
Trending up: Becky Hammon, James Paxton, Sage Steele. Hammon, who has worked under Gregg Popovich with the Spurs, has had her name thrown around as a possible head-coaching candidate in the NBA. I think she'd be great, and I'm not just saying that because we're both natives of South Dakota. Hammon was an outstanding player. She's smart and her players respect her. Give her a call, Bucks.
Trending down: Wendell Carter's mom, Matt Patricia, Penguins. Kylia Carter spoke last week in front of the Knight Commission and compared college basketball to slavery. No doubt the NCAA has problems, but her statement was ridiculous. Maybe she'll feel better when her son Wendell is a multi-millionaire in a few months, thanks in part to the training he got at mean old Duke, where he paid for nothing.
Knucklehead of the Week
Landyn Shane Durham, a student at the University of Georgia, turned himself in to police last week and was booked on felony charges in Athens, Ga. He is suspected of stealing electronics and football jerseys and helmets from a BMW belonging to former Georgia star Roquan Smith. The linebacker was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the NFL draft. The cops tracked down Durham after getting a hit off his fingerprints, which means he likely isn’t majoring in criminology. Durham, 20, also is suspected of stealing stuff from a Georgia lacrosse player’s unlocked vehicle. That athlete’s jersey was found in Durham’s residence with some of Smith’s stuff.
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