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Celtics Beat Heat, Lose to Cavs -- Is this 2009-2010?
A day after beating LeBron James and the Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics fell to the LeBron-less Cleveland Cavaliers. Huh?
How do the Celtics look like the Eastern conference champions they are in Game 1, but struggle mightily against a team that will fight to win 30 games this year?
Age.
Look at the Celtics starting five: Shaq (38, 19th season), Garnett (34, 16th season), Allen (35, 15th season), Pierce (34, 14th season) Rondo (young). The first four guys have 60 years of NBA experience and 141 years of age -- and that's fantastic. But it means that on back-to-back nights, it's completely conceivable that they might struggle. To compound this, the Cavs had something to prove last night in their first game without the King.
As Hayden at RhymesWithHondo put it, "[c]oming off an intense game the night before, in Cleveland against a Cavaliers team eager to prove itself without LeBron James, it stands to reason that the Celtics might have a little bit of a letdown."
So, while the irony may be there, and it may feel a bit like 2009-2010 rather than 2010-2011, this shouldn't come as a huge shock. The Celtics are built for the playoffs--when it really counts--to compete with LeBron and Miami, Dwight and Orlando, and Kobe and L.A. These regular season games are important, but they really can't be seen as too important.
How do the Celtics look like the Eastern conference champions they are in Game 1, but struggle mightily against a team that will fight to win 30 games this year?
Age.
Look at the Celtics starting five: Shaq (38, 19th season), Garnett (34, 16th season), Allen (35, 15th season), Pierce (34, 14th season) Rondo (young). The first four guys have 60 years of NBA experience and 141 years of age -- and that's fantastic. But it means that on back-to-back nights, it's completely conceivable that they might struggle. To compound this, the Cavs had something to prove last night in their first game without the King.
As Hayden at RhymesWithHondo put it, "[c]oming off an intense game the night before, in Cleveland against a Cavaliers team eager to prove itself without LeBron James, it stands to reason that the Celtics might have a little bit of a letdown."
So, while the irony may be there, and it may feel a bit like 2009-2010 rather than 2010-2011, this shouldn't come as a huge shock. The Celtics are built for the playoffs--when it really counts--to compete with LeBron and Miami, Dwight and Orlando, and Kobe and L.A. These regular season games are important, but they really can't be seen as too important.
Labels: basketball, Boston Celtics, etball, Garnett, Lakers, Lebron James, NBA
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Lebron James Nike Commercial
What is up with this commercial? Lebron looks just like Tiger in that awkward commercial that Nike did after the whole Tigergate thing with all the girls he slept with.
In the commercial Lebron poses a series of rhetorical questions to the audience. Should I take on my role as the villain? Should I not listen to my friends? (But they're my friends?) Should I clear the deck and start over? Should I remove my tatoo, act, etc.? He also states, "I am not your role model."
Lebron's publicist clearly was asleep at the wheel when Lebron agreed to run with this commercial. Lebron comes across as ever other sell out athlete (think back to Johnny Damon going from the Sox to the Yankees).
In today's day and age of 24 hour news cycles, even shorter pop culture cycles, people (especially people in Cleveland) were hoping that Lebron was different. That he had some loyalty to his home town. That he'd bring the championship there. Instead, this commercial stands as a testament to those who misread the Decision--I'm here to make as much money as possible. I for one was hoping he was a page out of a long lost era when players were role models.
In the commercial Lebron poses a series of rhetorical questions to the audience. Should I take on my role as the villain? Should I not listen to my friends? (But they're my friends?) Should I clear the deck and start over? Should I remove my tatoo, act, etc.? He also states, "I am not your role model."
Lebron's publicist clearly was asleep at the wheel when Lebron agreed to run with this commercial. Lebron comes across as ever other sell out athlete (think back to Johnny Damon going from the Sox to the Yankees).
In today's day and age of 24 hour news cycles, even shorter pop culture cycles, people (especially people in Cleveland) were hoping that Lebron was different. That he had some loyalty to his home town. That he'd bring the championship there. Instead, this commercial stands as a testament to those who misread the Decision--I'm here to make as much money as possible. I for one was hoping he was a page out of a long lost era when players were role models.
Labels: Lebron James, Nike
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