I’m not a professional basketball fan. But I am amused by the current NBA finals. As of last night, the best-of-seven series is tied at two games each. The Miami Heat are the “bad guys.” LeBron James, the best player in the game today, fled his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers last year for Miami in a brazen attempt to win NBA championships. Who can blame him? He had no chance to win in Cleveland, and now leads the best team money can buy. Only the Dallas Mavericks, the presumed “good guys” in this equation, stand in his way. Americans love to wax poetically about their sports gods. Tiger Woods. Kobe Bryant. Brett Favre. Reprehensible individuals, rich in money and celebrity, bankrupt otherwise. Professional sports is business. It’s theatre and nothing more. Always has been. There are no “good guys” – just entertainers and their handlers, all out to make as much as they can for as long as they can. Now, I can’t wait to read about who wins game five tomorrow night in Dallas!
It's funny how many people hate Lebron and their reason is because he left Cleveland. I understand why people from Ohio might feel betrayed, but I don't understand why people literally HATE him for it.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hope Miami wins, so I win my bet and get a bottle of wine! That's all.
Hey, if Miami doesn't win this year, it will next year, and the year after, and the year after, and ...
ReplyDeleteLooks like you'll be set for wine for quite a while.
Will you share if I bring the corkscrew?