Sunday, July 13, 2014

Going Home Again


The big news on the sports pages the past few weeks is where is Lebron James going to sign. Finally the speculation ends and James announces he is going to sign with Cleveland again. Over the next few weeks the news will be predictions on how well Cleveland will do this year and what other free agents they can grab. Thank you David Stern for creating streetball with refs that promotes the idea of individual players being bigger than the game. I pretty much stopped watching the NBA about the same time I quit playing myself. I will tune in occasionally, maybe at playoff time though that is about the extent of it.

                As infrequently as I watch it is obvious Lebron is a great player who has made the effort to expand and strengthen his game and also those around him. You're not going to be the leading scorer on a championship team without putting in the work. When The Decision hit the sports pages then TV a few years it was a real what the fuck kind of moment. Now it’s 4 years and a couple championships later and he’s going back to Cleveland. Maybe Thomas Wolfe was wrong, maybe you can go home again. Only time will tell.