“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

As many of you know I am a NBA junky. I love the NBA. Hell I love the game of basketball. High school, college and the pros. I love the game much more than the NFL and MLB. When basketball season ends, as a sports fan I get depressed.

So now we are the NBA Finals. The Cleveland Cavs vs Golden State Warriors. This is going to be a great series to watch for all basketball fans. MVP Stephen Curry against multiple time MVP Lebron James.  A man playing in his 5TH FINALS IN A ROW!!! WOW!!! That is just off the chain. Five finals in a row by James. This is why some are saying Lebron in the end will be called the greatest player in NBA history over MJ.

We will see if JR Smith and keep up his great shooting in the finals against the Cavs. And of course will guard Kyrie Irving recover from his injuries and help the Cavs. If Irving is recovered…watch out because he is a great young player just like Curry. He can shoot just as well as Curry at times. Now Kyrie has to improve on his passing but he can for sure fill it up.

The finals feature two first year head coaches. Steve Kerr of the Warriors and David Blatt with the Cavs. I DID NOT AGREE with the firing of former Warrior head coach Mark Jackson. And Curry did not agree too. He said it again the other day after Golden State won the game against James Harden and Dwight Howard and Seattle’s own Jason Terry and the Houston Rockets.

I feel Jackson was dogged by the Warriors management who did not like his coaching style. Jackson led the Warriors to their best record in years and was fired? THAT WAS JUST WRONG in my opinion. OK Kerr came in and also did a very good job in leading the Warriors to a place where they can win the NBA title. But I just feel for Mark Jackson. Jackson started to cry after the GS win the other day. I hope a team will hire Jackson soon so he will can again show what he can do as a head coach.

So I want the Cavs to win because the city of Cleveland has not had a major sports team win a title in decades and decades and decades. The Indians almost won but did not. The Browns almost won but did not. The Cavs almost won when James was with them before but did not. But now the Cavs have a chance to make sports fans in Cleveland very very happy. Of course Golden State has not won a NBA title since the 1975 Rick Berry led team won the title. But the Bay has had the Giants win three out of the last five World Series. So they Bay are used to celebrating.

But Cleveland fans are not used to a celebration. So I hope we have a great series that goes to Game 7 but as many fans do, I want Lebron James and his return home, to win the NBA title. WHAT A STORY IF THAT HAPPENS!! James comes home to help the city celebrate a title!!