The Cavs, disease and Irish pubs as we head to Game 4
Posted April 26th, 2008 by Pat McManamon
It would be nice at this point to state that we all know what the Cavs will do in Game 4. But we don’t. This is pretty much what happens when a team goes from the highest to the lowest in the course of two games, and that’s what the Cavs did from Game 2 to Game 3 against Washington. So what team will show up Sunday? Who knows? But there is one thing we do know, and that is that LeBron James hates losing, and he also hates when he doesn’t play all that well. Both happened in Game 3. So the one thing that seems the safest bet of all related to today’s game is that James will show up, and show up big. If he does not have a huge game, it will be surprising.
There’s a funky coffee shop called Soho Coffee just off Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.., that advertises its chicken salad as the world’s best. That’s a lofty claim, considering how much chicken salad is produced world-wide on a daily basis. This world’s best claim cried out to be sampled. And the claim may be correct.
A woman in this coffee shop was reading a book called Pathological Basis of Disease. Lot of IQ points in this coffee shop.
A young boy held up a homemade sign at the Verizon Center Thursday that read “LeBron sucks.” James saw it and walked over and asked: “You don’t even believe that, do you?”
James continues to downplay the crowd chanting over-rated at him. I believe him. As he says: “They wouldn’t say anything to somebody they didn’t feel threatened by.”
Washington folks really thought their crowd was loud and rowdy Thursday night. Maybe for them it was. Big names seen courtside: Tim Russert, Colin Powell and, of course, Soulja Boy. Whatever.
DeShawn Stevenson had this to say about James’ comment that “there’s no LeBron-DeShawn rivalry”: “He was stealing my move in Cleveland so obviously he's worried about us and what we're doing over here. But the only thing we're going to do is go out there and play basketball." Stealing his move? Just play basketball? The more this guy talks the funnier he sounds. Think about it. When a guy needs a “move” to highlight what he’s doing, he’s really not doing much. That’s because the truly great and good players are noticed for what they do in the game, not for the garbage they contribute outside of the competition.
Speaking of Stevenson … bet you’re sorry you missed this soirée. Dress to impress.
Those of us with Irish ancestors had our hearts broken when we read this story about the decline of the small pub in Ireland. When there’s no place to get one of these in Ireland its’ time to take a step back and re-arrange the priorities in life.
Ever wonder why they only make gummy bears and not gummy Thomas Jeffersons or gummy Lincoln Memorials to sell in Washington? Gummy Washington monuments. Gummy White Houses. Seems like it’d work. These are the things that cross a person’s mind in a coffee shop in Washington while the future Nobel Prize winner next to you is reading about the pathology of disease.
Shaq sure has made all the difference for Phoenix against San Antonio, eh?
Amazing how those hard fouls are not even talked about anymore, isn’t it?
Speaking of hard fouls, I stumbled across this one on YouTube the other day. Recognize the curly-haired guy? (Cut me a break if you’ve seen it; blogging is new and I’m still working on a typewriter.)
