Quick timeline of the takes surrounding Lakers-Rockets, with a prediction on tomorrow’s.
April 17th: “The Lakers have NO chance. They’ll be lucky not to be swept.”
April 20th: “If LeBron pulls this off I’ll call him the GOAT.”
April 22nd: “The Rockets are frauds!”
April 25th: “The Rockets are the dumbest team I’ve ever seen! Anyone would beat them!”
April 30th: “The Lakers are cooked & LeBron is exhausted. Rockets in 7.”
May 1st: “LeBron is going to blow a 3-0 lead & his GOAT case is over!”
May 2nd: “Yeah, the Lakers won, but it’s actually not that impressive, the Rockets were pretenders.”
BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls have dismissed executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley, sources tell ESPN.
Last season there were complaints (me included) about LeBron not letting it be known ahead of the All Star game that he’d be out so his spot could be replaced. Two players weren’t held to that same standard this year
Football is finally in its down time, NBA is taking a break, no massive Olympics stories…
Sounds like it’s time for the annual ritual of filling airtime by blaming LeBron for things he has nothing to do with!
A tradition unlike any other.