The other day I had one of those moments when your thought process kind of spirals out of control. I think everyone has them from time to time. (At least I hope so.)

I was watching the Cavs play the Washington Wizards, and began thinking about that ‘rivalry’. The best of the recent playoff series against Washington was no doubt in 2006, when the Cavaliers got into the playoffs for the first time in the LeBron era. Cleveland won that series four games to two, but the final two wins went to overtime.

The starting line-ups for Saturday night’s game were Gee, Parker, Thompson, Harangody and Sloan for the Cavs, and Singleton, Vesely, Seraphin, Crawford and Wall for the Wiazards.

Not exactly the names that roll of the tongue when you think of the Cavs/Wizards clashes. For either side. So that got me thinking about the LBJ era teams, and then eventually to James himself.

I won’t pretend to know who is going to win the NBA Finals this year, but it seems the Heat will have as good a chance as anyone heading into the tournament. While thinking about that further, I could see LeBron dribbling out a Heat victory and winning the title that eludes us in Cleveland to this day. [Read more...]