Tomorrow is the big day. Lebron is back in town as the Miami Heat visit the Cleveland Cavaliers. Lost in the shuffle is the fact that Zydrunas Ilgauskas (or “Z”) will also be back in town as he also defected to Miami. Lebron says this year is not as fun. Apparently it is because he now has a coach that won’t let him walk all over him. Now we have “bumpgate” because supposedly Lebron bumped into the Miami coach intentionally at a timeout. Miami Heat are quickly becoming the soap opera of professional basketball. I really believe he now thinks he made a mistake.
Here is my prediction tomorrow. First the easy part. Big Z will be cheered, perhaps even a standing ovation. He left under the right circumstances and in the right way. He conducted himself with class and professionalism. He is one of us.
I am fearful that something ugly will happen with Lebron. There is a lot of pent up hostility towards that young man. Booing is the least of what could occur. Throwing things could happen. Hopefully not. I hope Lebron doesn’t do the rosin powder thing. Again it will be an “in your face” thing that will probably set a very bad tone.
Cleveland is a very proud town. Lebron didn’t just reject Cleveland; he threw it back in our faces. We are not much bigger than a small town – no, we are a small town. We take it personally, like family. Sure we got over it because this town has a lot more to offer than just a narcissistic misguided young man. But we don’t like to be embarrassed. For that reason, he will get the full brunt of it.
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