Sometimes, I look back at stuff that I wrote in the past and just laugh when I see something and go, "Wow! I wrote that?!"

I might do more of these in the future but this was a blog entry that I wrote in my old personal blog. No one cared because people that regularly read my blog are not NBA fans but I wrote about that snoozer called the 2007 NBA Finals. I referred to it as the "weakest NBA Finals I have ever watched." This was probably when I disliked the Spurs the most as I rooted for Phoenix to go all the way. Hell, I was making Kobe/LeBron comparisons three years ago.

Enjoy this badly-written drivel. Not that any of my entries are good to begin with since I write like a junior higher. TIME MACHINE.

2007 NBA FINALS
WEST #3 San Antonio Spurs Vs EAST #2 Cleveland Cavaliers
PREDICTION: SAN ANTONIO IN FIVE.
RESULT: SAN ANTONIO IN FOUR.

A few things.

This is the weakest NBA Finals I have watched in my entire life.

I can appreciate San Antonio's boring, fundamental basketball. But they know how to get it done. They're a superb defensive (dirty) team. Finals MVP Tony Parker became a superstar in these playoffs and Tim Duncan is Mr. Consistency. Every slowdown possession is important to them.

But I'll say this much: San Antonio didn't play their best and they STILL came out with a sweep.

We were all surprised about Cleveland making it to the Finals. But I think they beat a more superior team in Detroit. And the Pistons should know by now that they shouldn't sleep on any professional basketball team. I honestly thought that Detroit had a shot at beating the Spurs. But, hey, Cleveland scored the upset and I'll give them credit for that.

But that was some ugly basketball. Professional basketball players clanking every shot for a five-minute stretch? It was awful. Like I said, I'll give credit for San Antonio's execution on the offense and I'll give LeBron James credit for carrying his ragtag bunch... but just to see these players throwing bricks made it hard for me to watch. And I'm sure it was even harder for the more casual fan if they bothered to watch. Cleveland had a shot in winning both Games Three and Four with San Antonio bringing what looked like to be their C-game and they could not capitalize. It basically exposed Cleveland of how far they really are from being a championship contender even if they are the Eastern Conference Champs. Let's face it; Cleveland had a pretty easy road to the Finals. They beat a depleted Wizards team, a short-handed Nets team, and an overconfident Pistons team. Plus we all know how "strong" the East is.

What I'll say about James here is very unfair but this is what separates Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant from the pack. First of all, as these two aforementioned superstars found out, it takes an awesome twosome to win it all. Jordan had Scottie Pippen and, well, Kobe was actually the sidekick to one Shaquille O'Neal. Who does LeBron have? No, don't say Daniel Gibson.

But, most of all, Jordan and Kobe both had that unbelievable will to win. I'm not saying LeBron's not trying hard... but if he was on the level of Jordan and Kobe, he would put out more of those "48 Specials" (and, yes, I do think that Game 5 explosion is still awesome; I'm not taking anything away from it). For crying out loud, Tony Parker averaged more points than LeBron did (James had games of 14, 25, 25, and 24... certainly low for someone like LeBron). Granted, it's unfair to put this on the Future King's shoulders because he's only 22. Plus he had no help. But as I also recall, Jordan scored 63 in his second year in the league. Jordan would find a way to dominate those triple-teams by himself and score 40 (DO remember that the 80's and 90's were so much more physical). Even Kobe would find a way to score 40 if he's not "out to prove someone wrong" or if he "sticks with the game plan". I'm not saying they would win those games but they had a better chance with either of those two guys than a currently baffled King James.

Maybe it's the coaching (Mike Brown is, after all, a Gregg Popovich disciple). Ya just can't have LeBron walk the ball every time. This is what the Spurs wanted. Sure, modeling your franchise after San Antonio isn't a bad move. But I don't think the Spurs' offensive style of play would fit Cleveland. They have to take advantage of LeBron's great talents. And they get wasted because they end up using the "Heave-23" play. Ya know... when LeBron dribbles the ball for a good 18 seconds before he chucks up a shot from 20 or further (even though his shot is still pretty mediocre). Sure, he'll pass off to an open shooter... but that ends up becoming more of a blown possession than not (which is amazing because they do have a few good marksmen). They were much better off moving the ball and running it. And I agree that LeBron should be more of a finisher because he's obviously their best player/scorer and, quite frankly, there's no one else that can. Yes! We'll let Anderson Varejao do an Isiah Thomas-like spin special!

What's done is done. It was a complete mismatch. The only reason why I said San Antonio in five was because I thought either 1) the Spurs would get so bored that they would let one get away or 2) LeBron had one more special game in him. Turned out that neither happened.

LeBron has the potential to dominate someday and to have a killer instinct like both Kobe and Jordan. But for Cleveland to get to the next level, they need HUGE veteran help or an awesome sidekick. If they do get to that next level, then Cleveland can run away from the rest of the East with Miami trying to get younger and Detroit in limbo. Right now, it's ridiculous to put LeBron on Kobe's level, let alone Jordan's. Maybe he's on par with or a step higher than a healthy Dwyane Wade but it obviously helps Wade to have a player like Shaq on the side. It would be a completely different LeBron if he had a safety net in Shaq. But these are the cards dealt so...

As of now, though, the Spurs have a dynasty going. People may not appreciate them now but I'm sure they will ten years from now. Hell, they won more titles (they've won four: 1999*, 2003, 2005, 2007) than Larry Bird's Celtics did (they won three: 1981, 1984, 1986) so it has to account for something, right?

Of course, that safety net named Shaq went to Cleveland two years later. We all know how that worked out.

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