<![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @supermike5alive: Just want to get out there with this: I will gladly make a friendly bet with you on the series, no matter who wins tonight. Something like Winer chooses losers Avatar for two weeks?

formerly Chief Wahoo

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @MidwestCoastBias:Here, here! or is it Hear, hear? I'll just go with "right on, Brother".

formerly Chief Wahoo

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @MidwestCoastBias: ditto-ing this guy. Well said, MCB.

Sarge

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @Juancho: My thought exactly. We're not the best NBA crowd by a long shot, but we're there and we're loud.

I will say, though, that nobody talks about going to Cavs games with the same air of importance that they used to talk about when going to Indians games or that they STILL use when going to Browns games. Lebron's here, but we don't really seem to care that much until the playoffs roll around.

Magnakai Haaskivi

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @Juancho: @formerly Chief Wahoo: Yeah, I'm not pleased with this column either--what a steaming mess of random speculation. I was there two years ago for the Wizards win in Game 5 and the Pistons loss in Game 6. Trust me, it was loud then. And no one cares about what Lebron is going to do 2 years from now except for all the New York writers trying to get people to read their Knicks and Nets coverage. And where are all the columns about how Dwayne Wade and others will opt out? They signed similar 3 year contracts!

And about supporting casts--worst of all time? Talk about sloppy generalizations. You've obviously forgotten the early careers of Ewing, Jordan, and Robinson. Yes, I'll admit that too many of the Cavs "names" are old (Wallace, Big Z), and the rest of the team is made of young talent. But the team goes two mediocre players deep at nearly every position, and has plenty of match-up flexibility because of it.

MidwestCoastBias

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> Fuck, do I have to write these things from now on? I mean, I love FreeDarko, but this was such a mishmash of stuff...

The Q, home of the Cavs, is sold out and loud. Maybe not the most knowledgeable fans in basketball, but a group smart enough to tell the sideshow that the NBA insists on putting on during timeouts to get the hell off the floor so we can watch some playoff basketball.

To not call Toronto fans passionate is kind of embarrassing. The biggest bunch of bandwagon fans this playoff season had to be Hawks fans, and their team legitmately deserved that support for taking the Cs to 7 games.

What's scary, and important, about this series is that both Lebron and KG stand on the precipice of something huge. If LeBron wins, he takes a huge step to becoming the player we think he can be. If KG wins, he silences a lot of critics...but if he doesn't, it could make him the next T-Mac.

LeBron has nothing to lose in this series. I'm not going to say the Cavs will win, but it wouldn't shock me.

Juancho

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> Um, where did you get that stat about the Spurs not selling out their first round games, James Frey?

suntastic

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @supermike5alive: Oh you and your predictions.

formerly Chief Wahoo

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> "we can safely say that 'Bron is the superstar that has endured the worst supporting casts of all time."

So you agree that he got screwed out of the MVP award this year?

formerly Chief Wahoo

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> i think that Boston will prevail!

any cleveland fans wanna make a lil' bet?

supermike5alive

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> If Powe (who is the fucking tits) and Delonte get on the court at the same time, Tommy Heinsohn will get real confused, real fast. "Whose name do I just yell out as if it were an entire sentence describing the action? Is Delonte still eligible to receive Tommy points?" I cannot wait for that moment.

Deeeeznutz

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> So LeBron should've called the Wizards a bunch of lilly-livered mollycoddles, and everything would be fine? Last I checked, talking shit don't count in the standings.

Disgruntled Goat

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> They say LBJ killed Kennedy. I don't know. But I do know LBJ is going to take down another Boston icon. Cavs in six.

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @Doyle McPoyle: EVERYTHING about Kevin Garnett is fucking terrifying.

A Pimp Named DaveR

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> I miss the four LeBrons

Nacho Friendly

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @formerly Chief Wahoo: To be honest, I'm going to game three, and unless Cleveland takes one in Boston I'm expecting the crowd to be pretty docile.

LooseSeal

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> Cleveland fans are notoriously fairweather for baseball and abominably crazy for football. Basketball is just a passing fad until baseball starts to matter and mini-camps or whatever open up.

LooseSeal

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @Tuffy: I wonder if Brandon and Kelly will ever get married.

ChitownChick

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> It wasn't right to take a picture of that tender moment between LeBron and Paul Pierce. Give the couple some space.

ChitownChick

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> I haven't been to a Cavs playoff game at the Gund, but from what I can see it seems to be sold out and loud as hell, what more do you want?

As far as LeBron, I don't care how milquetoast he is as long as he keeps winning.

formerly Chief Wahoo

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> That random 3-second clip of Kevin Garnett screaming for no reason during the Celtics pre-game intros is fucking terrifying.

Doyle McPoyle

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> Bronzino? Are you saying hes gonna shank Paul 'Bompton' Pierce?

Ben

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @Tuffy: I sense a zoot suit riot coming on.

/off to throw back a bottle of beer

A Pimp Named DaveR

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> @Tuffy: And it wasn't a push-off. And it wasn't a push-off.

Rock You Like An Iracane

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> Also, just like Harry Truman, LeBron James assumed the throne when Michael Jordan died of sudden onset polio in 1998.

What's that? I can't hear you. Michael Jordan died in 1998 of sudden onset polio and nothing after that ever happened. In fact, it's perpetually 1998 and I'm still 23 and the world is still super-saturated with potential.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to my swing dance class.

Tuffy

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> Basketball Hall of Fame over Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in six.

Jefferson Short Bus

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> I've always heard that Charlie Pierce has a lovely singing voice.

flightjacket

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> "What I want to know is whether or not LeBron can get mean."

See Game 5 last year vs. the Pistons.

DannyNoonan

]]> <![CDATA[Free Darko On Boston-Cleveland]]> Wizards fans had to be taught when to boo, they are - by far - the least excited fan base in the game. Cleveland ain't much better but the DC crowd is Dull without equal.

Fios

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