Cleveland - San Antonio Series -- Youth vs. Experience

By Live Cappers, Section NBA
Posted on Wed Jun 13 2007 at 8:08 PM EST
More on: NBA Finals (all tags)

The NBA Finals features two teams with many similarities. First, you have teacher Greg Popovich and his student, Mike Brown, former assistant under Pop in San Antonio. Brown and Cleveland General Manager Danny Ferry, who was an executive with San Antonio before landing in Ohio, have tried to mold the Cavs in the shape of the Spurs.

Defense is the name of the game for both teams with the Spurs ranking second in the league in defensive efficiency with the Cavs not far behind at fourth. Offensive efficiency is where San Antonio has a significant edge over Cleveland.

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Lebron Jordan

By kroberts, Section NBA
Posted on Sat Jun 09 2007 at 1:51 PM EST
More on: Lebron James, Michael Jordan, NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonion Spurs (all tags)

Now that the world is back to spinning on it's axis and Lebron James is slowly coming down off his high from getting to the Finals, we can clarify some things. First and foremost, Lebron James is STILL not Michael Jordan. He's not even Kobe Bryant. Granted, what he did against Detroit and throughout the playoffs was unbelievable, and downright special, but it wasn't Michael. It was, well, what we expected. You cannot bring this much hype to the table as the so-called "face of the NBA" and not win some playoffs series or get to the final series. And yes, Kevin Garnett, that means up until now your career and all of it's accomplishments mean nothing. But really, to take that next step, Lebron needs to win the whole thing. Not next year. Not in three years. This year. The difference between Jordan or Kobe and James? Not that James has never won a title, more, the other two guys never lost one.

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