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Big Baby James Chokes Again; Wade Shows His Backside
Published: 6/10/2011 3:18 PM
Last Modified: 6/10/2011 3:20 PM

Somebody call a shrink.

Lebron looks like the second baseman who couldn't throw one to first. The guy who would catch a one-hopper and then sling one to the 24th row.

He looks like one of the golfers whose teeth start chattering over two-foot putts, some guy who has to use a belly bumper in hopes of steadying nervous hands.

Lebron has the yips.

It's almost not funny.

He appears to have put so much pressure on himself that hitting the rim has become a challenge. Shooting a basketball through the goal with big guys yelling and knocking you around is difficult. Once a mental block sets in, your game is all dunks and passing.

Wade has been around Lebron too much -- the two clowns were caught on camera making fun of Dirk's coughing, suggesting that he was faking an illness.

The pick in August or so was Miami in seven. It is somewhat shakier now. But it remains on the books. Wade will need to pass the ball in to himself, storm down court, and stuff repeatedly over three guys for two days.

Lebron is in the zone. The Twilight Zone.


Reader Comments 11 Total
Atticus (last year)
Pick:
If we are lucky, LeBrick and the boys will call for a Parade and Celebration after the NBA finals for finishing second this year. Keep up the good work and here's hoping that you get a raise.
The Picker (last year)
Atticus, who needs money when people like you are but a keyboard away.

Actually, and keep this to yourself, we got raises recently. Seems the extinction of newspapers was greatly over-hyped. Sorry haters and punks, we'll be here forever.

Isn't "facilitator" another way to say something like "door man" or "traffic cop?"
Danomite Dandy Dan (last year)
It's gonna be tough for Lebron!
The fat lady is on his shoulders,
ready to sing!
Gotta love it.
Atticus (last year)
Pick:
Congratulations are in order then, and please don't confuse me for a hater or punk. I still love reading your blogs even when you take a shot at my beloved Sooners. I don't have to agree with your opinion as long as I find it interesting and/or entertaining--that's why you deserve another raise.
Tulsan in Exile (last year)
Living as I do in Ohio now, I almost dare not believe that the Mavs will take the series. That would just be too sweet!
golferjohn (last year)
LeBron's head is so big he can't see the rim.
senor notas (last year)
RUN!!! LeBron tanked in Cleveland last year and I think it is great he is doing it again. Nothing would please me more than to see the Heat get their comuppance and lose the series. No ring for 'Bron! He is a loser and a traitor. I haven't lived in Cleveland for fifty years but it is still my hometown.
The Picker (last year)
Atticus, I like OU fine, just not some of the media cheerleaders.
LaffALot (last year)
Let’s see, the Snicker having picked da’ Heat over da’ Mavs is like Barry Tramel picking the OU/OSU bedlam battle as the #1 Big 12(10) battle in f-ball this fall over such games as OU/Texas or any of OSU’s road games.
colhi64 (last year)
Mav's in six, just like I said. I get something right about every 50 years or so. Picker can send my T shirt express mail.
MexiMike (last year)
Laffalot, I don't understand that analogy at all. How is the Picker's prediction of a winner anything like another writer saying which game is going to be the best battle of the upcoming season?

Do you not believe the Bedlam game will be a great one? Do you really think OU/Texas is going to be more competitive? Really?
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