Monday, October 8, 2007

LBJ needs a 1SPG

Man I love acronyms, for the record that headline reads "LeBron James needs a 1st String Point Guard"....'cause right now he has a deer in the headlights, 'I'm open from 18 ft but scared to death to shoot' (makes quotation marks with fingers) point guard (/end air quotes). Eric Snow is not a starting point-guard. Hell he may not even be a basketball player, I'm sure he's a great diplomat, a solid locker room presence, a "glue guy". Spare me. Pardon my indifference here, but chop it up to selfishness.

A player like James comes along once every milennia, a rehash of his skills is far from necessary but the man is 6'8 250ish lbs and moves like a gazelle...you'll have to excuse me if, as a basketball enthusiast, it bothers me to watch his young formative years go to waste with a two-bit guard running the show. I realize Gibson has had his moments, and Larry Hughes has shown some promise as a quasi-answer to the PG dilemma in Ohio, but really...let's get 'Bron a POINT. Not a hybrid 2-guard trying to play the 1, not an undersized point-guard trying to play the two. Let's get him a Mike Bibby, an Andre Miller (who he used to HAVE! Come on Ferry!), really anyone will do. Our guard-to-be needs a few key features: Can shoot from deep, can handle the ball and can throw a lob.

Not too much to ask right?

After watching him run the break w/Jason Kidd this summer on Team USA I can only imagine what he's thinking right now, faced with the impending grind of an 82-game season...Damn, I'm going back to Larry Hughes, when's my contract up?

Are you a point-guard in the NBA with servicable skills? Are you looking to have the most productive year of your professional career? Do you want to ride the young, broad shoulders of the league's most multi-talented star all the way to the finals? Start dropping hints...casually explain to anyone who will listen how you've always wanted to see the Cuyahoga River...where's that at again? Start quizzing your teammates: Do THEY know where the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame is? Does architecture and height float your boat? The Terminal Tower was the tallest building in the United States...until 1976, where's that building located? That's right, CLEVELAND.

What I'm saying is, bitch and moan like a kid in a toy store, and hope your team drags you out of the building screaming and crying and then ships you off to Cleveland. Believe me, you'll thank me...so will LeBron James.