Thursday, January 15, 2009

And so it begins...

Seriously...what do the sports Gods have against Cleveland teams? It NEVER fails. No matter how good a team is, and how good they're going, something will always happen to de-rail them. Because losing Z wasn't bad enough, now we lose Delonte to a fracture of his wrist? It may not seem like it to the casual NBA fan, but losing D-West is really bad for the Cavs. In essence, this now means that not only Sasha AND Wally will get extended minutes, but the defense goes straight down the drain. Delonte isn't the biggest two-guard in the NBA, but he plays incredible defense against some of the best. His defense will be sorely missed, especially considering Wally and Sasha don't even know the definition of "defense."

Delonte is crucial to the Cavs winning a Championship, and now it looks as if we'll be without him for at least a month. No official word yet on the length of him being out, but fracturing a wrist can't be something that you'll come back from quickly.

What else does this mean? Us losing more games.

And what does that mean? Us losing homecourt in the Playoffs against teams like Boston and Orlando.

And that means? We'll have to not only win all of our home games against one or both of these teams, but we'll also have to go into their building and try and scoop at least one away from them.

And what does that mean? Our chances at the Championship are diminished gratefully.

Cavaliers - Delonte West = a non-championship caliber NBA team.

It might seem crazy, but it's the truth. We can only hope and pray that Delonte gets healthy quick. Guess we'll find out the damage tomorrow, but considering he plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it'll probably be bad news.

And the undefeated 19-0 home record will go down in flames against New Orleans tomorrow night. Guaranteed.

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