Even Before Artest, Reigning Champion Lakers Were Without Equal

  Breaking News: The Los Angeles Lakers were still the world’s best team before acquiring Ron Artest. Its pretty sad that the world seemed to have forgotten that fact given that the Lakers won the NBA title less than a month ago. Yet somehow the world did forget and ESPN’s Sportsnation reported that the Cavaliers were the overwhelming favorites to win next year’s title less than 24 hours ago. I find that nothing short of disgraceful and the Cavaliers should literally be charged with fraudulence. Despite the fact that LeBron James somehow won 66 games in last year’s regular season with a less-than-stellar supporting cast, the Cavaliers were the favorite to win the title at the start of last year’s postseason as well. It was ancient news that the Cavaliers had lost their two regular season games to the Lakers by an average of 13.5 points.   When the Cavaliers opened up what was supposed to be a “title run” with an 8-0 record the world ... (link)