NBA Finals preview: Golden State vs. Cleveland
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LeBron with the Sixer surprise
NBA fans shoulda known once LeBron James' reps refused to limit the remaining clubs to two, declined to omit all but the favorites from Ohio and Florida. Golden State and Minnesota saw their fortunes rise and fall but Philadelphia never left the orbit. That he chose the 76ers is
The worst of the West's offseason
LeBron James turns 42 in five months, no NBA player's been any good at age 42. Until LeBron, Robert Parish was the most effective two-way 41-year old in NBA history, and this is what that looked like: LeBron James could be marvelous at age 42, maybe
Did someone say 'Joe Smith?'
There is a crisis among the 30 NBA owners, soon to be flush with the expansion gifts from teams No. 31 and No. 32. The league's local broadcast lineups are in flux, save for a few major outlets, dipping the league's revenue a few percentage points
That "do-or-die" moment is a strike
There is a hope, admittedly underfed, that the NBA's new insistence on obsessing over every spent penny will result in a rising valuation of the league's middle-class. Maybe, with so many franchises scowling at adding multiple maximum contracts to the ledger, the remaining salary cap