The evil reign of Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors was shattered by LeBron James and the Clevland Cavaliers on Monday, after an impressive come from behind game 7 victory not seen since the mid-60's. I attribute this evil spell's ending to the Injury of  center Borgut during game 5.

Borgut is reminiscent of a giant Brute who would fight alongside the Ottomans in the 12th century; whose seer size and force gave him an advantage against most armies. Now after living in over 1000 years of darkness, the Ottoman's are sending players like Borgut to destroy basketball, from Downtown. This darkness, hopelessly undermining a far superior  Teams like the Oklahoma Thunder, who's intense jump-shots, superior passing, and downright artistic dunking are quickly erased by a few back to back 3 pointers.

I must confessed, that being of Armenain Descent I am biased toward Turkish tendencies, but the minute Borgut went down I saw it, I saw the dark spell cast upon the NBA lifted, and the light shining on NBA-town once gain. If only I had bet on the odds. Even with LeBron James driven to get his city the ring, the odds were heavily in the favor of the Warriors.

The Warriors will regroup and attempt to make another go at it next year, crushing the spirits of NBA teams such as the Thunder, Clippers, the Raptors, who have finally re-emerged after years of sub-par professional basketball. I have the answer to it, and it involves shutting down Borgut. Ax him, hack him, fluster him,  and the rest of the team will follow suit. Curry will lose his touch, somewhat, and Clay Thompson will no longer make the  three pointers that propel him to height of superstar, rather than a supporting role.

I personally like the three pointer, it gives a sense of value and works wonders in desparate situations. I liked it when Kobe or Michael Jordan would shoot threes to mix up their repertoire. When that happens it it a thing of beauty. Even  Curry and company show some penache, but is eventully drowned in repetition. It is becoming a go to, bread an butter manuever, and is ruining it's flavor. My favorite three point shooter came from Magic Johnon, James Worthy, Larry Bird, and Ok let's throw Steve Kerr a bone here.

My biggest worry is that  college basketball will follow suite. Exciting new players wil be stifled by outside shooter, 5-6 in stature from the playgrounds of Orange County, California. High Schoolers will be shooting three pointers and ignoring the fundamentals. In the school yards, the best players will be second fiddle to the awkward outside shooters, and will have to be wait to be picked.

Let's hope it does not come to this, let's nip this one in the bud.  All that needs to happen is to get inside Borgut's head and the streak will end. Then we step away from this upside down world where the Lakers are the worst team in the NBA, the Warriors knocking on back to back champions, and the Clippers, well, I just leave that one alone.

Spinning to Victory!

There it is again, the Social Media forge.  Now it is about not supporting Mr. Trump. Which is fine and dandy, but remember that their big leauge competitors are keeping information from us. Maybe he was reaching out to people and had something to say. Yet they jumped on him, because they have first hand knowledge of who he really is. Most of us need the time to sort through the charade.

The dumb people in this country may never figure that Trump is not for real. So that is the real danger, the lurking Nixonian sense of grabbing on to a majority of any means. 

I have become concerned because the elements of making a facade are fading, and who knows what is liable to come next. The spinning was limited to a hushing sense in the last few months, now it will come back with a vengeance, punishing those who dared to question the better judgement of the establishment. They will brown nose Trump on the issues while quietly steering Hillary away from the issue that were brought to light in recent months. It will steer away from any matters of substance, and we will be left scratching our heads.

 

At the very least we saw how the rigged system was working. I am not the only one who felt that sense of creepy loss, the oh, well I guess we will go with who we got feeling. That is because, who they really wanted did not get picked, so they are rallying behind the second best candidate. Their heart is not completely in it this time, and they are a bit more vulnerable to the element, but do not let that fool you, they will be making an assault on our better judgment very soon. 

I hope the Sanders people make a go at establishing some grassroots system, like Howard Dean did in 2004. Dean's campaign was a birthday candle in comparison to Sanders. I became involved in it many years ago, even though I was not a supporter of Dean. Within two years, with our choice candidate defeated, it was obvious that we did not have the right to make our own decisions. 

With Sanders, however, the difference will be felt with much more depth. If they can make their supporters understand that candidates, of all levels of government built from a grassroots base, is what makes the biggest difference, if they can sustain that through november and the upcoming, years, then maybe they can really go for the change that they were aiming for. That, however, takes, hard work commitment, and and smarts to challenge the criminals that have sieged our government at all level.

I was only able to attend three rallies of the primaries, two in the last few weeks. They were all insightful, and gave me an impression of who they really were. If only I could have caught a glimpse of Mr Trump, circa last summer. In that case I would have easily made the decision to not support him.