There is so much talk about the LeBrons landing Amare Stoudemire, and what it would do for the Cleveland Cavaliers' chances of winning the NBA Championship, I'm beginning to believe that you all think it would be a foregone conclusion.

 

You must have fallen and bumped your head, or your hatred for the Los Angeles Lakers is so bad that it causes you to be blind to what is really going on.

 

The NBA Championship Series is the best of seven games. I know, you are stoked because the Cavs beat the Lakers twice in the regular season. It excites you in ways that we really shouldn't discuss. Because the Cavs were able to beat the Lakers twice in the regular season, there is no way they would lose to them in a best of seven series. Right?

 

Adding Amare Stoudemire to the Cleveland Caveliers would make them a force to deal with in the post-season, but that's about all it would do. Adding Stoudemire would not even make the Cavs a sure bet to win the Eastern Conference. Until a healthy Boston Celtics team is eliminated from the play-offs, they are the best team in the East.

 

I don't care if they are the third or fourth seed, they have the veteran leadership and depth to beat anyone in seven games, again, if healthy. I include the Lakers when I make that statement. It seems the Association and the media are just waiting to crown the LeBron James led Cavaliers the best.

 

Until James actually wins a title, he's not a champion. He may play like one, but he's not. You may want him to win one, but he's hasn't. You may feel that if the Cavs add a star like Stoudemire, it would keep LeBron in Cleveland, but maybe it won't.

 

Please, stop it. The Los Angeles Lakers are a better play-off team than everyone except the Celtics. Until someone knocks these two teams out, it's the Celtics' and Lakers' world, and everyone else is just living in it.

 

Rob Long