Somebody Wants Cuthrell

Collins Cuthrell has found a place to place baseball this Summer as he is headed to Florence Kentucky to play for the Freedom.  This is the same team that just a couple of weeks ago released Xavier Macklin.    Florence is in the Frontier League which is made up of players who don't belong to any MLB team but are hoping to impress clubs with their play to hook up with a major league team.

While on the way to Florence Cuthrell did stop off in Burlington  NC and worked out for the Kansas City Royals at the field of their minor league affiliate.  Just this week I questioned why no team would not draft Cuthrell after the season he had at UNC Pembroke.  If he does half as well in Florence as he did this spring they will be numbers somebody will want.

There is no doubt that the play of LeBron James during the four NBA finals games played so far proves that he is the best player on the planet earth.  His play has willed Cleveland to two wins in this series.  Yet, for a player or a team to play at a pace greater than they are use too it is tiring and hard to continue at that pace.

I think what you saw Thursday night was a Cleveland team dead tire an unable to keep pace with a team that for maybe the first time in the series played as if they were the underdogs and put out a supreme effort.

If you think about it that is exactly what a NBA season is.  One team plays in New Jersey one night and Cleveland the next while Cleveland  hasn't played in several days.   So what kind of effort does your team give but goes through the motions.  They are trying but the energy level is not there if they were fresh.

Why do you think that a team wins ten games in a row and all of a sudden they lose by 25 to an also ran team.  You had better look at the schedule and see how many games any team has played lately compared to the other.

Cleveland has two all star players out for the series and in order for them to win everyone must pick up the pace and give more than normal.  LeBron certainly has done that.  All of the experts say that the rest of Cleveland is a bunch of rag tag who wants them type players but if they were that why are their salaries on average 5 million dollar except for LeBron?  That's a lot of money for people who can't play. 


I did a story last week about the outside shooting and to this point when Golden state has been cold they lost because they played as if Cleveland was going to lay down and give them the title.  Thursday Golden State played more like the 67 win Golden State team.


One thing concerns me for LeBron's future.  I see that by the time he is 35 he is going to have the health issues like Kobe has had and I hope when it is time he doesn't become a hanger on'er like Kobe.  I see LeBron being the next owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Playing every night since 18 years old your body has only so many bends it can give till it won't bend any more.


Win or lose these next three games LeBron can be talked about in the same breath as Michael.  LeBron Passed Kobe long time ago.  I hope when his time is up he gets out.  Don't do like Michael and go played two years with somebody else just to be playing.  Kobe is drawing 28 million a year and hasn't play a total of 50 games in three or four years.  He's drawing a check for his past greatness  not his present. Look at what he has done to the Laker franchise with all the money they are paying him and can't buy other players.  When it is time LeBron just buy the Cleveland franchise and save your body.