Just when you thought there wasn’t or couldn’t be enough sports entertainment in October, the sports gods have squeezed one more in before the end of the month.
With the MLB wrapping up its season this past Wednesday, and the NFL and NCAA football seasons deep into the heart of their schedules, there is one sport I feel was over looked through all of this October sports madness.
The NBA kicked off the 2014-2015 season this past Tuesday with the ring ceremony of the defending 2013-2014 champion San Antonio Spurs, who had one of those “feel good” stories in the NBA last season on their way to a fifth NBA title.
This year, basketball has a ton of headlines to cover and keep an eye on throughout the season, mainly the “King of Cleveland,” Lebron James. As most of the sports world knows, James took his talents back to the streets of Ohio to play for his hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has a lot of weight on his shoulders with a young team and a city hungry for their first NBA title in franchise history.
Chicago Bulls point guard Derek Rose has made headlines after his recent stint with the USA basketball team over the summer. On lookers noticed Rose seemed to be back to form after his knee injury two years ago. Rose to most, is the missing piece to the Bulls winning the eastern conference and going to the NBA finals for the first time since the Michael Jordan era. I believe he has looked like the dominant player I know he can be, and people of Chicago are already screaming “Rose for MVP,”
Out west, the L.A. Lakers have their Black Mamba back, Kobe Bryant. Bryant suffered an Achilles injury and missed most of the 2013-2014 NBA season. Unfortunately, Bryant is returning to a team that has minimal talent to say the least. Star Lakers point guard Steve Nash is out indefinitely with a back injury and has left Bryant by himself to lead a team of scrubs to a playoff run.
The NBA has so much to tell us over the next few months of the season, and personally, I feel the battle of the western conference is something to look forward to as the season progresses.
The Spurs, Thunder, Clippers, Mavericks, Warriors and the Trail Blazers are all teams I see fighting for the final spot in the western conference for a ticket to the big dance, the NBA Finals.
In the eastern conference, competition isn’t so heated. With the Lebron moving over to the Cavs and Rose back with the Bulls, I see it a two-man race to the 2015 Finals.
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