Thursday Night Picks/Thoughts

Houston (+8) over PHILADELPHIA

I’m taking the spread over the matchup here. Yes I think the Eagles are the better team than the Texans, especially considering how explosive the Eagles are when they have the ball and how inefficient the Texans are on defense. The Texans defense did look better against a depleted Titans offense (really quickly, who played quarterback for them last week? Bet you didn’t answer that one right), and I think it was the win they needed to get back on track and at least compete for the rest of the season. Hopefully we have a good game, but if we don’t there’s always…

The Return of the Evil Empire!

Okay, so LeBron isn’t exactly an empire and the Cavs don’t really matter since said evilness took his talents to South Beach, but this is probably the most anticipated game of the early NBA season. The Cavs went from being six point favorites to six point underdogs in the matter of a day, and I’m going to go with the masses and say Miami will rout them tonight.

Yes the game is being played in Cleveland, yes there is extra security at the Q tonight, but the three best players on the court will be wearing road jerseys and you can give Ramon Sessions all of the support and momentum in the world, but he’s still Ramon Sessions, not LeBron James.

To put this in perspective, LeBron should have let the organization know he wasn’t returning before letting everyone else in the world know, but he gave more to Cleveland than anyone ever has in the past. I’d be really upset if I was a Cavs fan because it’s like when the girl you’re reaching for and are successfully dating decides she’s had enough and can do better. It’s very hard to let go of the best thing you’ve ever had, but as a human being you have to understand that the other human being has needs which you just cannot fulfill.

Whether or not he grew up near Cleveland, the Cavaliers organization had seven years to get LeBron another star player and the best they could do was Mo Williams, an almost 40-year old Shaq, and Antawn Jamison for less than half of a season. If LeBron didn’t put up his average 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists on a given night there wasn’t anyone else carrying the load.

I’m rooting for Miami tonight, and I’d LOVE to see LeBron drop 60.