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LeBron has been other-worldly, as he always seems to be, but I still have a hard time picking against a historically strong team like Golden State. I can't imagine Curry shooting THAT poorly for the remainder of the series. But I readily admit that Cleveland is putting up a better fight than I ever imagined they could without Kyrie.

I've had to at times in the past, because of the crazy rumors -- sometimes completely bizarre and true -- that originate here. Also, over the past month and a half or so, as I've prepped for this, I've checked in to see how these discussions were handled. But yeah; I try to pop into fan forums a lot. Helps inform me about what's important to you guys, and what has you all talking. Always informs me about how fans feel about certain subjects.

Plead the 5th?

Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I'd like a lineup of Beverley, Danny Green, Justise Winslow, Melo and Robin Lopez. I think they could feasibly do that, and still have plenty to spend the following year. It's a lineup that has some offense and some defense. Wouldn't be great, but it'd be a solid start and a team folks could enjoy cheering for after last year's disaster season.

Sure. Have known I wanted to do this since high school, when I wrote for the paper there. Then, when I got to Michigan, I basically beat the editor's door down there, begging them to let me write. While I was in college, I got a number of summer internships, including one at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and then eventually at the WSJ. Got hired full-time at the WSJ out of that internship six years ago, and initially covered law and crime before moving over to sports to cover the NY Jets and then the Knicks.