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Why do you always have to air our dirty laundry, Duncan228?
Cavaliers are a confident bunch, print NBA Finals tickets
By J.E. Skeets
Ball Don't Lie
For a sports city that's experienced their fair share of championship droughts, collapses and "curses" — see: The Catch, The Fumble, The Shot, etc. — the Cleveland Cavaliers sure are a confident bunch when it comes to reading tea leaves and printing tickets.
Pictured (above): the Cavs' ticket batch for the actual 2009-10 NBA Finals — four games lettered N through Q. (Miss Cleo says, "Cavs sweep Lakers," I guess. So much for playing out this season.)
In case you haven't figured it out, those brave Finals tickets were included in the Cavs' regular season ticket package. And while that might sound terribly y to some (Dwight, Garnett, Travis Diener), Waiting For Next Year has a less jinx-worthy explanation, as well as an idea what to do with 'em:
"... printing the whole batch of tickets now would likely be less expensive than printing, binding and mailing one set now and then doing the same thing come March or April.
However, given what has occurred over the past 40 years, I would not fault any Cleveland fan if they felt any sort of supers ious jinx-like event by merely looking at the tickets. If we are going to embrace this season, however, I say fans (and even the team themselves) should rip that page out right now and hang it up. Give us all a constant reminder of what this season is all about."
Saving on printing and mailing costs makes sense — we are still in a recession, right? — but I'm still worried. According to a second Cavs season ticket holder, the Cavs have included the maximum number of potential playoff tickets in the season ticket booklet for at least the past three seasons.
The number of NBA championships won by the Cavs in the last three years?
Zero.
This is a horrible idea.
Q: Does anyone know of any other teams that include Finals tickets in their season ticket booklet?
UPDATE: Randball says, "Don't get too excited ... Wolves did that last year." The Wolves! The nerve!
Why do you always have to air our dirty laundry, Duncan228?
lol Ohio
Ay she was also quick to point out LeBron's 'Chosen-1' tatoo the other day as well
45 years of heartbreak and we still believe. You can't knock that.
i told u we going all the way aint nothing gon stop us!
So they're already printing Finals tickets but they don't see any need to plan a victory parade route? Huh.
Wow
We're not detroit!!
the wolves!
lol
Ah, Cleveland...
What a waste of paper.
Poor trees.
Subscribing to thread for easy reference next summer.
Are the Mavs printing these up for them, like they did their parade route?
Unbelievable, its gunna be sweet watching these guys fail.
There's tempting karma and then there's hanging a target on your crotch while presenting karma with a brand new pair of steel toed boots.
As foolish as it is, I would venture to say that the Cavs aren't the only team that does this. It's only for season ticket packages and it's including the maximum number of playoff tickets possible. Big deal. Are they foolish to also think that every playoff series will go 7 games?
I'd be on board to making fun of Cleveland and Ohio any chance there is, but I think this is an overreaction to something that isn't even a big deal at all.
O’Neal says Cavs look great, at least on paper
Even with his four NBA les, Shaquille O’Neal says this Cleveland Cavaliers team could be better than all the rest.
That would include the 2000 Lakers, when O’Neal and Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles a 67-15 record and a le.
The Cavaliers won 66 games last season, but lost to Orlando in the Eastern Conference finals. O’Neal says he likes having inside players like Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Anderson Varejao with him, along with shooters LeBron James and Mo Williams.
“It’s probably the best team I’ve ever played on, on paper anyway,” O’Neal said Thursday. “I’ve always been on management to get me the power forward I’ve needed and the shooters I’ve needed.”
To prepare for this season, O’Neal has taken up a new sport—yoga. His first lesson was Wednesday night.
^^is Shaq sayin that LeBron is better than Kobe? because Cavs team without LeBron suck and you know it.
GOOD ONE DUDE!
Sig!!!! Who dat!? Moar!lol
Ah, Cleveland...
So is Leborn the "power forward I needed", according to Shaq? Or is he talking about Anderson "Gumby" Varejao?
Angela Sommers, bikini model and uber-babe. I'll add some different pics to my sig when I get a chance.
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