Although I don't follow the NBA, I'm aware of what goes on through sports-talk radio. Also, by catching the playoff games online through ESPN3.com and NBA.com, I've seen both the Miami Heat's and the Dallas Mavericks' recent contests.
I'm not a sports guru for sure, but I am an observer of human nature. As I see it, both LeBron James And Dirk Nowitzki are currently exalted. They're both placed at the top of the game. As such, I'd advise they enjoy where they are right now. While they can.
Because, for one of them, that level of prestige will prove fleeting.
The sporting world, the working press and the public embraces winners. On the contrary, the same group shuns the losers. This Series will be the classic clash of the Titans. One team will win. The other team will lose. There's no gray area. And no forgiveness for the latter.
Call me pessimistic, which I feel I'm not, but I feel the "hero and the bum" scenario coming on with James and Nowitzki. The member of the winning team will be credited for earning the victory -- and celebrated. The member of the losing team will be blamed for the failure -- and slammed. Especially in how he "let so many people down." Those who're dependant on such to give them their own pride, self-worth and self-esteem. You know how well supposedly "loving, loyal fans" can turn sour! And turn on their "heroes."
Both players are now very big. And, by the time the championships are decided, the harder at least one of them will fall. Welcome to what i perceive as the often fickle, but predictable, nature of major sports.
Perhaps what I've noted above is ridiculous because I sound clueless about such major sports. This always goes on, and I just realized that? But I see the James and Nowitzki, "hero and bum" scenario emerging as the real story -- and the epitome -- of what this Series will be about. When all is said and done.
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