Hollinger's Special Olympic Power Rankings

GUEST ARTICLE POSTED BY CURSEDCLEVELAND.COM's OWN GAMBLING EXPERT "KING" NICK LAMARCA

Not only can I pick sure losers every night in sports, but, believe it or not, I can also write a bad article from time to time. I just needed a quick forum to vent my frustration stemming from the latest Hollinger NBA Power Rankings, which have the Cavs at #16 in the league. This ranking system is about as effective as college football's BCS, and I cant help but wonder if John Hollinger has ever watched an NBA game in his entire life. Let’s take a quick gander at the teams ranked AHEAD of the Cavs in this week’s Hollinger Power Rankings: CLICK HERE FOR THE EXCITING CONCLUSION!

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Former 3 Point Champion Disses Cavs

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In today's installment of ESPN's Daily Dime, NBA analyst (And former terrible NBA player) Tim Legler predicted the playoff seedings for the Eastern Conference. According to Tim, the Cavs will finish in 5th in the East, behind Detroit, Washington, Chicago and New Jersey. In his analysis, he stated that the wine and gold were the proud owners of the least creative offense in the league (No Shit... I guess this is why they pay him the big bucks, to point out things that 3rd graders know). He also noted frustration in Lebron's body language (Something one dude shouldn't say about another dude), and claimed that the guys on the set as well as the cameramen could have done damage against Golden State last night. The Cavs continue to be easy targets for criticism from commentators around the league (Yes, even ones who never averaged more than 9 points a game for their careers and switched back and forth between the NBA, the CBA, the ILA) and I can't wait to see what Charles Barkley has in store for the Cavs after Thursday's matchup with the defending champs.

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Brilliant Programming

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ESPN HEADQUARTERS - I'd like to thank the wonderful people at ESPN2 for their selection this evening: 3 hours of old arm wrestling tournaments (Don't get me wrong, of course I loved every second of Stallone's arm wrestling epic "Over the Top," as well as every second of the soundtrack written and performed by none other than Kenny Loggins). Where else can you hear a second-rate commentator say "Did the thumb slip out of there or did he pull away on purpose?" when speaking about two sweaty men? Who wants to turn on their favorite sports network and see haircuts that belong in the 80's, bandanas and porn-star mustaches? And is it just me or is every sporting event that nobody cares about hosted at Mohegan Sun? (Typically women's billiards, although what guy doesn't stop to see Jeanette Lee gently stroking a pool stick wearing what must be the same black leather outfit for every match?) Apparently the folks in Bristol couldn't find any of their billion copies of "The Drive" or "The Fumble" which had previously consumed each and every open timeslot over the past 19 years.

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