The Optimist at the NBA Finals - Game 1

Hola, Cavalieros and Cavalieritas! I’m an Optimist, welcoming you to June basketball. To begin the NBA’s Money Round, we’ll be checking in from the Sunny Side of the Bay.

There’s one thing you won’t be reading about in today’s column. Actually, you won’t be reading about any of these things in any of these columns for the rest of the Playoffs …

The Drive, The Shot, The Fumble, Red Right 88, Bottlegate, Dennis Northcutt’s drop, Jose Mesa’s blown save, Kenny Lofton getting the red light at third, Art Modell doing anything, Jim Chones’ broken foot, Dwayne Rudd pulling off his helmet, Bernie Kosar’s release due to diminishing skills and/or 1974’s “10-Cent Beer Night”– an event so heinous and…