Hoha, Cavalier faithful! It’s me, an Optimist, checking in to take your temperature – (the hard way) – as we gird our collective loins for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals tonight at The Q.
Before we commence with serious Cavaliers jawboning, I suppose we should address the 800-lb. gorilla in the room – my hair. I don’t want you guys distracted by it for the rest of the column.
Some of you more perceptive readers might have picked up on the fact that, after going with a shaved head following my comeback in mid-January, I grew my hair back for last week’s column celebrating Cleveland’s dismissal of the Celtics.