Heat, Thunder, and a Chance of Rain...

So the 2012 Weather Channel Finals begin tonight in Oklahoma City. It's still weird to me to say "Oklahoma City" in reference to an NBA franchise.  It's just wrong on so many levels, and I'm not even from Seattle.

What could have been...

See, that's the reason I'm very conflicted about the Finals this year. With the Oklahoma City ZombieSonics playing South Beach Hollywood as Hell for the title, there is no good outcome. A Miami victory not only validates their premature title celebration in the summer of 2010, but it takes away my one key argument against Lebron James: he doesn't have what it takes to win a championship. Full disclosure: I've been drinking the LBJ Haterade long before "the Decision." Plus, D-Wade is a jerk.

Better than Prometheus?

On the other hand, while the OKC Thunder is not a hard team to root for if you just consider the players on the roster, Game 1 of the Finals should be played in Seattle tonight. It's always tough when teams change cities, but it's even tougher when it's a franchise as storied as the Seattle Supersonics. It's even worse when said team was bought by an out of town owner who had no intentions on keeping them in their city, but held the city for ransom nonetheless. So, I guess what I'm saying is Clay Bennet is a jerk.

Which brings me back to square one. Who to root for? It's like what the tagline of Alien vs. Predators so eloquently said, "Whoever Wins, We Lose!"

So after the jump, I'm going to run down all my reasons for and against rooting for each team in the Finals this year.

Linsanity x Pearl Jam

Why aren't there more J-Lin highlight videos set to Pearl Jam?



After Jeremey Lin's breakout game against New Jersey last week, before #linsanity had officially entered the lexicon, MSG's music people blasted Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" from the rafters of Madison Square Garden to celebrate the arrival of the Knicks' newest phenom.

At first, I thought it was a weird song to use considering it's about a kid who, after being overlooked and ignored his whole life, blows himself away in front of his classmates. But then again, after being overlooked and ignored his whole career, J-Lin is blowing up in front of the world, so I guess it is an apt choice. Still, I figure the lyrics could use a tweak or two:

At home
In the Garden
Who would've thought
He'd be on top?
Number Seventeen
Arms raised in a "V"
Now the League knows J-Lin is for real
Coaches didn't give attention, ohh
To the fact that this kid could really play
Then Jeremy saved the Knicks, and
He rules this town
Jeremy's ballin'
We're all Linsane

Clearly I remember
Sittin' on the bench
Seemed a harmless little fuck
Ooh, but they unleashed a lion
Single-handedly
Beat the New Jersey Nets
Now they won't forget
And he hit them with a surprise left
My jaw left hurtin'
Ooh, dropped wide open
Just like the day
Oh, like the day I heard
Coaches didn't give attention, ohh
To the fact that this kid could really play
Then Jeremy saved the Knicks, and
He rules this town
Jeremy's ballin'
We're all Linsane

Drives to the right side...
Spins then kisses it...
Off the backboard.
Jeremy's ballin'
We're all Linsane
Jeremy's ballin', ballin' 
Jeremy's ballin', ballin'
Jeremy's ballin'
We're all Linsane