Dave D’Alessandro on the Lakers:
Two millennia and four centuries ago, Pericles observed that an empire, once acquired, is a very dangerous thing to let go. Of course, he was more preoccupied with establishing a democracy while fighting off the plague, so his problems were different from Phil Jackson’s.
Unfortunately, I think the Lakers are going to win the finals in 5 games, which is much better than the Athenians ended up doing.