RealClearSports: Finals Are LeBron's Morality Play

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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

It has gone from a sporting event to a morality play. Or maybe since last summer it always has been one.

We're not thinking of basketball in June, which is what should be the focus. We're trapped in a time warp. We're still caught up in that announcement last July. We'll never forgive LeBron James.

He did what was right, joining a team ...

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RealClearSports: Kidd Fighting Father Time and Heat

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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

OAKLAND -- He's been there, but Jason Kidd hasn't done that, meaning get a title.

All the years and the assists. All the trades and the troubles. Jason Kidd has endured and achieved. What he hasn't done is play for an NBA Champion.

Twice his team, then the New Jersey Nets, made it to the Finals ...

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