This afternoon's game is against the Cleveland Cavaliers. For those of you who regularly follow my blog, you may recall the disaster that was the Christmas Day game against the Chicago Bulls. Spoiler alert, this game was worse. Fair warning: this blog is bitter, but I'll be brief. This was probably the worst game I've ever been to, autographing-wise. I thought I saw this coming from the last game, but never did I imagine I'd walk away from a game with the same number of autographs I had walking in the door (0). When I arrived in the queue outside the door, it was 30 minutes early (early for me, as well), and it was already rows and columns deep! I hope this isn't how the Golden State game will be, but I have a sinking feeling it will be much like this, if not worse. Going in and finding a spot was a bit of a challenge. I went over to my new side but the prime spots were already taken and so were many of the ones on the sides. The sides were occupied by kids, so I had hope the players would at least sign for them and maybe sandwich me in between some of them. I found it sad that there were so many delusional fans who thought they had a realistic shot at getting LeBron James' autograph. You made a sign for him? Oh yeah, he will definitely stop to sign for you. Nope, sorry, let's be real. In fact, just watch some videos on YouTube, and you'll see how "often" he signs. On very rare instances, he will sign but they are usually items of little to no value. He knows what he's doing. After obtaining a sub-optimal spot, I looked on the court and the only guys out there that I could see were Timofey Mozgov and Tristan Thompson. I'll save you all the time and trouble, all the players that I saw signed a few autographs for the kids sitting courtside and the SSUF before running past everyone straight to the locker rooms. Most of the players attempted high fives as they ran past, but I didn't get any. Boo.
Richard Jefferson ran off the court and high fived fans on the way to the lockers, but I didn't even know he was out there to begin with. Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, and J.R. Smith -- all the same story. LeBron James never came out. I'm sorry this recap wasn't very exciting. I don't have much to say and unfortunately, all of my experiences with the Cavs this round were the same. Hopefully the Warriors game is better, but I'm going to temper my expectations on that one. It's games like these where I should really just graph the hotel; I might have better luck there? Irving 0/1 Jefferson 0/1 Love 0/1 Mozgov 0/1 Smith 0/1 Thompson 0/1 The next game is the Warriors game on Saturday the 27th. If I get at least one autograph, it will be better than this one. I'd like to get Stephen Curry, but so would everyone else. Fingers crossed. Until next time, J.R.
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