Mo Williams Guarantee: Why Does Anyone Care?

By Ben Azar

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Ben is a very old friend of mine who is (almost) as big a sports fan as I am. Ben graduated from UCLA where he was Sports Editor for the Daily Bruin newspaper, covered several sports for the publication, and had a weekly sports talk radio show for a little while on the Bruin student radio station, which I was luckily enough to be a part of a few times and spurred me into getting one at SDSU. Ben then worked for ESPN back in Bristol for a few months as a statistics guy, and is getting ready to attend Law School at UC Davis. In the future, look for Ben to discuss the NBA draft profiles for Bruin players Jrue Holiday and Darren Collison and be part of many great NBA debates here on The Sports Grind.]

With the Cavs down 2-1, being thoroughly outplayed by Dwight Howard's Orlando Magic, Mo Williams has put it ALL ON THE LINE. Will his words inspire the Cavaliers to win the series or will they backfire and make the Magic pour it on? Either way, the series is of course going to be decided solely because of what Williams said.

Honestly why is this a story? I mean, it's not like his team is a huge underdog. They are EXPECTED to win the series. What is he supposed to say if a reporter asks if he is willing to guarantee a victory? "Well, I wouldn't go that far...I don't have THAT much confidence in this team."

Why does anyone care about this? The Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers are two entities that certainly don't. There are far more important storylines to follow in this series for this to even become something worth batting an eye about.