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Rumor: NBA to make Spurs @ Cavs the season opener | SI.com
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:15 pm
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The Spurs should host it instead to raise their banner, but I can understand why the NBA wants the game in Cleveland.
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Although the NBA season schedule is still about a month away from being announced, rumors are trickling out that the Cavaliers hosting the Spurs will be the season opener for the league and will be nationally televised on TNT, according to a report Sunday from Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe.
The news would certainly come as no surprise; the NBA, like most pro leagues, likes to open its season with high-profile matchups. The Spurs visiting Cleveland would mark the first time LeBron James will have faced San Antonio since he returned to Cleveland and since the Spurs dismantled James and the Heat in the NBA Finals in June.
The league opened last year with a game in Miami where the Heat hoisted their championship banner from the previous season before going on to defeat former MVP Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls to kick off the year.
The Spurs should host it instead to raise their banner, but I can understand why the NBA wants the game in Cleveland.
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Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:18 pm to RTR America
a month away? it used to come out this time in July...
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:19 pm to RTR America
Kind of stupid. NBA season opener isn't that big a deal. Save that game for Christmas day if the want it to be a big TV production.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:19 pm to RTR America
Sweet, Spurs get to kick off the season with a W.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:20 pm to RTR America
No Heat/Cavs?
Will gladly take
Will gladly take
This post was edited on 7/27/14 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:21 pm to saintsfan22
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Kind of stupid. NBA season opener isn't that big a deal. Save that game for Christmas day if the want it to be a big TV production.
Yeah I'm sure LeBron's return to Cleveland will really struggle in the ratings department
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:28 pm to RTR America
Football season, won't watch.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:31 pm to Choupique19
except that it would be on a Tuesday night... unless you want to watch the Sun Belt game du jour
Posted on 7/27/14 at 7:56 pm to RTR America
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This post was edited on 10/20/21 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:06 pm to RTR America
It SHOULD be Cavs @ Spurs... Not even a Spurs fan, but thats disrespectful to San Antonio IMO.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:06 pm to lsutiger2010
Yeah that was very unnecessary 
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:08 pm to saintsfan22
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Kind of stupid. NBA season opener isn't that big a deal. Save that game for Christmas day if the want it to be a big TV production.
Normally I'd agree, but LeBron's return home is the biggest story to start the year
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:09 pm to boXerrumble
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thats disrespectful to San Antonio IMO.
Oh, but Lebron is the king
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:17 pm to chalmetteowl
Openers should be heat at cavs and clippers at spurs...
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:19 pm to chalmetteowl
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unless you want to watch the Sun Belt game du jour
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:23 pm to chalmetteowl
Heat at Cavs isn't as big a matchup, and there are at least three teams that would be a more exciting matchup for the Spurs.
Cavs Spurs will be interesting because of their history
Mainly history with Lebron but they also played the Cavs in their only finals
Cavs Spurs will be interesting because of their history
Mainly history with Lebron but they also played the Cavs in their only finals
This post was edited on 7/27/14 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:31 pm to boXerrumble
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It SHOULD be Cavs @ Spurs... Not even a Spurs fan, but thats disrespectful to San Antonio IMO.
@ Cleveland is a better draw for non spur/Cavs fans.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:33 pm to RTR America
Spurs will wipe the floor with them with it being so early in the season.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:46 pm to Weagle25
I think its gonna be:
Thunder @ Spurs
Bulls @ Cavs or Bulls @ Lakers (Kobe vs. DRose on National TV)
Thunder @ Spurs
Bulls @ Cavs or Bulls @ Lakers (Kobe vs. DRose on National TV)
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:47 pm to boXerrumble
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It SHOULD be Cavs @ Spurs...
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