Cool poll, @CBSSports. (via @WheelerTSN) pic.twitter.com/dxwGdtQ6EO
— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) May 17, 2016
CBSSports.com posted a poll asking which team will win the championship. The choices:
- Warriors
- Thunder
- Cavaliers
- Other
This is a strange way to frame the poll when just four teams remain in the playoffs – the Raptors conspicuously excluded as a direct option.
A big deal? I sure don’t think so.
But the poll aggravated many overly sensitive Canadians, including THE MAYOR OF TORONTO.
John Tory:
https://twitter.com/JohnTory/status/732640163969544195/
LeBron James didn’t say he was looking forward to playing the Heat. He said he wanted to play a playoff series against Dwyane Wade, and that meant facing Miami. LeBron never predicted he’d get that matchup.
And what did Toronto show Wade about shooting during O Canada? He apologized. The end.
Best of all, this whole overblown response – again, to an online poll – probably stems from Tory and his band of bellyachers not understanding context.
Matt Moore of CBSSports.com:
Also I’m 99% sure the poll was that way because it was posted prior to Game 7.
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 17, 2016