Do you remember when I did a Poor Bastards segment in 2009 for hockey players Marian Hossa and Ty Conklin? The Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins met in the Stanley Cup Finals in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Detroit won in '08, when the two played in Pittsburgh. Then they signed with the Red Wings for the '09 season ... when the Penguins won the Cup. Talk about shitty timing.
Well, the same thing could be happening to Anderson Varejão, the Brazilian Center who played 11 seasons for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was on the losing end of the last year's NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors. The fan favorite was traded to Portland this year, which promptly waived him. After a mandatory cooling-off/non-tampering period, he signed with ... the Golden State Warriors. And for the 2016 postseason the Cavs and the Dubs met again.
And, if you watched any part of the historically tense Game 7 last (Sunday) night, you would know that LeBron James helped beleaguered Cleveland feel on top of the world by winning the NBA Finals. Too bad, though, that Varejão signed with the losing team for the second year in a row.
I say "could be happening" to him because the Cavaliers organization has the right to grant a title ring to any former player who played with the team. So they could give him a ring anyway, which would mean this blog post is a moot point. However, if he doesn't get a ring for his tenure with not only the franchise he's been with the longest but the one he faced in the NBA Finals a year after it was the other way around, well, I just have two words to say:
Poor Bastard.
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