Only in Cleveland

Only in Cleveland.

Only in Cleveland does the team with the best regular-season record in the NBA the past two seasons fail to even make the NBA Finals in each season.

Only in Cleveland would professional sports teams be on the infamous side of several dramatic sports moments, including The Catch, Red Right 88, The Drive, The Fumble, The Shot, and Renteria’s Single.

Could anything else go wrong for Cleveland at this point? The answer to that is yes, even with the so-called “Chosen One” still searching for a title after seven years.

But can't that be as bad as it gets? Ha I’m afraid not.

The departure appears to be the next devastating moment lurking to blacken the Cleveland sports world this side of the Indians’ meltdown in the 2007 ALCS to the Red Sox. And if he really does leave – he whose name I will not speak of – I think we will look back on his escape as the darkest moment in Cleveland sports history.

THE darkest moment. Why? Well, it’s not like the King doesn’t have an opportunity to win his first crown in Cleveland. It’s not like the whole city of Cleveland, let alone the whole state of Ohio, isn’t looking to him to end the draught – because they are. And if he leaves – well, you can be guaranteed that Cleveland won’t win a title for at least 10 more years the way the Indians and the Browns have been playing as of late.

But enough of speculating about things because the only thing that’s really on my mind right now is the number “46.”

Here’s why: Forty-six years of devastation. Forty-six years of finishing just short. Forty-six years it's been since the city of Cleveland has witnessed one of its professional sports franchises hoist a championship trophy.

That’s nauseating for me to type. In fact, it sickens me to even think about it because year after year, season after season, one thing remains constant – Cleveland teams still have their fans clinging onto “next year.”

But I’ve had it with all this “next year” nonsense because every other Cleveland sports fan and I is sick of excuses, bad performances in the playoffs and monumental errors at the worst possible time.

So where do we go from here? Only God knows. The only thing to do at this point is wait – wait for the next Cleveland sports team to start its season and wait to see if the King will relocate his throne.