Written by Carolyn Hastings

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Relentless nightly thunderstorms, complete with rain, wind, hail, flash flood and tornado warnings, serve as a constant reminder that our fate is largely determined by a force other than ourselves.  Metaphorically, we're only a lightning strike away from total destruction.  Kind of like The Decision, a carefully planned, premeditated, public dismantling of everything Cavs fans held dear.  

Much like death, premeditated, public dismantling generates sequential stages of grief.  Unlike death, all of the stages following public dismantling contain the same emotions - anger, rage, bitterness, depression.  Sometimes the order changes.  We might wake up depressed and gradually move to anger or we might wake up angry and progress to rage and bitterness.

This is not something you just shake off.  We need an intervention.  

Enter Dan Gilbert.

Behind the scenes, Mr. Gilbert and a team of Cavs personnel are preparing to perform the rare triple-team-backflip-switch-stance-fakie-olie-goomba-poptart, which, if perfectly executed, concludes with Cleveland adding the 2nd draft pick to their pot-o'-dreams.  I admire their initiative but throughout all this planning and trying to take the perfect picture of severe weather while staying safe, the same thought cycles through my head.  We are so almost in the Playoffs.  Mavs.  Cavs.  Just a letter away.  So cruel.

Turns out, I'm not alone.  According to Scott Schroeder of SB Nation's The Hit List:

Greg Vlosich -- the same artist that brought the famed "Lyin' King" shirt into existence -- has designed a brilliant Cleveland Mavs shirt.

Stop it.  Tell me more.

For just $22, fans wanting to adopt a new team for the NBA Finals can get the shirt that's currently blowing up on the internet while showing everyone where they stand on the whole "Decision" thing from last summer. It features the classic Cavaliers logo with the Dallas 'M' over Cleveland's 'C' and adds the vintage Mavericks' cowboy hat as well.

Thank you, Greg Vlosich, for adding a new dimension to The Decision aftermath.  It may be raining, but we'll be singing.

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