LeBron is a permanent legal resident of the NBA Finals

LeBron James is back in the NBA Finals for the seventh straight year. The Cavaliers blew out the Celtics in Boston for the third time in three games there this postseason, cinching up the series 4-1. In the process, LeBron passed Jordan to become the all-time leading playoff scorer in NBA history. (James needed more games but fewer shots.)

Beginning on June 1, we have Round 3 of Warriors vs. Cavaliers.

There will be plenty of time to talk about what to expect there. For now, let’s appreciate what the Celtics did this season. Here’s a long, fantastic sermon on how Boston become real this season from Paul Flannery, who also looks ahead to what’s next. Likewise, here’s Jeff Clark on why this season was an unmitigated success for the Celtics.

Let’s also appreciate that LeBron has now been tormenting the Celtics in the playoffs for like a decade. Let’s appreciate Kevin Love’s press conference selfie. Let’s appreciate LeBron joking about MJ’s baldness.

We are witnessing history. Appreciate it!

Programming note: Since there are no games until June 1, there will be no weekend newsletters. We’ll be back on Memorial Day.

A discourse from Zito Madu and Charlotte Wilder on how the inevitability of Cavs-Warriors III made the playoffs boring.

I went long on why Chris Paul would be perfect for the Spurs.

What Tyronn Lue means when he says the Celtics are harder to defend than the Warriors.

These were the least competitive conference finals in history by margin of victory.

Amazing! Lonzo Ball won’t work out for the Celtics ... despite the fact that the Celtics have the No. 1 pick, are the most storied franchise in league history, and just came off the conference finals. It looks sooooo bad. And yet, Ball might work out for the 76ers!

How Dr. J. and Larry Bird built a video game empire.

Proof that LeBron faced tougher opponents in the East than MJ did.

A lot of people think the Hawks logo is Pacman. But the Batman logo as a funky mouth blew my mind.

Interesting thoughts from Nathaniel Friedman on how to build parity in the NBA. There’s definitely something to the issue of the value at being at either pole vs. in the middle.

SB Nation’s team blogs did an awesome project explaining the roots of their fandom. Check it out.

It doesn’t sound like Steve Kerr is going to be coaching in the NBA Finals.

Don’t make fun of Jimmy Butler’s hair.

And finally: Look at Shaq’s terrible foot.