Ken Challenges 'Toxic' Cleveland Fans to Support the Cavs

Ken opens the phones to get to the bottom of why Cleveland fans still can't fully embrace a team in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the answers range from the Harden trade skeptics quietly hoping to be proven right, to a generation spoiled by LeBron making deep playoff runs feel like a birthright, to a caller named Nick flatly calling Cleveland a toxic fan base that doesn't know how to celebrate winning. The most pointed theory comes from Joe in Cleveland Heights — that people who came out hard against the Harden trade are subconsciously rooting against the Cavs succeeding just to protect their own credibility, which Ken half-admits might apply to some voices in the media. The honest conclusion is that this city has been conditioned by heartbreak to protect itself from excitement, but Ken's warning is real — teams in the final four don't come around on a schedule, and Northeast Ohio may be sleep-walking through something they'll wish they'd appreciated more.