So the NBA Playoffs kicked off yesterday with four game going. This year was by far the weakest NBA season in recent memory. There were times where I really followed everything that had to do with the NBA. Not this year. It was a year filled with underachieving teams (Cavs, Lakers, etc.) and underachieving players (LeBron, Kirilenko, etc.). There also weren't any good races or rivalries. In the past the Pistons-Pacers rivalry was pretty fun to watch, not this year, the Pacers were awful. None of the division races were all that close, the only team that was kind of fun was the Raptors, but they're in Canada so they didn't get a lot of coverage.
So now that it's playoff time am I more interested in the NBA? Yeah, mildly. That Bulls-Heat series in the first round is pretty sweet. The Warriors-Mavs match up should be a sweep but hopefully all of the games will be high-scoring and heated. However, there is also the Pistons-Magic series and the Cavs-Wizards series. Blah.
My plan is just to see how things play out. I'll probably stay up late and watch the Warriors-Mavs as long as the games are close, and maybe I'll follow the Pistons a bit in the first round. Last year you had Kobe and the Lakers almost taking out the Suns, now that was exciting. I just don't see that much excitement on the horizon. I hope I'm wrong, David Stern hopes I'm wrong.
2 comments:
I'd like your thoughts on the upcoming Maroth/Weaver showdown. Particularly:
-How does Weaver the Younger compare to his older brother whom you once idolized?
-Is "Jered" a dumber name than plain old "Jared"?
Jord, So I am blogging now and thought I would give you my thoughts on last nights game. First of all, the name "Jered" is dumb. It says to me one of tow things: mom was on too many drugs when she filled out the birth certificate OR mom was trying to be trendy and screwed up worse the Yankees bullpen ever could.
Ok, on to the match up...Weaver might be catching a little of what big brother has. For a while there, younger brother was the toast of the town and all Jeff W. could do was watch his brother succeed and remember the good old days when he was overpaid with NYY (it always comes back to them, doesn't it?). Maroth had a decent outing but didn't last. Looked like he had some control issues (5 walks) but only pick up 2 earned runs which is why he last as long as he did with 7 hits plus those 5 walks. That's 12 men on base in 4.2 innings. Tigers bullpen looked good and so did the hitting of Granderson and Mags.
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