Would somebody who understands the NHL please explain "playoff re-seeding!" Mike Greenberg of ESPN's Mike and Mike was explaining it recently. He said "I see no reason why the (3 seed) Mavs must open on the road against the (2 seed) Lakers, they had the second best record in the Western Conference. On the other hand the Thunder had the third best record but were able to open at home against the Grizz." He says the Mavs are "being penalized because of the seeding." What can kind of logic is this? The problem with Greenberg's view, the (1) Spurs were not expected to lose to the (8 seed) Grizz. If the favorite Spurs had completed their assignment i.e. beat the 8th seed Grizz a different scenario would have occurred. The Thunder would have opened on the road against the Spurs. I asked my NHL buddy for an explanation, he clarified the issue for me but I still fail to see a clear basis for the NBA to adopt this NHL rule. Please explain to me why casual NBA fans like Greenberg are always coming up with processes to "fix" NBA basketball?
To borrow a Dan Patrick line the NBA commercials by the "mother ship" are very funny! Check these out, funny.
The Kings story remains unresolved. After weeks and weeks of speculation we thought the Rochester, Cincinnati, Kansas City-Omaha, Kansas City and Sacramento Kings were history. Henry Samueli Anaheim Ducks owner and "the mover and shaker" in the deal is still very much in the picture. Samueli owns the management company that runs the Honda Center for the city similar to the arrangement Kansas City Missouri has with AEG. After Sacramento Mayor Johnson garnered his forces and made an impassioned plea the NBA said "we'll take this move under under advisement." At this point Samueli steps forward again, on the table from his camp an offer to increase his loan to the Kings from $50 million to $75 million and he's offered to purchase a minority share in the team.
Let's see what player or team we can beat up next! Fox Sports headline story Fallen Stars, an article written on Dwight Howard of the Magic and the Hornets Chris Paul. I didn't bother reading it for several reasons and key is the fact I'm sure the article pointed out neither player helped his team advance. Both players remain superstar talents in my book, the game is still a team game. No matter how great you are if you don't have the parts around you the team loses or is not as successful as it could be. All we need to do is revisit the Bulls team that surrounded Michael Jordan in his early years. We might say the same thing about the Lakers once Shaq and others were either traded, retired or released. Kobe Bryant was unable to lead the replacement players successfully. Once management assembled talent through trades and free agency they were able to become competitive again. Howard and Paul are winners, just because they have unfinished pieces on their teams does it truly take away from their abilities as solid players? I think not!
The NBA game offers surprises for me too. Last November despite all the hoopla surrounding the Heat I expressed to many I thought the Celtics were still the team to beat in the east. Well we are there although I expected them to meet for the conference championship. Since the Kendrick Perkins trade the Celtics have not seemed like the same team, it wasn't necessary for them to expend a great deal of energy sweeping the hapless (sorry Spike) Knicks. In the meantime the Heat were able to handle the 76ers relatively easy winning 4 games to 1. Prior to it's start I really don't know what to expect, will the Celtics dominant the Heat as they did during the regular season? Udonis Haslem is practicing will he return to save the day and give the Heat some toughness? Maybe the Heat get by this banged up older Celtic team who knows for sure? This is written prior to the Sunday start of the series.
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em. - anonymous
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