Peep The Playoffs

If you are watching the NBA playoffs right now then you have been treated to a couple solid conference final subplots. Cleveland getting twerked and the Thuggets giving the Lakers a hell of a series. If you are a casual fan I would suggest getting back on the wagon as soon as possible.

I didn't see Cleveland getting handled like this in a milli. I still think they win the series down 3-1. Orlando is a real good 3 point shooting team but they have had to be in order to be in it. Orlando blew teams out when they shot over 40% from three land in the regular season (27-3 with avg margin of victory at 14 pts). The Magic have shot over 40 from down town three times this series with a 1 point loss, a 1 pt win, and an overtime win. Don't be surprised if they cool off and King James makes this a series. Plus the league/refs want Kobe/Lebron, and Im serious when I say that is a real and large factor for me.

The other series, Den/LA, has had a large story and implication too. No, Im not talking about Kenyon Martin still wanting to kill Mark Cuban's horse, cut off its head, and put it under his covers when hes sleeping. And no Im not talking about JR Smith dropping gang signs. Im talking about Carmelo Anthony turning himself into an unstoppable force before our eyes. Melo is threatening to put himself back in the Wade/Lebron-osphere. If Melo makes a final and LBJ doesn't, all three will have an appearance under their belt.

Another cool thing I heard about Melo was when I was listening to a JA Adande interview and he said that Kobe told him Melo is stronger than Lebron. Im not sure if I completely buy that. Maybe functional/retard strength, but whatever, still. If Kobe said it, it impresses me. Melo makes scoring look effortless. Another thing Adande was saying was that we play up the Kobe/Lebron relationship at the Olympics but the truth is that it was Kobe and Melo who got the closest. Melo doesn't have Kobe's mean streak or anything, but you can tell he smoked only 1 blunt a day instead of 5 this season. Observing how hard Kobe goes after it day in and day out when they were in Athens will do that to ya.

-Here is a cool article exploring whether or not Lebron could really play in the NFL. What do I think? I think he would pwn everyone and make 10 probowls.

-Wolfie