The NBA...It's Faaaaaaaaaan-Tastic!

Apologies for the lack of posting for the past month, graduation looms and I have been grinding away, making sure that I will receive that oh-so-important-piece-of-paper known as a degree. In 4 days, I will have completed my 18-year educational journey. Wow.

Without further ado, a lot has changed in the past month. Let's start with the NBA.

As predicted, my Denver Nuggets got merked by the Utah Jazz, who subsequently got ravaged thoroughly by the Los Angeles Lakers. Since my team in the Western Conference got eliminated, I'm not going to talk about that side of the NBA Playoffs at length...or any length (pause). Congrats to the Lakers. I guess. *vomits*

However, the most important development in the 2010 NBA Playoffs has been the resurgence of the Boston Celtics. Prior to the start of the Playoffs, I foresaw success for the Celtics. Did I think that they would be in the Finals? Not really. But then again, the one team that played the best basketball in the first 2 rounds in the Eastern Conference also had this guy:

I concur, Vince. Your performances against Boston were, in fact, hilarious.

I said it last year and I'll say it again. Hedo Turkoglu is better than Vince Carter. In fact, this is one statement where if you called "Bullshit", I would have a plethora of chat logs on tap to prove my sagacity. If anyone watched Orlando's games last year, Hedo was straight up playing point guard the entire game. Pick and Rolls against guards who are half a foot shorter poses tremendous matchup problems. As someone who played organized ball, being able to see over your defender as a point guard in pick and roll situations was like having a Gameshark in the 90s, overkill. Also, Vince Carter just simply blows dick. When it matters, he doesn't show up. When the team needs him, he hurts his pinky. His cousin is far better than he is.

Other things going against Orlando: a midget point guard who can't pass, a racist back-up point guard who can pass, and a center who once wanted to have the Holy Cross as a fixture of the NBA logo. Religious zealots...ugh.

Conversely, Rajon Rondo is officially the man. I was on his bandwagon before, I'm driving it now. Rondo has cracked my Fave 5. Paul Pierce is gettin it in as usual (pause). Kevin "I'm the biggest fake ass thug on the basketball court" Garnett is doing his usual "I'm 7'1" but I like to shoot jumpers and fade away on post ups". But the biggest surprise has been Rasheed Wallace. I feel like Rasheed Wallace is the smartest man in the world. He pretends to not care in the regular season, plays like an asshole, and to top it all off, was in the worst shape I have ever seen him. When the playoffs started, he started defending, hittin' 3s and lost the weight fat suit.


Man-Boobs? I prefer to refer to them as Decades of Wisdom manifested into the form of fatty deposits in the chest area.

Anyway, just my quick thoughts on the NBA Playoffs thus far. NBA Finals preview coming soon.