The NBA playoffs don't start until the 2nd round

Hooray, hooray the 2nd round of the playoffs is here. Which is when 'Ball so hard' comes into play. Watching the 1st round of the playoffs is monotonous. A best of seven game format in the 1st round is nothing but big business in the NBA. A best of 5 format is where it should be, because it creates the most drama, but NBA execs want to max out on revenue so they push it to best of seven and yes we got 2 good series (Lakers/Nuggets and Grizz/Clippers) but we lost Derrick Rose one of the 5 best players in the playoffs so in my opinion this years 1st round was a huge loss for the NBA.

A lot of people consider Chris Paul the best point guard in the league. Some even consider that his numbers make him to be arguably on track to be the best their ever was. Almost no one argues that he is a true superstar of the game today. That being said coming into yesterday Chris Paul's 7 year career consisted of 4 playoff appearances in which only ONCE, has he made into the 2nd round, which later he lost game 7... AT HOME, when he was the BEST player on the court. Superstars very seldom lose a game 7 at home and rarely do they lose when they are the best player on the court, while both teams are otherwise evenly matched. I bring this up only because Carmelo Anthony has made the playoffs all 9 years he has played and although he has made out of the 1st round only once, he did make it to the Western Conference Finals. Yet the media pounds him as being an overrated star who does not have what it takes to be a superstar... That's all I'm saying boo!

Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan (Yes I will be soon ranking the 25 best players of all time) may very well be playing for the title of the best player in their era. If either was to win a championship this year or for that matter before they retire, they could even make a case for top 5 of all time. This Laker team reminds me of the 1991 Laker team which everyone thought was washed up but Magic Johnson had another trick up his sleeve and led his team passed a heavily favored Portland Trailblazer team (This years Oklahoma City Thunder?) led by Clyde Drexler (Kevin Durant?) before they lost in the Finals to Jordan and the upstart Bulls (Lebron and the Heat?) The irony of this scenario is dripping like an Alanis Morissette vagina song... I'm just saying


More Random Thoughts
It shouldn't be any surprise that the Memphis Grizzlies lost game 7 at home to the Los Angeles Clippers last night. You can't lose a 24 point lead at home with less than 9 minutes to go in the game as the Grizz did in game 1, and not think that it won't come back to bite you. We witnessed the same thing last year when the Heat blew a 15 point lead to the Mavs in game 2 of the finals and subsequently choked away the series. Dirk and the Mavs getting swept in the 1st round this year by the Thunder, further makes me think his play last year in the playoffs were an aberration whether than the norm. Josh Hamilton is mashing it better than anyone I have ever seen besides a hulked up Barry Bonds but he still ain't worth a 25 million dollar per year contract, you already failed once with giving A-Rod a 25 million dollar per year contract, live and learn boys, live and learn. The top 5 MVP voting for this years NBA was exactly how i had predicted it would go down. I'm just saying...