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Who do you root for now?
May 23, 2008When the Mavericks got busted out of the NBA playoffs, I still had a couple of teams to root for.
I liked watching the Hornets, and catching LeBron on TV is always fun to watch, even if the rest of his team leaves something to be desired.
Now both of those teams are done, and I really can't be excited about any of the four teams left. I wish there was some way for them all to not win it.
Here is why I do not care for each team, and the NBA Finals pairings that would make me the least happiest.
WHY I DO NOT LIKE...
Spurs -- This is easy. As a Mavericks fan, you have to despise everything San Antonio-related. Manu Ginobili is the biggest flopper ever. He should be playing soccer, he is so good at it.
Tim Duncan acts like he has never done anything wrong in his life, and he is a total whiner. Gregg Popovich may be a heck of a coach, but he is a top-notch grump, too. And they always win -- which makes it even worse.
Lakers -- Kobe is a punk. A heck of a basketball player, but a total punk. And L.A. basically stole Pau Gasol from Memphis. If that trade had been proposed in my fantasy basketball league, it would have been shot down in a heartbeat.
I grew up a Lakers fan because of Magic Johnson, but never really liked them during their run in the early 2000s. And not now, either.
Pistons -- I am getting kinda tired of these guys. I was ecstatic when they won the title in 2004, but now they lull me to sleep. If you love to see an 82-77 game, then this is your team.
Celtics -- So we've sucked for the last couple of decades, but we will trade for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen and become a national media sensation. Except our supremacy will be totally overblown to the point where we are pushed to seven games against the woeful Hawks.
WHAT SERIES WOULD BE THE WORST...
1) Spurs-Pistons: No, please not again. For the love, please do not let this happen. These games will make me wish I was in a coma. And they are also TV's worst ratings nightmare.
2) Spurs-Celtics: I probably dislike these two teams the most. The only two rewarding outcome of this series would be the KG-Duncan duel and the Ray Allen-Bruce Bowen feud. Those guys do not like each other at all.
3) Lakers-Pistons: If this happens, get ready for your "Looking back at the 2004 NBA Finals" highlight montage. Honestly, I would rather not.
4) Lakers-Celtics: I was just a little boy when these teams waged war for NBA supremacy, so I do not have any fond memories with this matchup. I do not like either team (which has already been stated), but this looks like the best matchup. Hopefully I high-scoring one, too.
ALSO...
Something else I heard on the radio today: Phil Jackson-coached teams are 40-0 in playoff series when winning Game 1. That is ridiculous. And for Spurs fans, that is not a good sign after San Antonio blew Wednesday's game.
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