An All Star of an All Star Game

             Nothing says amazing like jumping a car and dunking like a beast in front of thousands of your adoring fans. This is exactly what Blake Griffin did on his way to winning the 2011 Sprite NBA Dunk contest. This only makes me love this kid even more! He is making many of us eat our words about his first season. I never thought that this guy could be this good. Now my new favorite player in the NBA, Blake has made himself the rising star in the NBA. He combined with John Wall, DeJuan Blaire, and the rest of the NBA Frosh and Sophs gave us hope in the future of the NBA.

 At a time when NFL football may be locked out, it is a good time to be an NBA’er. I haven’t been a huge NBA fan for too long, but I can’t remember a year that I have liked more. The quality of your product is rated by how good your overall performance is. In terms of all the All-Star games, the NBA is by far the best. They have all the attractions that you need to fill up a good weekend. There is the skills contest, the 3-point contest, the sophomore and freshmen game, the celebrity game, and of course the game itself. The NBA gets an A+ for their effort to entertain me during their break. All other leagues fall short. The NHL gets an A, MLB gets a B+, and the NFL gets a D. The NBA just has so many features to this great weekend.

One of those features is the celebrity game. I was surprised to see that Bieber won the MVP award. It looked like he had some skills, but come on. Give that award to one of the old NBA guys, not some punk kid that makes fun of Tom Brady’s hair.

Anyway, back to something that matters. How about the rest of the NBA Season? That sounds good to me. This is what I think the Playoffs are going to look like:

East

1. Boston

2. Miami

3. Chicago

4. Orlando

5. New York

6. Atlanta

7. Charlotte

8. Philadelphia

Philadelphia v Boston (0-4) <--- Series Record

Charlotte v Miami (1-4)

Atlanta v Chicago (1-4)

New York v Orlando (2-4)

Orlando v Boston (3-4)

Chicago v Miami (4-3)

Chicago v Boston (4-2)

West

1. San Antonio

2. Oklahoma City

3. Los Angeles

4. Dallas

5. New Orleans

6. Portland

7. Utah

8. Memphis

Memphis v San Antonio (0-4)

Utah v Oklahoma City (0-4)

Portland v Los Angeles (1-4)

New Orleans v Dallas (1-4)

Dallas v San Antonio (2-4)

Los Angeles v Oklahoma City (3-4)

Oklahoma City v San Antonio (2-4)

NBA FINALS

Chicago v San Antonio (2-4)

Well there you go! I’ll revise it when the playoffs get here.

Thanks for reading!