You Mean the Finals Haven’t Started Yet?
Kicking off the Millennium of the Idiot
I thought the NBA finals started already. But, to my surprise, Boston isn’t in a 3-3 series tie in the championship round. Silly me. I thought they received a bye through all rounds of Eastern Conference playoffs since they were so good during the regular season.
At least, that’s how the sports pundits made it sound. Boston/L.A. is the preferred match-up. After all, what could be better than getting the two storied, popular franchises back together in the finals? And Boston has been so good, they were of course going to kick everyone’s tail. No pundit expected them to lose more than one game in their first round series; most expected them to sweep this round.
Their competitor? Enter the Atlanta Hawks. The eight-games-under-500 Atlanta Hawks. The barely-scrapped-their-way-into-the-playoffs Atlanta Hawks.
Boy am I happy they play the game on the court, and not on paper. I thought the Hawks didn’t have a chance, but could win a game or two. But here they are, playing to eliminate the pronounced “best team in basketball” from the playoffs. Playing for the opportunity to stun Boston fans into another shocking playoff exit.
Heh, heh! That would disappoint me so…so…so little.
I’m not saying that Boston will lose tomorrow. I’m not saying that they will not play in the championship series. I’m just saying that nothing in sports is guaranteed, no matter how many times someone says it. l wonder how the pundits will explain the Hawks being so surprisingly competitive. Remember, these are the same pundits that said the San Antonio/Phoenix playoff series would be the closest, most heated during the first round. So what if San Antonio disposed of Phoenix in five games?
Maybe I should stop reading and listening to the pundits. They make about as much sense as, well, DeShawn Stevenson….
OVER-PAID!
Man, it’s a good thing LeBron James is overrated, isn’t it. Nothing like helping turn a halfway decent team that could have beaten the Cavs in the first round into a team that went psycho and forgot who they were. Game, set, match: Cavs.
The Idiot of the Week: the collective basketball media for entitling the Celtics into the finals. The Celts might not even make it through the first round. You pundits may not win a Pulitzer, but you’ve won the Golden Chalice:
Let nominations for next week’s Idiot of the Week begin!
Well, How about United Airlines, specifically their customer service department? Did you know it takes two days and a total of about 80 minutes on the telephone, with four different people to find out: 1. Does my son need a car seat on the plane? and 2. Can I gate check a car seat?
It took two days because the first call, the first day, I was told I would have to check my son because if he was more than 45 linear inches he could not go in the overhead compartment. Huh? Does anyone there speak English?
The second day they confirmed for me my son does not need a car seat on the plane. However, he will need one in the car in our destination city. So, can I gate check the car seat? Believe it or not, I don’t keep the year of manufacture, location of manufacture, and weight of the car seat handy. I got the feeling I really inconvenienced them.
That’s ugly, and definitely deserves a nomination. Congratulations on being the first person to nominate an idiot on SMISLT.
The Celts won convincingly in the final game. Yes, I was surprised that it took them 7 games to dispose of the Hawks. They are up on Lebron and Co now right?
My first professional roundball game was in Boston. I hold the Celts near and dear to my heart for introducing me to the game when they had some of the best players on the planet there. You know..Bird, Mchale, Parish and the like.
Hi Dusty,
Thanks for stopping by. Yes, Boston is making LeBron look like a little league player right about now. We’ll see if things turn around tonight in Cleveland. If not, it will be a very short series.