What was with the NBA Playoffs this year? Three sweeps in the second round is ridiculous. One would think the Jazz and Spurs could win at least one game. The Jazz have one of the best point guards in the league, couldn’t he carry them to win one game? What about the Spurs and all of their veterans? Couldn’t Duncan, Parker, and Ginobli win one game? In the East, the Hawks got absolutely manhandled. You would think they were the 8th seed, and the Magic the 1st seed. But no, they were 2 and 3. The Hawks also struggled to beat the Bucs in the first round, who they should have beat in less than 7 games. Don’t the Hawks have enough fire power to at least not lose by double digits for one game?
The other series, the Cavs and Celtics, was slightly closer, but with the wrong victor. The Cavs were the one seed and favorites going in, yet the Celtics were still able to dethrone King James. Could the King be done in Cleveland? For the vast majority of his time there, Lebron hardly ever got support from his supporting cast. He made the finals that one year, only to get swept by the Spurs. He has had some solid players around him the last couple years, but has fell short of the finals both of those years. If Lebron is going to win the finals, he will need another superstar, and that isn’t going to happen in Cleveland. If he wants to win the finals, his best bet is going to the Bulls, and playing alongside Derrick Rose. I think he’s done in Cleveland.
Wasn’t the NL West race suppose to be between the Dodgers, Rockies, and Giants this year? The Padres don’t think so. No one even gave them a shot at anything this year, yet they have a 1.5 game lead over the Giants going into today. When they traded Jake Peavy to the White Sox last season, they were done. Yet, they are leading that division at the moment. A lot of teams, like the Red Sox, were hoping to acquire Adrian Gonzalez this season to aid their offense. Yet, the way this season is going, the Padres could be the ones adding a bat midseason. What a season that would be, if the Padres ended up making the postseason.
I think the Tigers have also been a surprise this season. When they traded Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson this offseason, I thought they were done this year. But Austin Jackson has been a big bat for them, as had fellow rookie Brennan Boesch. The Tigers are also in the middle of a pennant race, and they might take the division back from the Twins.
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