there can be only one

this is my favorite time of year to be a tv owner and a sports fan: it’s the nba playoffs. that means for every night until june, there will be a great basketball game on tv. and i love every minute of it. deanna and i have had many a stressful night over the years cheering for the kings and the warriors; and cheering against the lakers. back when we didn’t have cable, we used to go to the sports pubs to watch games. what a great wife!

of course i’m bummed that my number 1 team, the golden state warriors are not in the playoffs- they would have played with any team and pushed them as far as they could go. but there are several former warriors in the playoffs including antawn jamison and gilbert arenas.
there are also several former kings in the playoffs including mike bibby, peja stojakovic, bobby jackson, and the former coach of the kings, rick adelman. so even though my team isn’t in, i can cheer for some of my favorite players. i would love to see kevin garnett or steve nash win a championship after so many years of playing well. other players that i think deserve a ring include tracy mcgrady, peja stojakovic, sam cassell, and jason kidd. i wouldn't mind seeing dallas win if they weren't owned by mark cuban.

this year the western conference is a super tight race- the east not so much. but here are my picks:



in the first round, i’m picking the lakers over denver, and utah over houston. that will be super close, and I would love to see tracy mcgrady get out of the first round, but i just don’t see the jazz losing that one. i’ve got the suns beating san antonio, which is another toss up, but i think that shaq and nash can get by the spurs. i’ve got the hornets taking dallas, mostly because i love seeing mark cuban lose, and peja plays for the hornets.

the east is pretty easy: there are basically only 3 good teams: the celtics, the cavs and the pistons. the pistons are always great, the cavs made some good trades and the celts are one of the best teams ever. i’m picking the pistons to come out as eastern champs.

i’m also picking the suns to come out of the west, although that could easily be san antonio or the lakers. it would make me a little sick to see kobe win the championship, and i think that the spurs are a few steps behind, so i’m picking the suns.

again, this is basically what i predict/ hope will happen. but this year, anything can happen- that’s what makes it so fun to watch. next year warriors! next year…