Why NBA Playoffs reign as king
Shining Some Sun
Chhun Sun |
EVERY MORNING I start my day off about the same. And it was no different early Sunday morning, about 10 minutes before 8 a.m.
I got up, went to use the bathroom and then turned on my laptop, logging onto my MySpace page. As always, I get a lot of love there.
I got a message from a friend, with the subject line “all I can say is, wow …” He sent me a link to a hot and sexy upcoming singer.
With that subject line, I initially thought he was referring to what took place the day before — the start of the NBA Playoffs.
And yes, indeed, what an opening weekend it was of post-season action.
If you’re a hoops junkie like I am, then you got the much-needed fix. It’s been a long time since hoop fans got this kind of feeling about the playoffs. The last time I got this excited was when a certain Bulls legend laced up his Jordan’s and made his opponents look like they had just picked up a basketball.
Don’t believe me? Read about the first day.
The Clippers edged out the Nuggets to get their first playoff win in 13 years. King James showed why he deserves such a lofty name with a triple-double in his first playoff game. And the Heat, with most of their fans donned in white all throughout the arena, prevented a Bulls comeback, because Dwayne Wade said so. He had 14 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter.
That’s not enough to keep watching? Then read what I think are good-enough reasons for your eyes to be glued to your TV set until mid-June.
Tony Parker and his impossibly hot girlfriend
If you desperately need a reason other than top-level basketball to watch the NBA Playoffs, then watch the series between the Spurs and Kings.
Two words: Eva Longoria. She’s the beauty who captivates the lives of men and women all over the world every Sunday in “Desperate Housewives.” She’s also the girlfriend of the Spurs point guard, the lucky son of a gun Tony Parker, who looks like he can be no more than 12 years old. Of course, Parker isn’t really a son of a gun.
Sure, Parker and the Spurs are looking really good to make another repeat at the NBA title. And they embarrassed the Kings on Saturday, defeating Sacramento 122-88. Guys, you know what that means if the Spurs keep playing like this, right?
More camera time on Ms. Longoria! Yes!
The LeBron Era
It’s OK. Don’t be ashamed.
I, too, had to pick up my jaw from the ground after witnessing LeBron James just straight-up going off on the Wizards.
James, who plays and looks like a 10-year veteran, had 32 points, 11 boards and 11 dimes to lead his Cavaliers to their first playoff victory in as many years as it takes for a dumb college student to graduate.
Once again, he lived up to the hype.
It won’t be this year that he will take his team legit contenders for the NBA title, but it might be before the next president takes office. But for now, just be witness to this amazing ball player we know as King James.
The Dress Code
It’s been one year since the NBA gave its players a dress code to live by. Basically, it said, “Stop looking gangsta!” The players, of course, listened.
And what a sad, sad thing it has been to see some of the players who could make poetry out of handling a round object but then, just makes us want to vomit when we see them with their fancy, tailored and expensive suits.
I don’t know what the heck the Heat’s Alonzo Mourning was wearing Saturday while he watched his team defeat the Bulls.
But that’s not half as bad as what the Cavaliers’ Damon Jones wore during All-Star Weekend in February.
He wore the ugliest red smoking jacket known to man. And, sadly, it looked he thought he looked good in it.
Even GQ magazine has a special feature in its May issue about ball players and their style. Of course, there are some players who just look fly on and off the court, but then there are those who make the league regret one thing when it instituted its dress code. And that is to provide stylists for the players.
At least now we got something to distract us from the some of the players’ awful taste in style.
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