NBA basketball is back. It is imperative, for professional sports leagues to be successful, that big name teams contend for Conference and World Championships. For the NBA to be truly successful and back in the living rooms of sports fans then the Celtics and the Lakers have to be successful. The Knicks need to be successful. It would be great for the Pistons and the Bulls to be successful. Right now the Lakers and Celtics are a combined 15-1 coming off their Finals showdown last year. The Knicks have found a way to get to 5-3 and the Pistons are a half game out of first in the Central. There are more guys I would pay money to see (Lebron, Kobe, Dwayne Wade, Dwight Howard, Troy Paul, Amare Stoudemire, Pierce, Allen, Garnett). The Trail Blazers are a fun team to watch, as are the Suns.
I am looking forward to watching the Celtics on Friday night basketball for the first time since watching Bird, McHale, Parish on those Friday nights before Church League Basketball. Shooting phantom jump shots in my basement during timeouts imagining that I was probably as good as Bird was at this age. Ha!
It seems that guys are playing harder. Playing with enthusiasm. The Celtics winning the championship last year was a great thing for the sport. No one cares if San Antonio or Utah or Miami wins it. We all want to see Boston or Detroit or Chicago or Clevland. With that being said. I would rather see Oklahoma City win the Finals Championship than the Hollywood Lakers.
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