Stop the presses, they done gave him a blog

So Robby hit me up and asked me to blog about the NBA. But what qualifications, you may ask, does a 5'10", 210 lb. dude that averaged about 1.3 ppg in the last league that he played in, have to blog about the NBA? I asked myself this as I watched Pacers-Bulls on my phone while on the treadmill. I mean, my best basketball moves these days take place on NBA 2K12 in MyPlayer mode. But I know my hoops. I could probably tell you every NBA champion from 1978 on (good chance it was Lakers, Celtics, Bulls, Pistons, or Spurs, all of them won multiple titles during that time span). One time we were sitting at BW3's and an old draft came on and the Nuggets came up, they were like "J, who they draft", I correctly said Mark Macon. Why I remembered that, I don't know, but I did. Bottom line is, I do my homework. I'm the dude that watches NBAtv in the morning to keep up with the time. If I say it happened in the NBA, it happened. I'm that dude that had to correct Nike when they said Michael Jordan was wearing the Air Jordan III when he hit "The Shot" against Cleveland in 1989. So I know my stuff. I'm not just some casual fan. When it comes to NBA, I was born to blog. Play, not so much but I can still stick a jumper occasionally.

So the Lakers beat the Heat yesterday. So? It was two of the NBA's marquee teams. So? Kobe beat LeBron. So? And believe me, I am wearing a Kobe shirt as I write this. The point I'm making is this: a marquee matchup does not equate to a rivalry. What are Kobe and LeBron battling for? They won't have to go through each other to get to the Finals? And neither the Lakers or Heat are a lock to get there, although the Heat are more likely to than the Lakers. When I think of rivalries, I think Lakers-Celtics, Celtics-76ers, Bulls-Pistons (have every game from their battles in the '89, '90, and '91 Playoffs on DVD), Bulls-Knicks, Pacers-Knicks, Lakers-Kings. But J, it was the two best players in the world? True dat, but I'm old school. You don't develop into rivals unless you are battling for everything or a chance at it in my opinion. Last I checked, Miami and the Lakers weren't playing for a conference title yesterday and an automatic NCAA bid. Good win for the Lakers, still. But like LeBron said after the NBA Finals, they still wake up the next day with the same problems, that problem being the fact that Derek Fisher is still their starting point guard. Enough for now. I'm out like an anchor on dry land in "The Hangover 2".