It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

So the NBA Playoffs start tomorrow. For me, this is Christmas and like a month of Jordan releases together. 4 games tomorrow, 4 more Sunday. And some of these matchups are really going to be interesting. Oklahoma City and Dallas I think is going to go 7. And don't be surprised if Dallas takes them out. This will be the Thunder's first time going into the playoffs expected to go deep. If it's 2-2 after 4 games, I think Westbrook and Durant will start to feel that pressure. Expectations can be a 1200 lb. gorilla. The other 1st round series I'm really looking forward to is Heat-Knicks. Flashback for a sec to the 1999 season. It was shortened by a lockout and the Heat's first-round opponent was......the Knicks. The Knicks had barely gotten into the playoffs and the Heat were favored by many to win the East. For those that don't remember, the Knicks won the series and ended up going to the Finals that year. Not saying it's going to happen again, but just found it ironic. Somewhere there is a LeBron hater hoping it happens so that it will justify their claims that he's a fraud. He's not a fraud. He should be MVP again. Hands down. I'm almost hesitant to make predictions because it's so tough to predict this year. I could stick to my pick from the beginning of the season: OKC vs. Miami. But you can't discount the Spurs, Lakers, or Bulls. One of those 5 teams will be the next NBA champion. It's really going to be about which superstar (LeBron,Wade, Durant, Westbrook, Parker, Kobe, or Rose) says "this is my ring". I can't wait to see it.