NBA: Recap of the Week

Tweet For those of you wondering where our 'mad men' and 'game of thrones' reviews went this week, don't worry, there is a simple explanation. That explanation is: The writers (Luka and Igor) both had a busy exam week, but once they get some free time they will make up for the lost reviews. For now, Lets stick to my weekly look at the NBA.


Briefly, the NBA's MVP race is officially on! With the Heat's continued struggles, Lebron's slight dip in performance, and Kevin Durant's brilliance, I truly have no idea how those lucky members of the media that have a say in these awards will choose their MVP. Hopefully, the decision will be objective and based on the vague MVP criteria, and not based on the anti-Lebron campaign that has been in full force since this.

But enough about that topic, what really amazed me (in a bad way) this past week was the behavior of the owners of my favorite team, the Sacramento Kings. Earlier in the year, I wrote about how happy I was that the city of Sacramento would keep their beloved Kings team. I realize that I do not live there, and where the team plays should not affect me that much as a fan, but I WAS 'there' (at least in spirit) with those people cheering the team on when they were title competitors. It would be brutally unfair to take away the city's only professional sports team. The Kings (believe it or not) are among the NBA's oldest franchises (dating way back to the 50s) and the fact that David Stern seems to care so little about them kind of sucks to be honest. However, to his credit, Stern did at least try to help the Kings stay in Sacramento, but the Maloof's (the owners) are a fucking disgrace. It is so obvious that they want to move the team, that I gag every time I read a story about how "we are a family" and "we want to stay here". Look, whether the team moves or not, I will probably still support them, but (credit to Luka for most of what I am about to say) there is a special place in hell for people who betray an entire city, the Maloof brothers are about to join that place (they have a reserved seat between Roger Clemens and Lebron).

Moving on to some more fun topics, we are officially at the point where we can start looking at potential playoff match-ups. First off, every NBA fan in the world threw a massive party when they heard that Orlando was shutting down Howard for two weeks, why? Because it meant that the Hawks and Magic would not.... hold on, I'm going to go find some wood and knock on it. Anyways, I repeat: no Hawks-Magic travesty series this year. As it stands, it looks like Orlando could even drop to a seven, or eight-seed, something that I guarantee you that the Bulls and Heat do not want. As for the Hawks, its win-win. We either get them and Boston (which is always hotly contested) or Hawks-Pacers (cool jersey color clash, and in my opinion, an intriguing series). Moving West, we currently have the following: OKC-Houston, San Antonio-Denver, Lakers-Mavs, Clips-Grizz. These are not bad at all, the only exception I would make is to somehow get an 'all Los Angeles' series in the first round, but we shouldn't get too greedy.

My updated list of the teams I think can actually win the title: OKC, Spurs, Lakers, Grizzlies, Mavs, Heat, Bulls, Celtics.

See you next week

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