So this past Saturday, April 21st (keep that in mind) began the NBA playoffs. This waste of talented basketball players simultaneously playing 5 games of 1 v. 1 disguists me every year. Not only are most of the games dumb, but the fact that half the teams in the league make the playoffs, and that every round is a 7 game series is just absurd. There is no reason, other then the monitary incentives for the league, for the NBA playoffs to require any 7 game series, not to mention in the 1st of 4 rounds. At each game, you will notice a huge sign stating that the NBA Finals begin June 7th. LET THAT SINK IN. THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN IN THE 3RD WEEK OF APRIL! They do not finish until the middle of June?!?!?! I know that people say that David Stern is one of the most powerful men in sports, but he should use all his glorious power to save the mediocrity of his league, and turn it into real exciting basketball again, by cutting down the length of some of these series. It is just un-necessary, and it dulls what should be great match-ups. Look at how fantastic march madness is. It isn’t because there are better players in college than in the NBA, it’s because it has urgency. Game 7 NBA basketball is exciting. Game 1 is worthless. Shorten the playoffs; If you want to have series, make them best of 3, and MAYBE even best of 5 for the finals, and up the quality and urgency of the play. Maybe then the players themselves will start to care.
