dribble, dribble

first of all, kudos to my man KG for winning the DPOY award. i still keep my TWolves cap, for old times' sake (God forbid i get targeted by Mike Bibby or worse, the local crowd) - he's the only reason i bought it anyway. Lakers-Celtics for Finals! bring back my early high school daze.

second of all, and the best basketball event so far: Isiah has been fired, and good riddance.

looking back at my predictions last Friday, seems like i'm on track for most of it.

Boston is up 2-0, so is Cleveland and Orlando. i still think the Pistons will whup the Sixers; it just might take the full seven games. i'm rooting for my sentimental favorite, the Magic men, to get past Detroit if that's the 2nd round matchup.

i'm stumbling over with my West side bets, as Phoenix and Dallas are getting schooled and winless through two games. considering that these two traded for past-their-prime superstars (Shaq and JKidd, respectively), it looks like that experiment is going to blow up in their faces. Manu is the Sixth Man of the Year and a damn good x-factor, and Chris Paul is running rings around the Mavs.

Utah and the Lakers are handily winning - a Yao-less Rockets team and a dysfunctional Denver one wont be around much longer. i want a Utah-L.A. Western finals but that doesn't seem possible because of the seedings, unless the Hornets get upset and the Jazz whip the Spurs, probably.

since i don't have cable channels that show the games, i'm content with just checking the scores online. that's okay; there's a lot more to do anyway.