More Entertaining So Far? 2017 Stanley Cup Final? Or The 2017 NBA Finals?

[ClassLessCoyote]

Games 3,4, and 5 of the NBA Finals have been more fun to watch despite both finals just had bad refereeing. Congrats to the Warriors!

 

[Plat]

Cavs just ran into an all time great team...no shame in that, James showed he is still HANDS DOWN the best player in the game.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Poor officiating curbed my enthusiasm for both series.

 

[Machinehead]

The two of them combined haven't been as exciting as the concurrent regular season baseball.

 

[Sleepy]

NHL games are better, but I find in the NHL we have a hard time finding interesting storylines in the Finals in recent years.

It's because outside of goalies (who go hot/cold and frankly we don't have a good way to evaluate them yet), one player doesn't have the same consistent impact as in other sports.

NHL - Pittsburgh has proven they can win cups without Letang, and win a lot of games w/o Crosby. The majority of the game, Crosby is not on the ice. He only touches the puck for a couple minutes every game.
NBA - Cleveland can't win without LeBron. He touches the ball almost every possession.
NFL - New England can't win without Brady. He touches the ball every possession.

etc.