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At this rate, if the Celtics/Wizards shocked the Cavs, it would be as big an upset as Islanders/Penguins 1993 or Habs/Caps 2010.
It's just not fun anymore.
LeBron basically is at the point where the NBA Finals is almost a birthright for him. Heck, god forbid he LOSES an East playoff game at this rate.
And Golden State just seems way too unstoppable even for one of the Spurs/Rockets.
You have teams like Utah/Toronto, who do a lot of good things, build up over time, draft, good front office.
And yet they can't stop these super teams which make the 1976-1978 Canadiens' dominance over the NHL look tame by comparison.
I mean, it's almost to the point where people are just dismissing the Wizards/Celtics and Spurs/Rockets to an absurd degree. Like, are they merely playing for the right to MAYBE not get swept?
It's frustrating as heck because the NBA is a great entertainment product, but way too predictable.
Contrast that with the Nashville Predators and what we just saw today.
Preds- make conference finals, it's like the greatest moment in team history.
Cavs/Warriors- make conference finals- whatever.
And it's not just compared with the NHL- MLB isn't this predictable (cold bats, bad pitching, bad bullpen can sink you no matter how much talent you have), even the NFL (Tom Brady, for all his dominance, at one point went 9 straight season without winning a Super Bowl.)
The Raptors had good intentions with the Ibaka/Tucker moves, but it's not like the NHL where Pekka Rinne or Jake Allen can singlehandedly win games or series by themselves as we've seen already.
It's just not fun anymore.
LeBron basically is at the point where the NBA Finals is almost a birthright for him. Heck, god forbid he LOSES an East playoff game at this rate.
And Golden State just seems way too unstoppable even for one of the Spurs/Rockets.
You have teams like Utah/Toronto, who do a lot of good things, build up over time, draft, good front office.
And yet they can't stop these super teams which make the 1976-1978 Canadiens' dominance over the NHL look tame by comparison.
I mean, it's almost to the point where people are just dismissing the Wizards/Celtics and Spurs/Rockets to an absurd degree. Like, are they merely playing for the right to MAYBE not get swept?
It's frustrating as heck because the NBA is a great entertainment product, but way too predictable.
Contrast that with the Nashville Predators and what we just saw today.
Preds- make conference finals, it's like the greatest moment in team history.
Cavs/Warriors- make conference finals- whatever.
And it's not just compared with the NHL- MLB isn't this predictable (cold bats, bad pitching, bad bullpen can sink you no matter how much talent you have), even the NFL (Tom Brady, for all his dominance, at one point went 9 straight season without winning a Super Bowl.)
The Raptors had good intentions with the Ibaka/Tucker moves, but it's not like the NHL where Pekka Rinne or Jake Allen can singlehandedly win games or series by themselves as we've seen already.
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