Via BBTF, Ruben Ceniceros compares the NBA playoffs to the MLB playoffs:
The best team in the American League was swept. The favorite to win the AL Pennant was swept. Oh, the best team in baseball escaped a possible elimination game in the first round. Now, we’ve got a Cleveland/Chicago World Series.
And that’s where the NBA is failing.
The NBA season is already chalked full of headlines. Old faces in different places: Dwyane Wade to the Bulls; Derrick Rose to the Knicks; Al Horford to the Celtics. Struggling teams like the Timberwolves, Magic and Jazz are now able to make a run to the playoffs. Good teams like the Celtics, Blazers and Grizzlies have reinforcements to make deeper runs in the playoffs. But even with top-class rookies, productive veterans and big name signings, success is going to follow the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.
The NBA playoffs appear to be just more basketball, with the best teams playing in the finals. Maybe the first two rounds of the NBA playoffs should be best of three, to introduce some variability into the final mix.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2ePpPQY
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