I try to keep up with scores and highlights of various sport franchises. The guys and girls at my alma mater did pretty good this year in basketball. The guys lost in the 2nd round to perennial powerhouse UCLA which is in the Final Four, again. The girls ended up going their farthest ever, to the Elite Eight and lost to Tennessee (which has the best women’s program in all of NCAA history).
Anyways, I’ve also kept up with some of the professional leagues like the NBA (growing up in Dallas, I’d like to say I enjoy the Mavericks, but Mark Cuban annoys me most of the time).
Look at the current standings: the East versus West rivalry is totally lopsided and has been for about a decade (ever since Jordan retired). And to think, Miami had the best team 3 years ago. What are they drinking out there?
My advice is that we let the bottom tier teams on the East just play each other on the Xbox for the rest of the season. Let Detroit and Boston rest for the next 10 games. Allow the AND1 team to join a round robin-style tournament to determine the Eastern victor. Then the day before the final game, let Wade and Shaq duke it out for the 6th man position on the Eastern bench (because Phoenix will have lost by then). Let Kobe ref the scrimmage. Loser has to chauffeur Phil Jackson for the summer.
Win-win-win situation.