Well that happened quickly

Now that the San Antonio Spurs absolutely made the Cleveland Cavaliers look silly as an NBA Finals participant, i feel as though i need to address it because in the process they made me look silly as an NBA Finals commentator. Now, i was unable to watch every minute of every game, but it's better that way because it was really ugly. The Spurs dominated this series in a way that made the Cavs look like they didn't belong, giving some credibility to the theory that many people have that the current NBA playoff format is inherently flawed. Looking back at my post on the day of game 1, i think i realize what went wrong for me, and also for those commentators who made similar predictions (and i was not alone). What happened was that on paper the Cavs looked so decisively overmatched that we desperately wanted to find a way to make this an entertaining series. It was as if by wanting it to be a close series bad enough, that it would be. But i was wrong, and the moral of the story will be, don't underestimate the Spurs. It's too early to pick them to repeat, given their inability to win back-to-back titles in the past as well as potential NBA-landscape-changing trades being rumored involving franchise players like Kobe Bryant, Shawn Marion, Jermaine O'Neal, and Kevin Garnett. One thing that is certain is that Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili will all be back in silver and black, and this team should not be questioned.

As for the Cavs, they are no lock to get back to the Finals either. i think that it is safe to assume that LeBron James is going to continue to get better, but overall his supporting cast is sub-par and not getting any younger. The amount of money invested in players like Larry Hughes and Donyell Marshall will make them hard to move, and while it would be nice to see Larry Hughes regain the form he displayed in his last year in Washington, i wouldn't expect that. If there is a silver lining to this postseason, it's that the Cavs realized what a gem they had in Daniel Gibson, something i don't think any of us realized. i'm guessing he's not going anywhere, so it looks like if the Cavs want to get better through a trade, they'll probably have to move their energy guy Anderson Varejao, which they will be reluctant to do. It's a long offseason, but i would expect Cleveland to be competing with Detroit, Chicago, Miami, Washington, and Toronto for tops in the East next year. And let's just hope that one year from now, we have a much more memorable NBA Finals.