Welcome ladies and gents to the lottery edition of the Idiots Blog Guide to the 2008 NBA draft. Whilst the Conference Finals are in full swing and the best team in the game is currently being scripted, the top 14 crappiest teams need something to look forward to. For the Warriors it’s trying to figure [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 32
I know I’m getting a little behind with my playoff diary. It’s a busy time in my world, but I’m easing up my schedule over the coming weeks so I can get back to blogging long and hard. A lot has been written about game 1 between the Lakers and Spurs. How [...]

Day 30’s Playoff Votes
The Spurs shot 39.5% in this game and they still won. Duncan, Ginobili and Parker combined to shoot 34% but they still won. They turned the ball over 14 times (to the Hornets 8 ) and they still won. David West had 20-9 and Chris Paul went for 18pts-14ass-8rebs-5stls, and the Spurs [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 29
Now I can rest in peace. The figure of my nightmares all season has been defeated, now trapped in the twilight zone till October. The nightmare almost resurfaced before my very own eyes. I woke up this morning at 7.30am to go work, knowing that the Boston v Cleveland game was being [...]

Day 26’s Playoff Votes
3 votes – Another day, another Celtics v Cavs game where neither team reaches 100 points. But this time there was one player worthy of the day’s 3 votes. KG had probably his best game of the playoffs so far: 26 points, 16 rebounds (playoff high), 4 assists, 3 blocks (equal playoff [...]

Day 23’s Playoff Votes
3 votes – Deron Williams. This is a classic game that showed why the Utah Jazz are all grown up and legitimate title contenders. Leading by 12 points with four minutes to play, the Jazz were swamped by a barrage of Laker threes – D-Fish hit three, Lamar hit one – all [...]

Haven’t added to my playoff diary in almost a week – I’ve got some serious catching up to do! Best way to do it is probably with my MVP playoff votes.
Day 20’s Playoff MVP Votes
3 votes – Tony Parker. No real doubt about this one. After Chris Paul looked like he’d murdered the CP vs [...]

Chauncey went down with an injury, and with it so may have Detroit’s chances. It’s true that the Magic came out with far more intensity and energy and looked like winners even before Billups went down, but its also true that the Pistons came back to be within 4 points (after being down 20-3 at [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 17
I think its about time I started to admit I was wrong about the Hornets. In the first round I tipped them to lose to Dallas in 6 games. Despite convincingly doing away with the Mavs, I then tipped them to lose to the Spurs in 6. I don’t think I was [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 15
This day was black and white for me. There were two games and the setting was similar for both: A young hungry team trying to make a name for itself in the playoffs (Magic, Hornets) against a playoff-savvy veteran ball club who’s been here a million times before (Pistons, Spurs). The results [...]