Somehow, some way, it’s coming. If the events of the past week in the NBA playoffs weren’t enough indication, they’ll be another epic blockbuster with a cataclysmic finale this summer (or winter, depending on what part of the globe your nuts freeze in). If this was Jeff Van Gundy, you’d hear something along the lines [...]

Having had time to reflect on the 2009 Finals I’ve come to a conclusion on what they really were. Not Kobe’s vindication, or Phil’s coronation. But something else: an anticlimax. There were at least four series that were more entertaining during these playoffs – Boston v Chicago, Houston v LA, Orlando v Boston and Orlando [...]