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May 18, 2010
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
If the game was in my time zone, I might consider watching it. I can't stay up until midnite watching basketball though.
posted by jmd82 at 01:24 PM on May 18, 2010
I think it's at least partly because we're not that interested in the Locker Room anymore. I know I almost never bother to go there.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 01:24 PM on May 18, 2010
I had a passing interest in the NBA playoffs until the second round. 3 sweeps??? I'll stick to the NHL, thank you...
posted by MeatSaber at 01:46 PM on May 18, 2010
I think it's at least partly because we're not that interested in the Locker Room anymore.
It's that bastard huddle's fault.
posted by tselson at 02:50 PM on May 18, 2010
I think the fact that NBA will start the next round of the playoffs before the previous round was complete makes it difficult to hold a proper playoff pool.
I've never really understood why the NBA does that. If a series goes to a 7th game, why draw attention AWAY from it by starting the next round?
posted by grum@work at 03:20 PM on May 18, 2010
With the exception of the Celtics - Cavs, there's yet to be a competitve series. And if Boston wins tonight, that will hold true for the conference finals as well.
That being said, a Lakers-Celtics finals would be huge, regardless of how it plays in the locker room.
posted by cjets at 03:29 PM on May 18, 2010
The Lakers and Thunder was both a competitive and enjoyable first round series.
I think the Celtics and Magic will be good. The Magic played really poorly and were still in it at the end. Even if the Celtics win, I wouldn't think this series could be called over that quickly.
posted by bperk at 04:03 PM on May 18, 2010
I think the fact that NBA will start the next round of the playoffs before the previous round was complete makes it difficult to hold a proper playoff pool.
Given the problems with people getting their picks on time in the NHL pool with 2 days in between rounds, I wholeheartedly concur. I'd lose my mind trying to run that mess...
posted by MeatSaber at 04:06 PM on May 18, 2010
Anybody care to wage in on whether or not we don't have an NBA Pick 'em in the locker room is a testament to how interested we are in the NBA in general? Hockey Playoff Pools are big time. NCAA brackets are all the rage in March. But the NBA post-season? Not so much.
Your thoughts?
p.s. anyone surprised by the outcome of last night's Laker-Suns matchup? I know I wasn't.