Weekend Fun: Refocusing on high quality

May 11th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

After last night’s debacle — which even prompted a Glass Joe comparison from currently blacklisted FanHouse friend Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys — I’ve come to a new and resolute conclusion: I’m not going to lament this loss at all. Sure, I was furious for a little bit last night, but now it’s time to face facts. The Bulls are simply not that good yet. As encouraging as the Miami series was, this Pistons team is the class of the conference, and Chicago simply doesn’t have the horses. They have a good team, a solid team, a team that will probably only get better … but they’re not there yet. And I’m OK with that.

The reason it’ll be easy to get over that is because despite what Bomani Jones tells you, this is an effin’ great playoffs so far. The Warriors-Mavs series is something that any basketball fan should treasure forever, and right now the Suns and Spurs are locked in a Finals-worthy contest. Not only that, but that series is getting overlooked thanks to the continued insanity of the Warriors, who are now getting overlooked thanks to Jazz. Everyone out West is one-upping each other, and it’s made for a conference without a single playoff dud so far. OK, so the East has flopped, but we should have seen that coming. What are we complaining about again?

So that’s why I’m choosing to forget about the Bulls. I’ll watch the game Sunday, and if they win, I’ll watch the next day … but it’s time to change the focus from geographic loyalty back to where the real entertainment lies, and that is not in the Eastern conference.

With that, we’ll see you around this weekend. Since we neglect the sport so much (we don’t even have category on the sidebar there), I’m going to try and learn about hockey and write a post at some point in the near future about what I’ve learned. If it doesn’t show up, that’ll show you how much the topic has enthralled me.

UPDATE: Just noticed I titled this “Case of the Mondays” instead of the appropriate title, Weekend Fun. I’m sure you were shocked at the oversight. We’re back up to speed now, though.