The Sound of the Suburbs

At last, the NBA Playoffs!

But first, as a pathetic Piston fan, let me scrutinize free agent Twit Charlie V's quote after Detroit beat Minnesota to further lessen its chances to draft John Wall, aka The Next Isiah Thomas.

"This is Detroit basketball. This is an organization that's used to going to the playoffs and going to the Finals,'' Villanueva said. "I know it's going to get back to what Detroit basketball needs to be.''

Oh boy, Charlie! You beat The mighty T-Wolves! Enjoy your off-season. Nice to see you and Ben Gordon show up in the final two games of the season. The two of you and any three other Pistons couldn't beat Chauncey Billups, Allen Iverson, Mehmet Okur, Darko Milicic and the pathetic Rasheed Wallace.

Twit off, CV. Expect the Pistons back in the Finals by 2020 if they're lucky.

So here we go into prediction land where my success rate dwarfs CV's three-point percentage, as admittedly excrescent as that is:

The East:
Cavs Over Bulls in 5
Magic Over Bobcats in 4
Hawks Over Bucks in 6
Boston Over Miami in 7

Cavs Over Celts in 5
Magic Over Hawks in 6

Cavs Over Magic in 7

The West:
Lakers Over OKC in 5
Spurs Over Mavs in 7
Suns Over Portland in 5
Nuggets Over Jazz in 7

Lakers Over Denver in 7
Spurs Over Suns in 6


Lakers Over Spurs in 7

The Finals
Cavs Over Lakers in 6

King James and Shaq reign supreme.

LeBron stays in The Mistake By The Lake.

Panic in Lakerland.

Phil retires.

Artest and Sasha go away.

David Lee becomes a Laker.

Wall is nothing but Net and begins their resurgence, which will see a title within five years while The Dolans watch with envy.

The Pistons draw the worst position in the lottery and draft another loser. (Austin Daye anyone?)

Charlie V Tweets endless inanities about his off-season activities

The Universe is in Order

Over and Out ...