Why? Because it just needs to happen, to make my life complete. Oh, and Anthony needs to lead the Nets to a championship.

Everyone knows of the rumors of Carmelo coming to the Nets. And if you don’t shame on you. But if that happened, imagine how great that would be. That trade woud be up there with the Nets stealing Kidd and Carter from the Suns and Raps, respectively. I mean, Carmelo Anthony, one of the top young players in the game…for RJ? Are you kidding me? That’s a no-brainer. Carmelo’s twice the player Jefferson is. It’d be a dream for me, with my Nets-Orange fandom.

So, the other night, I caught the Lakers’ win over San Antonio, in L.A. How amazing was that? Who wasn’t surprised and amazed when the Lakers came back from a 20 point lead?! It was such a good win for L.A., though. For L.A.’s bench to make such a run, and Kobe to follow up by leading another run, thereby giving L.A. the victory was great. (As you can tell, I’m sick of San Antonio.)

Also, anyone else surprised with the improve game of Sasha Vujacic? Wow, what a player he’s become. His defense has improve greatly, and his shot selection is looking much better than it previously was. Not to mention those clutch free throws in Game 1. I used to think he was trash…I was definitely wrong about him.

Anyways, the Game 2 was tonight, and how thankful was I to hear that, while I on my walk, the Lakers had blown out the Spurs by 30 points! That’s the best thing I’ve heard since…well, since Kidd got traded for Devin Harris. I hope this trend of the Lakers whooping the Spurs continues, because I can’t stand the Spurs.

So, for the Pistons-Celtics series…shall we consider that over? With the Pistons’ win at Boston, home court advantage has shifted to the Pistons. Now, all the Pistons have to do is win at home in the rest of the series, and they’re the Eastern Conference Champs. Of course, the Pistons did lose one against the 76ers, of all teams. But Boston hasn’t won yet away from home. And I really doubt the Pistons are gonna underestimate the Celtics, as they know perfectly well what they’re capable of.

The keys to the Pistons winning this series is gonna be Chauncey and Sheed: For one, is Chauncey healthy enough to lead his team to the Finals, and will he be able to stay healthy throughout the whole series? Let’s hope so. And will Sheed step up to the call, and get the better of Garnett in the series? I think he will. He matched his average last night of 13 points, played good defense, and his teammates stepped up from the Game 1 blowout. I think that, as long as Chauncey’s fine and healthy, this series should be Detroit’s for the taking.

Since my hopes for a Hornets-Magic Finals were squashed in the second round, I’m hoping this round will make up for it, by providing with about an equally entertaining Lakers-Pistons Finals.

Well, All-NBA teams were named. And, not surprisingly, the 1st team was full of potential MVP candidates: Kobe, Paul, Garnett, Lebron, and Howard. 2nd team was pretty good, too: Nash, Deron, Dirk, Amare, and Duncan.

The third team, however, made me a bit puzzled: Mcgrady (who played through the whole 22-game win streak, OK), Paul Peirce (best team in the league, OK), and Boozer, Ginobili (?), and Yao (??). Boozer, well, I guess you could make a case for him. He played really good this year, although it could be argued that what Antawn Jamison or David West did for their teams was better and more important, considering one helped to carry his injury-depleted team, and the other helped to get his team the 2nd best record in the West. And Yao, he was a part of that 22 game win streak…although Yao couldn’t even qualify for being a scoring leader.

And Manu Ginobili? Are you kidding me? That “6th man”? I won’t even get into the fact that he shouldn’t be a 6th man. But naming him to the third team? That’s ridiculous…especially considering the SECOND BEST team in the league, Detroit, didn’t get one player on any of the teams. And on that Detroit team, Chauncey Billups, the best player on the team; the leader on the team; the guy who makes the Pistons run, and makes all those clutch shots that got them to win quite a lot of those 59 wins - was barely considered. Hell, three players (all on the same team) were chosen ahead of Chauncey - Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson, and Marcus Camby. Why? Was it stats? Lack of media coverage? Or just pure ignorance? I don’t know, and I don’t really care…but it’s still pretty messed up. Chauncey is a better player, and more important to his team, than Manu Ginobili.

Oh well, I guess these All-NBA teams aren’t much to get riled up about, anyways. After all, most of these awards are pretty much meaningless.