Congratulations, NBA

You have now assured yourself of the most boring NBA final EVER. Since, you know, Detroit and San Antonio are such TV hotbeds, ratings will be through the roof. That, and Ben and Rasheed Wallace are just as interesting as Shaq and Dwayne Wade.

Oh wait, no, they're not. On all counts.

Now, instead of having the backdrop of South Beach and an offensively minded final, we'll drop back to defense and have 5 or 6 82-76 games. The spurs were interesting in the Western Conference Final because they played up tempo basketball to compete with the Suns, somethign they would have done against Shaq and co. Now that they'll be playing Detroit, Poppo will revert his team to boring, defensive wonders.

That, and we all know how Tim Duncan, as good as he is, is Milquetoast compared to Shaq. No one wants to tune in to watch TD, because he has a bland personality. They want to see Shaq yell "Can You Dig It" at the top of his lungs.

So, congratulations, NBA. Going into a CBA contract year with the players, and staring in the face of an NHL-style lockout, you'll top off a good playoff year with one of the most boring finals of all time.

In the words of Leonardo Leonardo - "well played".