One Benefit of Adam Silver: The New NBA One Problem: ESPN.

I had been meaning to write a post about something going on in the NBA this season, Adam Silver's first full year as the Commissioner.

So I will do so.

Take a look at tonight's NBA standings.

As of the end of play on February 6, 2015 -- one week before the NBA All-Star Game and over halfway through the season -- here is a rough look at the standings...

Eastern Conference:

1. Atlanta
2. Toronto
3. Washington
4. Chicago

Western Conference

1. Golden State
2. Memphis
3. Houston
4. Portland

Now, I have one question for any reader of this blog:

Do you honestly believe that, at any meaningful point of any meaningful David Stern season, that David Stern would allow his NBA to look like THAT??

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Well, Friday night, we got an indication as to that ESPN might not want it.

You see, ESPN did one smart thing, and one very STUPID thing.

The smart thing was 10-40 New York Knicks on the early game of the network doubleheader.

(That 10-40, by the way, is with them going 5-5 in their last ten!)

So, #1 East Atlanta hosted #1 West Golden State.  Atlanta won a rather tight matchup by eight points.  The two teams rematch out West next month!

So ESPN gives us not only the second game in the history of the NBA where over 40 games had been played by each team and both had winning percentages over .820.

It gives us the LA Clippers at Toronto, where Toronto wins easily.

You THINK we might be heading, eventually, toward a showdown between Adam Silver and ESPN, perhaps saying someone a little more "sexy" than Golden State or Atlanta (forgetting Atlanta's defense or the three-point shooting of Golden State, nah!!!) should be in the Finals?

Stay tuned!