Get hyped for Game 25!

Here we are, a mere 24 games into the marathon 82 game NBA season, and the ESPN hype wagon is already in overkill mode. Tim Legler, Sage Steele and Chris Broussard all reporting live this morning from sunny, South Florida about how Lebron James sat out practice yesterday with a sprained ankle last and how the Heat might slow down Roy Hibbert (Hmmm...they did this enough to beat them in two consecutive playoff series...I wonder). You would think this was the postseason with all that exposure, but no, it's just another regular season game

Tonight, the best two teams in the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Pacers (20-4) and the Miami Heat (18-6), meet again. They'll be meeting up again in the Eastern Conference Finals a few months from now, barring major injury to either of the teams' big stars. You can write that down now. The East is garbage other than these two squads.

                                                                                               Too soon?

The NBA's season is too long to care this much about a regular season game in December. I know it's all about the money, as it is about in all sports now, but cutting the season down to say 60 games wouldn't hurt. Start the season around Christmas Day or give the players more days off between games.

Call me back in late May when these two teams are playing important games. Thanks, ESPN.