As always, we prefer to get our breakdowns of major events from athletes. After all, this is why we ask privates for their consideration of the theater of war and fish about swimming. If you want to know anything, you have to go right to the source. “Analysts”, “experts”, “people who can think and express those thoughts eloquently”… they’re just gettin’ in the way, man.

(Greg Oden, the consummate teacher, in his valiant attempt to teach the low-post game to every co-ed in America, one at a time)

That’s why we were so tickled to find that THE MONOTONOUS LIFE has the same philosophy and relies on Greg Oden and his YARDBARKER work for her NBA Finals coverage:

“With two good teams with so much history. I have no predictions on who will win it all, but I’ll say the team who scores the most points has a really good chance.”

Well said, young man. Well said.

That absolutely destroys ABC’s plan for a pre-game special. Forget it, gentlemen… shut down the studio time. There’s nothing else to add. The man takes a year off from active competition to study the game down to its very core and comes back with that. What else is left? Nothing. That explains Doug Collins’ desire to get back into coaching. He sees the writing on the wall.