Funny thing happened on the way to David Stern’s PERFECT NBA finals….

In a perfect world, after all the hype, the Lakers and Cavs would be playing in a hotly contested finals game 7 with ratings through the roof!

Magic and Bird changed the basketball landscape in the early 80’s with their finals match ups. Before that, you couldn’t even watch the finals live in most markets. I should know, I watched the Laker’s win their first championship in the 80’s tape delayed on CBS after “Sports Central” which came on after the 11 o’clock news….

So now we find ourselves with a likely pairing of the Los Angeles Lakers playing the Orlando Magic in the finals, not bad but certainly not the dream match up of Kobe vs Labron (Lakers v Cavaliers). The Lakers are on the verge of saving David Stern from his WORST NIGHTMARE – a pairing of the Denver Nuggets and Orlando Magic – a probable ratings disaster!

So, if things play out like  they are looking like they will… we will see the Superman Dwight Howard and his band of 3 point happy shooters against the Black Mamba (yup, that’s Kobe) and the Lake Show. A happy medium but not the finals match up that has been talked about all season.

As far as the other side of Kobe vs LaBron – who’s the better player – we’re not entering this hornets nest yet, except to say that at the end off the season, who’s got a ring?

Our pick: Lakers in 6…

Now for your viewing pleasure here are some Kobe & LaBron images: