Injuries and Issues

The NBA season and post season has been plagued with injuries and issues throughout the season and now into the playoffs.It all started with the lockout then the infamous trade of CP3 to the Lakers only to be vetoed by the commissioner, Bynum suspended the first 4 games due to an incident last season and then the injuries mounted. Let's count em down: Dwight Howard - out for playoffs (back), Jeremy Lin-Sanity - out most of the season, might come back this week, TrailBlazers - everyone is hurt every year, Shumper torn ACL, D Rose torn ACL and now Amare attacked the glass and the glass attacked back.

From Melo controversy to the firing/resigning of D'Antoni to the Lakers deadline deals and losing D Fish who refused to report to Houston and signed with OKC. Metta World Peace is now suspended for 7 games and Rondo picked up a 1 game suspendion for humping a ref. Heck, there was even drama in the race for the scoring title and Kobe Bryant missed some games and could have played in the finale against the Kings in what is possibly THEIR finale in Sacramento but he opted to rest and play for ring #6 instead. Speaking of the Kings, they celebrated a new arena deal only to back out at the last minute. Maybe Stern will buy them out the way he did with the Hornets. We all know how well that turned out.

I hope the NBA learns something from this....the condensed season causing injuries to star players and the watered down league with too many teams is causing the overall play to diminish. The outcry from some was "don't let CP3 go to a major market, it hurts the small market teams" yet Stern stopped him from going to the Lakers only to have him traded to the Clippers in the very same major media market. Stern must've loved the "Lob City" hype and excitement it would bring to casual fans but REAL fans know there is so much more to basketball. Meanwhile, Stern's former media darling Michael Jordan is now part of the winningest team and losingest teams in NBA history. The Heat still have the 2 top players in the league and with the watered down league injuries to star players, it appears the road to Lebron's first title has finally been paved.

I think it is time for Stern to go. He made a mess of the lockout, mess of the Hornets, mess of the CP3 trade and has not taken the league to new heights since Jordan left. Too many expansion teams and piss poor decisions from the commissioner have brought the quality of the NBA to one of the lowest levels in recent years.

Me and Omar want Stern gone NOW!