Deron Williams = Stud

I spent all basketball season long talking about how much I freaking heart Deron Williams. And he's stepping up even bigger in the postseason now...with a monster shot on Baron Davis to tie this game 2 with 2.3 seconds left. Barring a Warriors field goal to win it (which would mean you're not reading this because I feel like an ass...whew) there is one hell of a game going on in Salt Lake City right now. I should note that the upper level somehow doesn't appear to be completely sold out, or maybe I'm hallucinating that. Not that I'm hallucinating right now, as far as you know. Either way, why not ship some Hawks fans out there, huh?

Do they realize they could have picked between Williams and Chris Paul ???? I don't have the energy to really put enough question marks at the end of the sentence to really justify the stupidity of taking Marvin Williams at that spot. Marvin will be great but, I mean, come one. This isn't fantasy basketball and you're not trying to build to trade. Man, what a mistake.

Anyway, overtime coming in Utah and I'll be honest, I just found myself doing a fist pump when Deron buried that shot. I thought I wanted to adopt the Warriors because, as someone over at ESPN (I believe) said, if the Warriors-Suns somehow landed in the conference finals and either one won the Title, it would change basketball. Now I remember, it was Wilbon on PTI saying that if D'Antoni won a championship with his Martz like basketball coaching (offensive genius, not the arrogant part) then he would cement his legacy in the NBA by changing the way most teams (Yes, Mr. Popovich, we are pointing those fingers at you) play and how the playoffs so often morph into a slow it down, defense fest. Couldn't agree more. I think the Jazz are good enough offensively to get loose with the Suns too, so I'm sticking with Deron. Just pissed I didn't have the stones to think Dallas would lose, other wise I would have stuck the Jazz in the Finals.