Is the Domination by Warriors and Cavs Bad for NBA?
If I had to bet my house last July as to who would be playing for this year's NBA Championship, I would have said the Warriors and Cavs without thinking twice. I think most fans would have done the same. The Cavs had LeBron James, who was coming off of a historic Finals performance, while the Warriors had just revamped their team with the free-agency signing of Kevin Durant. Not to mention, the Warriors and Cavs had just played each other for the second straight year in the Finals, so a third and decisive meeting would only seem right.
But now we are living it. The Warriors and Cavs both lead their respective Conference Finals 2 games to none and sweeps in both cases seem imminent. Yes, the Finals will be one for the ages, but the build-up, well, it's been much ado about nothing. In fact, this year I have found myself less interested in playoff games in which other years I would most certainly have tuned in for. I think this has a lot to do with the inevitability of the Warriors and Cavs trilogy. Nothing else really seems to matter.
While the Finals will certainly be riveting, the entire playoffs have not been. Now, the Finals can make up for a lot if the series turns out to be epic, but as of now, the Cavs and Warriors dominance is not good for the NBA. They need to be pushed. They need worthy adversaries. Right now, all that they have is one another and while that will be quite the series, the rest of the playoffs is just a side-show.
