Top 10 NBA Playoff Takeaways

10) If LeBron James' elbow injury leads to the Celtics going to the Eastern Conference Finals, leading to his exit from the city, Cleveland Fan would be completely justified in giving up watching sports entirely

9) Now that George Karl is away from the Nuggets, people are noticing that they are erratic and unpredictable

8) Mark Cuban thinks Paul Allen is dumb money, and vice versa

7) Despite taking a 3-2 lead against the higher seeded Hawks, the only Buck to achieve national prominence is the dunking deer mascot

6) Orlando is going to make the third round of the playoffs without actually playing against a good team

5) The Lakers enjoy looking vulnerable early in the first round, just to give Laker Haters a Charlie Brown With The Football level of pathetic hope

4) Regardless of whether or not you like the Spurs, or were rooting for them in the first round against the Mavs, it's just enjoyable to watch Cuban fail in the first round

3) It was totally worth the gamble that Brandon Roy would ruin his career by coming back too fast from surgery, so the Blazers could... lose in the first round

2) If David Stern just sticks his fingers in his ears long and far enough, no one will notice the continuing complaints and conspiracy theories about the referees

1) TNT's studio crew is so much fun to watch, you actually like the network despite the fact that the high rotation commercials for their shows make you want to murder everyone involved in their original programming lineup