I usually take this space to harp on something related to Marshall sports, but this column is going to be a little different. With the school year winding down the various fields of play in and around the Huntington campus are beginning to empty for the summer (although it merits mentioning that MU tennis player Kellie Schmitt was named Conference USA Player of the Year for the second consecutive year), so I’m going to take this space to talk about my yearly summer mistress: the NBA playoffs.

Far too often, the complaint I hear about the NBA is that the college game is so much better, why even bother with the pro game. College basketball may be better than the NBA, but that doesn’t mean that professional basketball isn’t awesome, especially when playoff time comes around.

The Western Conference is loaded with talent this year, and it has shown so far in the playoffs. New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul (who WVU fans might remember from when the Mounties d