The NBA finals is the first sporting event that I wish wasn't in high definition. Normally any sport, exciting or not, is infinitely better in HD. In golf, you can count the dimples on the golfball. In baseball, you can pick up the spin on a pitch. In hockey you can see how many teeth the players are all missing. Usually HD is a vital part of sports viewing. Not for these NBA finals. I can't remember a more motley looking group of players. Three glaring examples of too much definition come to mind.
First Pau Gasol. He looks like he should be selling hemp necklaces out of the back of his van at a Phish concert. You would never pick him out of a lineup as one of the top 10 current basketball players. He looks like a european grave digger.
Second, Hedo Turkoglu. Same reasons as above. Would you want to buy coffee from this guy. Me either. According to ESPN's Bill Simmons, he may have set the standard for broken HD tuners.
Finally the Kobe Bryant Wolverine Face. I know, I know, he really wants this bad. How could I forget with the announcers telling us 10,000 times a game. It looks like he is trying to smell his own breath. No kobe it is not your breath, it is Pau Gasol's Euro B.O.
Besides the fact that the Lakers are probably going to walk to the title, I just can't stomach seeing any more. Maybe they could play with ski masks. Or even those face guards like Rip Hamilton wears would be better. Let me know if they start broadcasting in LD.
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