When Do We Get to the Exciting Part?; The NBA Finals

Maybe it's because the last two championships involved Pittsburgh teams winning, but these NBA finals just haven't really lived up to the hype.

After the 7 game Bulls/Celtics series, with 4 games going into at least OT,

After the Rockets/Lakers series, with the emergence of Aaron Brooks and a Rocket team fighting without their top center to game 7,

After Carmelo Anthony's game winner, or was that an uncalled intentional foul?

After the Magic/Celtics series, with the Big Baby shot (soon after pushing a little orlando fan), and the debacle between Stan VaGu and Superman,

After watching Lebron James and the Cavs DESTROY their first two series,

After the Cavs/Magic series, with Lebron fighting for his team's chances with desperation shots, and the absolute EXPLOSION of Dwight Howard in game 6,

It just doesn't look like the climactic finish that this playoffs deserves. First of all, Dwight Howard isn't playing well, and Paul Gasol is not an exciting player in any respect. When there's a boring (and very, very ugly) player smothering the only exciting Magic player, that just doesn't make the series popcorn-worthy.

Furthermore, I think most people are sick of the Kobe drama. "He should pass the ball more," or "No he shouldn't, hes Kobe!"

I'd rather have Lebron. Even with all the commercials, the media, the hype in general. At least the matchup would live up to Finals material.
As much as I love Dwight Howard, this series just doesn't provide a good matchup for him.
Varejao and Gasol would make for an unnatractive matchup that no one would look at, and all the focus would be at the top of the key, where the Kobe/Lebron show would actually do this playoffs justice. But when was the last time the NBA Finals was exciting? With a team like the Spurs dominating the past decade, a team without the superstars or a fanbase, the NBA Finals just aren't the climax. But hey, there's still time, and as we've learned from last year's Finals, "Anything's POSSIBLEEEEE." yikes.