10. With continued hard work and determination, Blake Griffin can become the greatest funny commercial actor of all time.

9. You don’t have to be lonely… at farmersonly.com

8. The Clippers need a third star in their line up to make a serious playoff run.  They’re still the most fun team to watch in basketball, in my opinion.

7. The Warriors’ David Lee tears his hip flexor. Steph Curry sprains his ankle. Rookie Harrison Barnes goes up for a rebound and lands on his face that requires stitches above his eye. And they all come back to put in playoff work like beast mode. But not as beast mode as Nate Robinson.

6. Nate Robinson is a freaking BEAST!

5. The OKC Thunder really, really miss Russell Westbrook.  And the Memphis Grizzlies are really good.

4. The Golden State Warriors are darn good, way better than most people (including me) thought they were. If they stay healthy, they’ll make several serious playoff runs for the next few years. “IF” they stay healthy. “IF”.

3. I want to see Norris Cole and Iman Shumpert on American Idol singing their best Kid ‘N Play megamix tribute with Kid ‘N Play sitting at the judges table sobbing their eyes out.

2. Toward the end of a close game, never ever miss both your free throws or else you will lose, Dick Jefferson.  As the great Blake Griffin once said in his commercial to his past 6-year-old self, “Practice your free throws.  A lot.”

… and the Number 1 thing I’ve learned from watching this years NBA Playoffs:

1. I’d love to see the Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies duke it out in an NBA Finals Game 7, but no one’s beating the Miami Heat this year.  After Russell Westbrook and the Thunder went down, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that no one has the fire power to end Miami’s bid for will their 2nd strating NBA Championship.  Sorry.