It's NBA Playoffs time, usually one of my favorite parts of the sports year. Watching games that have a higher meaning in a seven-game do or die series is what I live for. I could go the whole season without seeing a basketball game and still be interested come playoff time.
In 2011, I am particularly interested. That's because the Chicago Bulls, a team many experts thought was a year or two away from competing for a title, have the league's best record and have looked pretty unstoppable for the last two months of the season.
Still, as it is with most Chicago teams except for the Cubs, the Bulls aren't getting national recognition. Most of the country still figures the NBA Finals will come down to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat.
But the Bulls have a certain MVP, the most likeable player in the NBA - Derrick Rose. He makes the Bulls the most likeable and classiest team in my opinion. Teams like the Heat and Celtics are the bad guys in this story.
I can't wait to see the Bulls advance past Indiana and take on some of those other teams with more playoff experience. I think they will take the challenge head on.
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