This NBA post season has further proven the point that the NBA regular season means absolutely nothing. Case and point, the Boston Celtics.

All season long the Celtics were the team to beat. 35-6 at home, 31-10 on the road. From top to bottom every player on the roster played hard and with passion night in and night out. Now the team has nothing to show for all that hard work during the regular season.

This team looks completely warn out, they haven't scored over 90 points this entire series against Clevland. At this point you really have to start wondering if Boston can even last past this round physically. Ray Allen and Paul Pierce have been terrible. And the most frightening part of it all if your a Celtics fan, LeBron James hasn't even gone nuts yet. James has shot an embarrassing 20-for-78 from the floor against Boston, and the series is tied 2-2. What's going to happen when LeBron goes off against the Celtics, just like he did in Game 5 last post season against the Pistons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Px-jPm_TU.

No way the Celtics make it out of this round.

My original locks had the Cavs winning in seven games, scratch that and make it six.

Oh, and check out Lebron yelling at his mom after being fouled by Paul Pierce in Game 4. She's the woman wearing the white shirt elbowing Kevin Garnett in the hip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPAKipFHx4.

-I know it's a little late, but Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's rant was truly a work of art. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7mOiMvb7Ds

The only thing that could have made it the best sports rant in the history of sports rants, is if Gullien ended with the classic Scarface line.

"So say good night to the bad guy......go ahead....cause this the last time you gone see a bad guy look this good, let me tell you"

-Lakers guard Kobe Bryant finally won the NBA MVP award after 12 seasons in the league. I'm actually glad he took home the hardware. As much as it pains me to say this, Bryant is the best player the NBA has seen since MJ. With that being said, he'll never be better than Jordan no matter what he does.  

So the first picture from the Cedric Benson boating extravaganza has finally surfaced. If you haven't heard by now, Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was pepper sprayed and arrested for resisting arrest and boating while intoxicated. Benson claims he wasn't drunk and did nothing wrong, while the authorities are claiming the complete opposite.

I'll wait to discuss the issue at hand until all the facts come out, mainly because I was ready to rip Benson to pieces when I first heard about this. Now with a witness coming out and holes in the police report and Benson's story. You really don't know who to believe or what really happened at this point.

Nonetheless here's the picture:

Two major things I find very disturbing in this photo.

1) Who invites their mother on a boating trip like this. (Benson's mom is in the middle of the two young men posing for the camera). It's always seemed weird to me when children party with their parents. Having a good time with mom and dad at a family function is one thing, but hardcore partying with the parents is just strange. Whenever I got word my dad showed up to a party I was at, that was my cue to sneak out the back door and sprint to the nearest library. I would never think "Oh look it's my dad, I wonder if he wants to do a shot".

And why would you want your mother in this type of environment anyway. For goodness sake there's scantily clad women, booze and sun chips all over the place.

Which brings me to disturbing image number two.

2) WHO EATS SUN CHIPS THESE DAYS? Is that like the secret ingredient to throwing a good boat party?

-Girls, check.

-30 foot boat, check.

-Alcohol, check.

-Camera and sunscreen, check.

-Sun Chips......Sun Chips........Sun Chips, Crap! You forgot the Sun Chips! Now this boat party is going to suck. Take me back to land right now.

Before I make my second round picks, lets look back at my first round locks in which Ken Lavicka laughed at me for: 

 Western Conference

1) L.A. Lakers over 8) Denver Nuggets in (5)

7) Dallas Mavericks over 2) New Orleans in (7)

3) San Antonio over 6) Phoenix Suns in (7)

4) Utah Jazz over 5) Houston Rockets in (6) 

Eastern Conference

1) Boston Celtics over 8) Atlanta Hawks in (4)

2) Detroit Pistons over 7) Philadelphia 76ers in (6)

3) Orlando Magic over 6) Toronto Raptors in (7)

4) Cleveland Cavs over 5) Washington Wizards in (6)

Not to bad, for some reason I bought into the notion of New Orleans not having enough post season experience to beat Dallas. Shame on me.

So without any further ado, here are the picks for the 2nd Round:

Western Conference

1) L.A. Lakers over the 4) Utah Jazz in (6)

3) San Antonio Spurs over the 2) New Orleans Hornets in (7)

Eastern Conference

4) Cleveland Cavs over the 1) Boston Celtics in (7)

2) Detroit Pistons over the 3) Orlando Magic in (6)

- Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson was fired after posting a .735 winning percentage with the Mavs. Don't worry Avery, looks like Suns head coach Mike D'Antoni is on his way out also. D'Antoni has posted 50 plus win seasons in Phoenix the past four years. YES!! The NBA, "Where firing good head coaches after their front offices go out and trade for old declining superstars happens".

- So glad NBA commissioner David Stern hasn't suspended any player this post season for hard fouls, mouthing off to refs or practically fighting. I don't think anyone would've  blamed him for sitting Celtics PF/C Kevin Garnett after shoving an official in Game 4.

- According to athletic director Craig Angelos, the search begins for the next head basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University. They really should go after Larry Brown hard. He might be open to coaching the Owls part-time on the weekends. Monday Brown took his ninth head coaching job in the NBA with the Bobcats. Any player that has played in the league over the last 20 years has probably been coached by him at least twice.

- After watching last nights Florida Marlins game, I'm completely convinced I could go at least 2-for-4 at the plate against lefty Andrew Miller. OK maybe not 2-for-4, but I guarantee I could reach base at least once.

- During Day 1 of the NFL Draft, ESPN analyst Keyshawn Johnson said the phrase "Copycat League" approximately 19,734,951 times.

- ESPN Radio 760's Jim Rutledge is the best handicapper in the world. Go check out his blog and take a look at his NBA playoff picks. The guy is absolutely right about every series, it's amazing. Only one minor problem, he made all of his picks after the series were over or one game from being over. Be sure to look out for his second round picks, I heard those will be out sometime this fall.