I have always believed that no league is better at determining a true champion than the National Basketball Association. With over half of all NBA teams qualifying for the four best of seven rounds in their playoff system, it is pretty hard to deny that the team emerging from the “Second Season” is the best in the league. The problem is, while watching the potential Finals matchup between Los Lakers and El Heat (nice forced racial sensitivity Stern), I came to the sad realization that fewer and fewer teams have a legitimate shot of earning the O’Brien Trophy. The NBA is slowly but surely devolving into Major League Baseball.