At what point is it just ridiculous?

For this particular topic I'll turn to one of my favorite "Friends" moments that came from season 5. Monica and Chandler were keeping their romantic relationship a secret until Phoebe and Rachel found out about it. Hilarity ensued, but it became ridiculous at one point. Phoebe said, "They don't know we know they know we know."

Yeah, ridiculous, but hilarious.

Though I love the NBA Playoffs it finally occurred to me what's happening with the broadcasts of those games. It made me think I wish I could see every game live and do my own color commentary.

Each year, ESPN and TNT pick a team or teams they cling on to. In the broadcasts the praise of those teams gets rather crazy. I'm a Lakers fan, so I'm used to having my team praised on ESPN and TNT. But when it's not your team being praised I can finally see how annoying it is.

It's to the point where I can predict how a broadcast is going to play out:

"Welcome to (insert famous basketball arena here), where it's Game 2 of the Playoffs. We have the (irregular visitor to the playoffs here) in the building to challenge the (ESPN's and TNT's favorite team here). The (irregular visitor) comes in to Game 2 looking to rebound from the loss in Game 1, but they'll have to face (Favorite team's superstar here). It looks like there is no hope for (irregular visitor) to win ever no matter what the year is and even if this team got a No. 2 or No. 3 seed. Heck unless this team had LeBron James, Kobe Bryan, Kevin Durant, or Jeremy Lin on their roster I don't see any reason why we should talk about them."

I feel for those other teams. The Utah Jazz were written off before the playoffs even started. Yes, they haven't given the media any reason to talk about them yet, but it's still an interesting team that is built symmetrically.

Those teams that get praised on ESPN and TNT have earned the right, I suppose, but the broadcasts shouldn't feel like I'm watching the local station that covers the Spurs, Lakers or Heat. On the flip side, teams like the Jazz, Hawks and Grizzlies need to give those stations a reason to keep it balanced.