Study days are right around the corner, and final exams are soon to follow. So how do you plan on spending your valuable time? Partying or studying? Well, this semester there is a way to have fun while studying. The NBA playoffs are here, and there’s more than basketball to watch. You can marvel at the NBA’s best while learning valuable lessons that you can apply to your finals. Just take a minute and listen.
Science can give anyone headaches. But, trust me, you’ll know chemistry after watching some proven NBA winners. Just add Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace and you get the Detroit Pistons. They catalysed the Eastern Conference All-Star team in its 21 point comeback over the West. Chemistry in Detroit is rock solid.
For all you in the SFS worrying about your foreign relations and languages exams, just watch some of the San Antonio Spurs’ games. Perhaps they won’t teach you anything relevant, but you’ll gain some much needed confidence. With stars Tony Parker from France, Manu Ginobili from Argentina and Rasho Nesterovic from Slovenia playing alongside American Tim Duncan, this squad looks more like a United Nations conference than a basketball team. If these guys can come together and dominate the Western Conference, what’s keeping you from owning your Arabic final? You’ll be set for the French and Spanish proficiency exams also after watching the Spurs in action.
Here’s an idea for an essay in your government final. Prove to your professor and Francis Fukuyama that there is no end of history. Democracy is not the end. All you have to do is provide a case study of Cleveland. The regime change to a monarchy with the rise of King James has revitalized the city and finally carried the team into the playoffs. The commoners of Cleveland are glad to be witnesses to Lebron James as he leads his Cavaliers in their quest to conquer their first NBA championship.
Forget about all those graphs and equations for your economics and business classes. Just remember one thing. Everyone wants to get as much value as they can for the lowest cost. The Miami Heat have done just that over the past few years and supplied their fans with a valuable team. Although they couldn’t get Lebron or Carmelo Anthony in the 2003 draft, the Heat got a valuable fifth pick in Dwyane Wade, who has blossomed into one of the league’s best. Over the years they have imported other key players such as Shaquille O’Neal, Antoine Walker, James Posey, Gary Payton and Jason Williams. Good economic policy has transformed the Heat from a third world team to a superpower in the Eastern Conference.
So sit back, relax and watch some basketball. Who cares if your blue books look like your professors turned into Ron Artest while marking them up and grading them? That’s a one game suspension for your professors and an A+ for you and the NBA playoffs.
