Have the NBA playoffs ever set up worse than this year? Brutal.

Except for the Lakers, the West stinks. I know everyone still talks about how strong the Western Conference is, but they're looking in the rear-view. Kobe could go down with an injury that knocked him out of the playoffs and the Lakers would still win the West.

In the East, it's so simple: with KG down, Lebron and company cannot be stopped.

Let's just skip ahead to June and the Lakers-Cavs finals matchup. The playoffs until then are going to be horrific.