The 2012 Playoffs, So Far...

It is almost Memorial Day Weekend on this planet we call Earth in this country we call America. That means it is time to fire up the grill, get those hot chips* cooking, and prepare for the NBA playoffs to get super serial. 

But before we can dish on the future, it's always important to remember how we have arrived at this point. As such, here is my entirely accurate and totally factual summary of every important detail regarding the playoffs so far.     

No Regard Recaps: A Dream Come True?

One Game We Watched This Weekend: Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls

Celtics: 95 Bulls: 91

Rajon Rondo took advantage of a Rose-less Chicago, playing his best ball of the season and earning a triple-double en route to beating the first place Bulls. Rondo was in attack mode all afternoon, fast-breaking his way to easy points and assists throughout. With that boring recap out of the way, here are some of the topics my brother and I discussed while watching the game:

NBA Middle Names: Metta World Peace!

We at No Regard spend a lot of time in our NBA knitting circles trying to figure out the human side of these players. Whether it's musing about their commutes to work, how much "Call of Duty" they play, or what their favorite snack food is, we like to remind ourselves that NBA players are nothing more than young men with enviable jobs. What better way to humanize our heroes than look up their middle names?

Metta World Peace!

Take that, Ochocinco

We don't throw the phrase "the gift that keeps on giving" around too often these days at No Regard. But then again, it's rare that one of our heroes does something so remarkable, so inspiring, so downright revolutionary that we find ourselves completely overwhelmed with pure ecstasy. If you've been "living in the real world and paying attention to things that effect people's well-being" the past couple of weeks, blasting your iPod at full volume and haven't heard: Ron Artest is hoping to legally change his name to Metta World Peace.