The Dubsism NBA Playoffs Contenders and Pretenders Edition: The Eastern Conference

As we are at the end of the 2012-13 NBA regular season, it is time to look at the teams who can actually win in the coming play-offs. Sure, the casual fan is going to be planted firmly on the Miami Heat bandwagon, but let’s be honest…they aren’t the only team who can win.

But to be more honest, there aren’t very many team who can win.  That’s why it is time to take an honest look at each of the playoff teams, strip off the misperceptions and make a realistic assessment of their chances to stand alone on the top of the NBA mountain come June.

Today, we give you the full two scoops of Dubsism on the Eastern conference.

You can see the Dubsism run-down on the Western Conference here.

SBM Exclusive Feature: The BLAST-CAST - Volume 7: Does Brandon Ayanbadejo Have An Ulterior Motive For His Gay Rights Advocacy?

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Not all topics are about happiness and sunshine. In today's installment of the Blast-Cast, Ryan Meehan from East End Philadelphia and J-Dub from Dubsism explore a controversial subject, and question one of it's more out spoken proponents. The topic is the presence of gay athletes in the National Football League, and whether or not it is politically correct, Meehan and J-Dub ask some legitimate questions about former Ravens' linebacker Brandon Ayanbadejo's advocacy of openly gay players in the NFL.

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The Dubscast, Volume 6: Forget “The Drop” – What Tiger Woods’ Legacy Really Is

The latest “worst scandal ever” has gripped the golf world this morning; there’s far too much hand-wringing going on over this Tiger Woods “Drop Heard ‘Round The World.” This bounding load of bull is being propagated by dickfaces like Brandel Chamblee from The Golf Channel.

In today’s installment of the Dubscast, J-Dub takes a critical look at critics of Tiger Woods, and reminds them just how much Woods means to the world of golf.  Like it or not, Tiger Woods is the star around which the golf world revolves, and J-Dub makes some serious arguments to prove that.

SBM Exclusive Feature: The BLAST-CAST - Volume 6: A Blogger's Mastery of The Masters

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Some people think they have tough jobs. Cops, firefighters, even the guys on Seal Team 6 can give you an argument about who has the roughest gig. With all due respect, those guys are all pussies compared to our guest Blast-Caster.

Chris Humpherys from SportsChump is the official bartender of Sports Blog Movement, and just from J-Dub's rampant alcoholism alone, that's a more dangerous job than storming the beach at Normandy against a full army of eight-dicked, syphillitic, Ron Jeremy-clone space monster zombies.

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NBC Sports Network Is Moving In The Right Direction – Here’s Some Suggestions To Keep That Going

I’m all in favor of anything that chips away at the dominance the World Wide Bottom-Feeding Four-Letter Network has over the sports world. That’s why I found this press release from the NBC Sports Network so refreshing.

Buoyed by seven of the 10 most-watched NHL games in the network’s history, NBC Sports Network viewership rose 14% in the first quarter compared to first quarter in 2012, according to data released by The Nielsen Company. Additionally NHL programming, including the newly-created Wednesday Night Rivalry games, was up 58% compared to Q1 in 2012, the best start in the network’s history; The Dan Patrick Show viewership is up 58% compared to time period in 2012 Q1; the opening IndyCar telecast rose 78%; and MLS games are up eight percent over last year.

That opening paragraph gives one a brief shot as to what NBC sports Network is doing right; the rest of the release gives some details. We here at Dubsism intend to use those details to offer some suggestions as to how this network can continue it’s growth.

SBM Exclusive Feature: The BLAST-CAST - Volume 5: Finally, Four Far-Out Facts About The Final Four

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Now that the NCAA Basketball Tournament is down to the Final Four,  Ryan Meehan from East End Philadelphia and J-Dub from Dubsism have taken it upon themselves to educate you, the podcast-listening, blog-reading public as to some things about each school left standing which while 100% true are not the sort of facts you would not normally associate with basketball.  However, these facts are important, if for no other reason they lead to the off-brand, yet insightful sports rantings the four of you who follow this podcast have come to expect.

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Ten Baseball Managers Who Could Be Fired in 2013

Let’s be honest, every major league baseball manager could get fired…that’s what they do.  They aren’t like popes who usually get to die in office; being a major league manager means having your ass welded to a revolving door. But there are some who simply have a much better chance of getting revolved out of town because they lead teams that have expectations which if not lived up to…well, somebody’s got to take the fall.

Having said that, there are a few managers who have almost no chance of being fired, because nobody expects anything from their teams. This includes guys like:

• Bo Porter, Houston Astros
• Mike Redmond, Miami Marlins
• Ron Gardenhire, Minnesota Twins
• Dale Sveum, Chicago Cubs

There’s also a group who are simply untouchable, because they’ve delivered lately.

• Bruce Bochy, San Francisco giants
• Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Rays
• Mike Matheny, St. Louis Cardinals
• Fredi Gonzalez, Atlanta Braves

That leaves us with a group of ten managers I see as most likely to be looking for work by Opening Day 2014.  Somebody’s door is going to revolve, and here are the ten I see being the most likely to turn.