It just seems to go on and on and on. The playoffs just seem to never end. Which is great, I suppose, if you really happen to be a big fan of the NBA. The way they drag the thing out is really excruciating really. I mean, it’s enough to make you wish for Arena League football again! Well, almost.

Another view of the Dallas Mavericks sweep over the Lakers. This one is on ESPN.com, and I’m told, doing pretty well on page views, especially on the Dallas edition! Thanks Mavs fans! And Congrats!

Ouch! That’s gotta hurt. Even Jack Nicholson had to wince in pain watching the Lakers being swept by the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Mark Cuban gets the last laugh. It was ugly. Two Lakers were ejected but they secretly hoped they’d throw the whole team out. Phil Jackson has picked a sour note to end his career on. I actually thought though, it was in the NBA TV contract that it had to be Lakers vs. Celtics playing for the title every year until eternity. what did you think of the weekend in sports. Crazy? Wild? What’s that? You spent the weekend in the yard grilling and chilling. Good for you. Me too.

This is as accurate a cartoon as I can draw that properly sums up my feelings about the NBA playoffs. Personally, I think the NHL playoffs are a bit long too, but those are usually pretty entertaining.
The NBA, not so much. At least not for me

Talk about plan gone awry. Yesterdays “Take a Break” toon was just a bad idea all the way around. Well, I men the idea of taking a break, which all of us need to do from time to time is great but it was bad timing on my part to use it yesterday. Next time I think I’ll just find a golden oldie to post or just put a note up telling you all I’m on deadline for something, which was what I did yesterday and into early this morning. I did update with an NFL cartoon after I got it drawn yesterday morning but it was noon before I posted it. If you haven’t seen that one, it’s below today’s toon.

I’ll let you know when they post the illustration I did for Johnette Howard’s column on ESPN.com. It’s a great column so you really should check it out. If you haven’t subscribed to my RSS feed its a good way to find out when I post something new. I’m toying with updating multiple times a day with stuff, like videos and such I find around the web while I’m doing my daily research for cartoon topics. and, yes, I’m toying with bringing back a weekly caption contest. Not sure what to do about prizes. I don’t have time in my schedule to handle the mailing and I don’t have the budget for gift cards. Any thoughts?