Don't plant this re-seed -- it won't grow

Have you noticed that whenever David Stern comes out to introduce anything these days, be it to hand out awards or announce draft picks, he's always getting booed? It happened again in Cleveland when he was trying to hand San Antonio the championship trophy, and he's so used to it by now that he just talked right on through it and started the ceremony.

The public declared the NBA Finals a failure. The wrong team won -- again.

David Stern should ignore fan and media pleas for changes to the playoff system. (Getty Images)

Even though LeBron James made the championship round, television ratings reached new lows.

It's time for a change. Give you one guess what it is.

Stern? Nope, though certainly he has been meddlesome of late, he's the best commissioner in pro sports. That's not even up for debate.

What we have to stop changing is asking for constant change.

All this tinkering is getting ridiculous, and it's fostering a climate where everyone thinks a change here and a tweak there is all the game needs to be restored to its previous heights.

Stern is guilty, from offering to listen to owners about changing the rule about leaving the bench to being wishy-washy on these suspension-after-the-fact swinging elbow calls. Where was LeBron's suspension in the Eastern Conference finals, anyway?

We're swapping out basketballs, and now, having conversations about re-seeding and altering the entire playoff format.

We're spiraling out of control, and a stop sign needs to come right now, with a formal announcement that the NBA will never disband conferences and just take the 16 best teams to the playoffs so we end up with a watchable Finals.

Revolting against the current state of pro basketball is inviting chaos. We're in a recession. That's all. This is a period of panic that should have been expected.

Only Michael Jordan could build on what Magic Johnson and Larry Bird built, with all the other legends we have come to idolize during that era serving as a great supporting cast. That might be the best we'll ever see, so continuing to compare the current product to that most compelling version is asking for trouble.

What has transpired of late has been a hypocritical assault on the NBA. You ask for a team that plays the game the right way, sharing the ball, defending and rebounding, keeping their nose clean while doing it, and you reject them when they win four titles in nine years. Not enough chest-thumping?