As a college graduate (heading back to school) watching the NBA playoffs, I couldn’t help but question the importance of a college degree.

Don’t get me wrong.

Degrees are nice and they make your family proud, but they can be costly and sometimes ineffective.

Thus far in my short stint out of college, it’s been largely ineffective, and eventually it will be very costly (Can’t wait).

Besides, lots of successful people didn’t go to college or don’t have degrees.

I mean, look at the NBA playoffs.

So many key players spent little to no time in college:

Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Rashard Lewis, and Kevin Garnett—straight from prom. The one-and-doners: Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Rose, Trevor Ariza, and Lamar Odom, etc…They tried the whole school thing out, but ultimately decided they liked money better than calculus.

Shocking.

Anyway, I like money more than calculus too, but recognize that it’s in my best interest to get as educated as possible.

So, to get me back in the mood for school, I created a little test to see just what was learned during the 2009 NBA postseason (at least from my perspective).

 

1. What do Derrick Rose and Rajon Rondo have in common?

Both won the Rookie of the Year.

Both flashed their respective sets during the postseason.

Both were elevated to elite-point guard status after their performances in Boston and Chicago’s epic first round playoff series.

All of the above

If you answered C, or someone answered it for you, you are correct.

Everyone knew Derrick Rose and Rajon Rondo we’re pretty good heading into the postseason. Then they met in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, and they took their games to another level.

Rose, the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, was not to be intimidated in his first go-round of the NBA postseason. In his first career playoff game (on the road in Boston), Rose led the Bulls to a 105-103 overtime victory to upset the defending champions and set the basketball world abuzz.

Rose scored 36 points (tying Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s playoff debut record set in 1970) on 12-19 shooting, including 12-12 from the charity stripe and 11 assists.

Rose played superbly in Chicago’s two other wins of the series.

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