Where have you gone, David Thompson? A sport with no shot, zero finesse and even less excitement turns its lonely eyes to you.

Commissioner David Stern will cringe hearing it, but he better listen to a scathing indictment of what a lousy excuse for entertainment his league has become. Although Thompson sat in a noisy arena's second row as a guest of honor at the NBA Finals, he had trouble staying awake.

Thompson - the former Nuggets superstar who perfected skywalking above the rim long before Michael Jordan laced up his famous sneakers - could describe San Antonio's title-clinching 88-77 victory against New Jersey in a single word: yawn.

"It's really kind of boring to see the game being played this way, to be honest with you," Thompson said Sunday. "This (championship) series has been pretty boring. When a team has trouble scoring 33 points in a half, that's pretty ridiculous. And I think fans of basketball don't like watching it."