With the NBA Playoffs starting tomorrow, The Masked Man over on Grantland has a new article online looking at NBA figures and their pro wrestling counterparts. Below is look at who the piece compares:

• LeBron James Is John Cena
• Dwyane Wade Is CM Punk
• Dwight Howard Is Mark Henry
• Carmelo Anthony Is Triple H
• Kobe Bryant Is "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair
• The Celtics Are The nWo
• Tim Duncan Is The Undertaker
• Steve Nash Is Bret Hart
• Dirk Nowitzki Is The Miz
• Deron Williams Is Kurt Angle
• Jeremy Lin Is Daniel Bryan
• Metta World Peace Is "Macho Man" Randy Savage
• Blake Griffin Is Dolph Ziggler
• Jason Kidd Is Shawn Michaels
• Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook Are The Rockers
• Michael Jordan Is The Rock
• Shaquille O'Neal Is Andre the Giant
• Andrew Bynum Is Brock Lesnar
• JaVale McGee Is The Big Show
• Derrick Rose Is Chris Jericho
• Kevin Love Is Randy Orton
• Magic Johnson Is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
• Greg Oden Is Edge
• Anthony Davis Is Dean Ambrose
• Marv Albert Is Jim Ross
• Spike Lee Is "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart
• Worldwide Wes Is Eric Bischoff

You can read the fun piece at this link.

Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Shawn Daniels for sending this in.