re: Team-specific NBA/NHL playoff threads?

Would be too many threads at once during the opening rounds. For the NBA you'd have threads for the:

Spurs
Rockets
Hawks
Cavs
And possibly Memphis, Dallas and OKC or NO

Just one long thread works better IF it's made by someone who will constantly update it. Plus it's not like all the games are on at once. It's usually one at a time, so one constantly updated thread works well.