Basketball This Week (Done) Quickly

Spo gets a lot out of this team.  They are at this point the Pat Riley dream.  Lots of interchangeable parts that are on the same mission.  Well except for Whiteside.  But Spo has enough juice to sit him when he's not helping.  Unfortunately the interchangable parts seems to fall apart in the playoffs, where stars tend to dictate how things go.  The Jimmy Butler trade would turn one of these itnerchangeable parts into a superstar which would up buck this, and would up their ceiling signifigantly, and I could see them in the Finals.

The losses to the Rockets are a bit overblown.  If you believe in subtraction by addtion, perhaps, possibly the additions of Melo and Knight can alter the team's chemistry in deterimental way.  The likely thing is, though, that this team will go as far as Harden, with some help from Chris Harden can drag them before running into a Golden State wall.

The losses to the Rockets are a bit overblown.  If you believe in subtraction by addtion, perhaps, possibly the additions of Melo and Knight can alter the team's chemistry in deterimental way.  The likely thing is, though, that this team will go as far as Harden, with some help from Chris Harden can drag them before running into a Golden State wall.

They really needed the Butler trade, but it looks like they are no longer in the running.  This team played very hard last year and came close to the playoffs despite not having the on-paper talent.   Jimmy would've made all of that try hard stuff actually effective, and I think Doc Rivers is the type of coach who would work really well with him.  Oh well.  They look to have drafted well (praise to Jerry West) and that at least makes their future brighter.  For rthis season, though, it's hard to know how effective Doc's voice will be long term, because players do eventually get beaten down by the losing, and if that happens, it could get pretty dark in LA.

They really needed the Butler trade, but it looks like they are no longer in the running.  This team played very hard last year and came close to the playoffs despite not having the on-paper talent.   Jimmy would've made all of that try hard stuff actually effective, and I think Doc Rivers is the type of coach who would work really well with him.  Oh well.  They look to have drafted well (praise to Jerry West) and that at least makes their future brighter.  For rthis season, though, it's hard to know how effective Doc's voice will be long term, because players do eventually get beaten down by the losing, and if that happens, it could get pretty dark in LA.

I reccomend you watch hockey instead of the Wizards.  I also talk about sleeping.  That's what I actually talked about in this podcast.  I feel like it's important to say that, since for the purpose of getting these podcasts up in an efficent manner, I pre-write the descriptions for the podcast, but this time I barely talked about what I talked about, and thought you should know that.  Here's the original text I wrote:

Adding Dwight to this already unwatchable team is fine for me, it's quarantine.  Seriously I guess this is a team that might have some talent and be one of the better Eastern conference teams.  But who can watch them?  Not me.   It's a good thing they usually blow themselves up because I sure don't want to see them in the finals, but they theoretically have the talent to get there in the East.

I reccomend you watch hockey instead of the Wizards.  I also talk about sleeping.  That's what I actually talked about in this podcast.  I feel like it's important to say that, since for the purpose of getting these podcasts up in an efficent manner, I pre-write the descriptions for the podcast, but this time I barely talked about what I talked about, and thought you should know that.  Here's the original text I wrote:

Adding Dwight to this already unwatchable team is fine for me, it's quarantine.  Seriously I guess this is a team that might have some talent and be one of the better Eastern conference teams.  But who can watch them?  Not me.   It's a good thing they usually blow themselves up because I sure don't want to see them in the finals, but they theoretically have the talent to get there in the East.

They're running last year's team back, which if you think the way the team looked in the second half of the season is how they are, is a good thing.    Donovan Mitchell should also be even better; there was a theory that in the draft he had already peaked as a player, but he's grown every year I saw him.  And the way they play is truly scary for the greater teams in the west if they are not at full health (mental or physical).

They're running last year's team back, which if you think the way the team looked in the second half of the season is how they are, is a good thing.    Donovan Mitchell should also be even better; there was a theory that in the draft he had already peaked as a player, but he's grown every year I saw him.  And the way they play is truly scary for the greater teams in the west if they are not at full health (mental or physical).

A very solid offseason.  Kawhi was a top three player at his peak and they added him for a player who they just couldn't play anymore in the playoffs.  Of course there are questions about Kawhi, but it was a smart risk to take.  I'm not entirely sure where Monroe fits, and how the team will look in a new offense, but without the mental roadblock of having to face LeBron, they could legitimately be a finals team.