Blindspots via the lens of the NBA Playoffs.

The NBA playoffs are so many things. Mostly, this NBA playoffs appears to be a referendum on teams who try and take short cuts. Adios, Matt Ishbia. The best teams like the OKC Thunder and Boston Celtics have been building their squads slowly but surely over years. And yet, talent might still reign suprreeme in the from of the LA Lakers, who have one again assembled a team on the fly in time for the playoffs. We get into all of it: Achilles Heels, the will to win, the secret weapon of winning teams, Kawhi Fucking Leonard.

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