NEW YORK KNICKS
The way the Knicks fukedup, going all the way back to last summer, is like less than a week after acquiring Bridges, they proceeded to add KAT also. They should have at least given themselves a chance to see how the addition of Miles alone would work out in and of itself. All things considered, acquiring him made more sense than going after Karl. Remember that NYK deadass gave up Randle and DiVincenzo for KAT.
If the braintrust was actually thinking instead of star chasing, they could have used those KAT resources to go after someone(s) who can defend and rebound, which they really needed in the absence of Hartenstein and with the unreliability of Mitchell - not another scorer. Oh well. Maybe they'll still beat the Pistons. But with this type of overtalented, unbalanced roster, I mean if you're going to do it, do it right.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
When it comes to physique, playing style and overall effectiveness, there's no player past or present who reminds me more of Jordan than Kawhi Leonard. It's too bad that he's always unavailable, thus making it difficult, if not impossible for LAC to build a team around him. If the Knicks played with the same type of intensity the Clippers did, they would have also won Game 2.
DENVER NUGGETS
It looks to me like the Nuggets may have intentionally thrown Game 2. If not, than they were more or less playing like bungling idiots down the stretch. But I'm not knocking them. It was obvious after Game 1 that, you know what I'm saying, you can't take the Clippers for granted. And now, that point has really been driven home.
MIAMI HEAT
The Heat are a good team, but they miss Jimmy Butler. Butler is a lot like Leonard, a player who can instantly make any team better offensively and defensively, and their probably the only two guys in the NBA (still in their primes) who have displayed that ability. I'm not writing Miami off just yet, but it'll be really interesting to see who or what type of player they go after this summer, and hopefully Wiggins will stick around.
BOSTON CELTICS
Speaking of guys who have fit well with diverse teams, Derrick White, on the low, may be like the best or most effective all-around PG in the modern NBA.
HOUSTON ROCKETS
The Rockets have had the most surprisingly-good season imo, but now you see why still, despite being the 2 seed, no one has called them contenders.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
I feel kinda bad for the Grizzlies. It should be obvious by this point that the core of Morant + Bane + Jackson Jr. isn't going to win a championship unless they're buttressed by the right type of supporting cast. They actually had such a squad a few seasons ago, but then came the departure of Brooks, blazi blah.
Remember how the Memphis bench used to be celebrating on the sideline, so much so that they generated headlines and criticism? You don't see that type shit anymore, or at least I haven't.
It takes a real forward-thinking, well-funded, sacrificial braintrust to be like 'okay, we may end up getting taxed out the ass, but we have to try to keep the band together, because they're supportive of each other and have good chemistry'. You know, if you have a group of guys who actually feel each other, that's invaluable, because most teams, like the Nuggets, don't have that.
Dudes play harder when they love their teammates type shit. But in today's NBA, it virtually impossible for most organizations to keep quality rosters together.
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