They gave away their future for three people two of whom have little trade value: Westbrook & Davis. Westbrook has proven he doesn't help and Davis, well, generally good when he plays, just not sure when he may be able to play. Add to that an aging Bron, you don't have a vision of a very good future. Love it!
Really interested to see how this game looks. Possible play in preview but I'm feeling pretty good about the Spurs chances of getting the Pels in that first game.
Yeah the Clippers are making the Pelicans look like they'll get outclassed if they get through their first play in game because the Wolves are by no means significantly worse than these Clippers if they're not better than them. Still I can't say it enough. If the Spurs don't take care of the Pels for us I will be seriously sweating that second play in game because it's one game and anything can happen.
It would be great if the kings could take out the pelicans on Tuesday. That could be a double whammy for the Trail Blazers. At least it would be a single whammy because it means we could win two more games and not have to worry about a tie. Not expecting it to happen of course. They are the kings after all.
Getting thoroughly handled by LAC. Unfortunately, the Clips might not be the hurdle for their quest to the 8th seed. It will be SA and Minny, and I think the Pels could beat either of those teams.
If the Pels win their first game, the second game would be on the road. if it's Minnesota, Minnesota is 15-3 at home in this calendar year. They would be coming off of a loss to the Clippers and certainly not taking the game lightly.
Yeah, I would definitely root for the Wolves over the Clippers in the first game, as I doubt the LA would lose two in a row if the 2nd is at home against the Pelicans.
Pels only have a 1 game lead on the Spurs and the Spurs own the tie-breaker. Spurs have a much tougher remaining schedule though however, it's really hard to gauge the last couple of games of the season because teams like Phoenix & Memphis are already locked into their seeds so they might rest starters; and some teams might try for a more beneficial 1st round opponent by tanking a game in the last 2-3 days
Utah has the tie breaker over Minny so I don't think Utah falls past them. However Denver does not have the tiebreaker over Minny, so if Denver loses one it could get interesting.
I am hoping GS will have something to play for, right now they are 1 up on Dallas. Not sure if that means anything. Memphis might wait until the last game to rest any players. ( I hope)
Yeah strength of schedule the last couple games of the year is a total crapshoot. Opponent could be resting all starters and key subs; or they could be playing starters 40 minutes to improve their seed.
Pelicans are in a good spot. Even if they lose their pick to us, as it stands right now, they would be getting an even better pick (8th) via the Lakers.
Utah has 1.5 game lead on the Wolves and own the tie-breaker. Basically they have a 2 game lead with 4 games left
Interesting. Could come down to Utah/Portland and we might be able to win that game without changing our position.
