Golden State and Houston’s games made people finally remember why the west was a 2 horse race and nobody else really mattered. I hope the Rockets can hang with the Warriors for the sake of having one really good series, because whoever goes through wins it all.

What he should have done was realized that the team fucking sucked, and was miles away from winning anything, and build with those facts in mind.

Overall grade: F

obviously Dolan is hip deep in the optimal stopping theory literature unlike you tenderfoots, melo, and hubert’s moderately deceptive roommates

now that’s the ptmilo I do admire…analytics guy is much less fun…

anything you wtite that can be easily digested in just one read through – is just not worthy…

So because the Knicks aren’t as well positioned with future assets as Boston and Philly, the two teams in the league who are probably best positioned, Phil was a total screw up? Maybe he was just an average GM. He’d still be much worse than those two teams.

What I said was their success makes Phil’s status as a total screw up even more obvious. He’s already a total screw up because of the merits of his moves.

Golden State arguably has 2 of top 5 scorers in the history of the sport and their 3rd option is deadly playing off them. Houston’s offense is great, but they don’t have GS’s firepower.

Houston’s defense and bench is much improved, but I think you can see how well GS can still play defense when they are locked in and serious. Their defense is still better than Houston’s.

Houston’s only chance is home court advantage, but I don’t that will be enough. I wouldn’t be shocked if the Warriors win in 5 or 6 and then win in 4 or 5 in the finals. I hope I am way off.

I understand exactly what you are saying, but I don’t think it helps to worry about things like that because “shit happens”. It wasn’t too long ago people were swaying that a core of Durant, Westbrook, and Harden could dominate for years. Look what happened. Sometimes tax issues, injuries, egos, dumb trades, or disappointing player developments change everything. We have to just focus on ourselves and not worry about who has a better young core or more draft picks. We are pretty good shape to have a good young team in 2 years.

For us to catch up, we basically need to absolutely nail these next two first round picks, get Draymond Green-esque value from a second rounder, use every bit of remaining cap flexibility extremely wisely, and see rapid development from KP, Ntilikina, and I guess THJ (who is a great example of how not to use cap flexibility extremely wisely).

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