by RANDY
Although the first round of the NBA playoffs isn’t done yet, several things have caught my eye so far during the early round matchups. Side note, I am a Thunder fan, so this past week has been extremely tough on me, seeing that we’re just one game away from entering a complete rebuild. So, without rambling on, here are some of the things that stood out to me so far about the 2018 NBA Playoffs:
- Pelicans vs Trailblazers
- Anthony Davis is who we thought he would be in the playoffs
- Playoff Rondo and Beardless Mirotic are real, adding to the list of NBA super heroes (Untucked Kyrie, Hoodie Melo, Gang Sign John Wall etc.)
- Although the Blazers got swept, the combination of Lillard and McCollum works… It’s just that the rest of the team is trash
- Portland is doomed as long as Evan Turner makes $19 million each year
- Rockets vs Timberwolves
- It’s too early to judge Harden and CP3
- Harden is one of the five greatest isolation players ever
- Karl Anthony-Towns may be the slowest pick and roll defender in history
- Wiggins hates Jimmy Butler…. He has to
- The Wolves still need a point guard, shooters and probably a coach who is equipped for today’s NBA, not the Bad Boy Piston era
- Thunder vs Jazz
- Donovan Mitchell is the real deal
- Joe Ingles looks like a P.E. Teacher
- Westbrook’s style has to change for OKC to have a chance
- Bye-bye PG, it was fun while it lasted
- Melo is ready for the Big 3
- Warriors vs Spurs
- Didn’t give the Spurs a chance. Stil…don’t
- The Warriors may be the greatest team ever assembled
- Draymond is elite, even though he doesn’t score a lot
- Can we just simulate this last game?
- 76ers vs Heat
- Better than I expected
- James Johnson can’t stand the sight of Ben Simmons
- Justin Winslow looks like an NBA player again
- Whiteside is out the door
- Wade is still leaps and bounds better than the average NBA player
- Celtics vs Bucks
- Jaylen Brown is awesome
- Eric Bledsoe definitely knows who Terry Rozier is
- The Celtics will be a title contender for years to come
- The Bucks are hard to watch, but Giannis is an amazing talent
- Cavaliers vs Pacers
- Lebron vs Stephenson is great for the league
- The Cavaliers now realize how good Kyrie really was
- Hard to believe Oladipo and Myles Turner beat Lebron twice
- Although the Cavs lost twice, no one truly believes the Pacers will win
- Raptors vs Wizards
- Still waiting on regular season Lowry to show up
- Derozan’s three-point shot isn’t a fluke
- This probably will be Wall and Beal’s last series together
