The pointless marathon otherwise known as the NBA regular season is heading down the home stretch. Most teams have slightly more than 20 games left to play and the playoff picture is beginning to take shape. The teams outside of the playoff picture are also beginning to position themselves for the future by trading off assets for draft picks, expiring contracts, and in some instances even straight up cash. As a Cavs fan, the season can’t end soon enough. With the mad dash to the finish we have a pretty good idea of who the contenders are and who is on their way to an early playoff exit. So with all of that said it’s time to take a look at what is going on and what to expect from each team for the remaining quarter of the season.
So as not to bombard people with a 4,000 word article, this is going to be broken up into two parts. Part one will focus on the non-playoff teams. Look for part two either later today or sometime early tomorrow depending on how things go. Continue reading
Conference and just barely missed out on making the playoffs. LeBron won the rookie of the year award and averaged a solid 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assist. He was just as advertised coming out of high school and for the first time in a long time Cleveland had a growing sense of optimism. Things would only continue to get better from there.
Part one of a four part series…
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