My cousin texted me earlier this week about the state of the NBA. As a casual fan, he hadn’t been paying too much attention to the standings. But imagine his surprise when he opened up ESPN and realized that Oklahoma City is the #1 seed in the West and the New York Knicks are the #2 seed in the East, and both are in the conference semis. The remaining teams in each conference are franchises that haven’t sniffed the playoffs, much less a deeper postseason run, in quite some time – OKC, New York, Minnesota, Cleveland, Orlando, and Indiana all qualify.
Changing of the Guard
