[Editor’s note: this piece was submitted before the loss to the Raptors on Sunday, though I still don’t think it changes anything! -RL]
Well, well, well…you spend a couple of years messing around, slumming it in the lottery, having a good time down setting off firecrackers in the old abandoned quarry with your degenerate friends, the Knicks and the Kings, and all of a sudden people forget your pedigree.
Rick Carlisle, after getting no love in the annual preseason NBA GM survey, has his team playing above and beyond what even the most delusional, unhinged fan (hello.