Nobody wants to see players get injured. In fact, I'd argue the vast majority of the public overwhelmingly wants the opposite, even if that means their favorite team loses a game. Basketball is just better when everyone is healthy. Unfortunately, that's not the reality, and Nikola Jokic's latest ailment will keep him sidelined for a month. Bill Simmons believes that's a huge benefit to the Spurs.
"It feels like the Spurs now could get a death grip on the two seed," Simmons told Rob Mahoney on the Bill Simmons Podcast. He continued to talk about how poorly the bottom teams in the Western Conference playoff picture have played this season and how landing that high of a seed could lead to an easy first-round matchup for the Silver and Black.