To paraphrase Drake, if you're reading this, it's already the middle of March Madness...so thanks for taking some time away from college basketball to pay some attention to the pros.
Believe it or not, the NBA has plenty of excitement to offer this time of year, especially this season.
For starters, the playoff pictures in both conferences are still rather blurry. In the East, just three games separate the second-seed Cleveland Cavaliers from the fifth-place Washington Wizards. Below those squads, no fewer than five teams are duking it out for the final two spots—maybe six for three, if you include the slumping Milwaukee Bucks in sixth.
Out West, four-and-a-half games separate the second-place Memphis Grizzlies and the seventh-place San Antonio Spurs, with the Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns fighting for the No. 8 spot.
Sure, the Association's game-to-game stakes pale in comparison to those of the NCAA tournament, but that doesn't mean there won't be plenty of surviving to be done before 16 teams advance to the postseason while the other 14 await the draft lottery.
So, while you're celebrating (or weeping over) your bracket, why not get caught up on how the NBA's hierarchy has shifted since last week? To get you in rhythm, we've ranked all 30 clubs (as we always do) based on recent performance and available personnel.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1I4HPOh
via IFTTT March 20, 2015 at 04:00AM
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