After leaving everything that their bodies could give on the court defeating the Clippers to make it to the second round of the Playin, the Dubs had nothing left in their collective tanks and lost to a highly motivated, younger and more agressive Suns. So starts the off season for the Warriors. If the management and ownership continues to be determined to give Step Curry and Draymond another chance at a title, they better have a terrific plan. Curry, Green, and Butler make up the bulk of the Warriors payfoll. So, how do the Warriors go about finding and paying for the kind of player they need to accomplish their goal? Porzinis is a free agent, but it's certainly reasonable to wonder if his on-gong health issues preclude the Warriors signing him to a new contract. Furthermore, don't believe it's NOT LOGICAL to count of Butler and Moody to be 100 percent next season. That said, what can Curry and Green expect next season? Another Play In Purgatory. I wish I didn't hav eto say it, but that's what is looks like to me. There is a first round draft choic to consdier, But at pick around #14 or so, will there be a game changer left? A soldid player, yes, but probably not a game changer. Moe, I'd select Yaxel Longenber from the Michian if he was available.
Okay, enough of the Warriors. Biting my tongue, I'm pulling for the LA Lakers. The reason is simple; the Lakers are the undergog and pulled off a terrific win over the Rockets in Houston. That the Lakers were without Doncic and Reeves adds to the HOO RAH lever of that upset. Got to hand it to Lebron. Instead of trying to make up for the lack of scorrying by Doncic and Reeves'a absence, he contentrated on assisting his teamates. The accuracy of his passes made it possible for the rest of his team to catch the ball in the flow for good looks.
Congrats to BJ Bickerstaff for winning Coach of the Year. I was sorrry to see the Pistons go down agaisnt Orlands, but I have no dog in thea fight. Orlanda has a wonderful coach and some terrific players. Duren must give the Pistons a better game in the next game.
Denver and TWolves will be an interessting series. Denver won well if not convincinly. Boston is a shoe in for the Finals in the East in my opinion. Jayson Tatum is playing like a true PRO. Hawks run offense can't match the Knicks over all D game. But, I like the young Hawks. Jalen Johnston can't disappear in the fourth.
TIP OF THE PEN
Writer's fatigue: Be careful you don't write too long. You are the only one who can judge how tired you are. Wriging when tired is a waste of time. I write only in the morning, And occasionaly a little editing in the evening. In addition, it is wise to carefully read through what you wrote in the final half hour of work. That's usually where you'll find the most mistaakes.
LIFE
Shout out for Pope Leo for hosting Villanova and Nortre Dame basketball teams to start next years NCAA basketball season. Love the guys who dressed up as Pope Leo at a recent Whie Sox game. The Pope is Chicago rasised and a big White Sox fan. It's fun to talk about fun stuff and not about the ridiculous man in the White House.
LITURTURE
With the playoffs starting and the intensity level arching into the rafters, I thought this little tough poem about my little tough high school coach would be appropriate.
BEN NEFF
to you. I do not hold it against you
that you called me a sonovabitch and
that you questioned what I was good for
and that your anger wound up as spit in my face.
Those of us who could withstand your anger
learned how to play the game of basketball
so well that we carried it with us into college
and me into the pros. But I remember a boy
trying out for the team you frightened badly,
who ran and you chased him and he swung
Up in to the standard and sat like a bird
perched above the hoop crying while you
threw basketballs at him, one after the other,
and the rest of us, thinking it was funny,
fed you the balls, throwing nice crisp
two-handed chest passes just the way
you taught us, fingers straight, thumbs down.
Wolverines if he was availbale
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