04-27-2026, 04:52 PM
A couple of observations about this years' playoffs:
Teams we viewed as very strong can quickly look weak.
Teams we viewed as pretty weak can quickly look strong.
Players we view as expensive, one-dimensional, and washed-up (Marcus Smart, CJ McCollum) can be key contributors on winning teams.
The gap between pretty good and pretty weak teams is actually small. A single player or coach can swing things dramatically.
If you subscribe to the "winner" and "loser" categorization of players (or coaches, or GM's), you will miss quality contributors, or overvalue mediocre ones.
Timelines and windows open and close rapidly. It's really hard to anticipate when a team might be good or bad, or when injuries will decimate a team's chances.
Teams we viewed as very strong can quickly look weak.
Teams we viewed as pretty weak can quickly look strong.
Players we view as expensive, one-dimensional, and washed-up (Marcus Smart, CJ McCollum) can be key contributors on winning teams.
The gap between pretty good and pretty weak teams is actually small. A single player or coach can swing things dramatically.
If you subscribe to the "winner" and "loser" categorization of players (or coaches, or GM's), you will miss quality contributors, or overvalue mediocre ones.
Timelines and windows open and close rapidly. It's really hard to anticipate when a team might be good or bad, or when injuries will decimate a team's chances.
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