The Fatal Flaws of the Eastern Conference Contenders! Plus, Awards and TV Talk!

LoweTrust no one, Fox Mulder.

LoweIn a world of trust no one, in a world where I have pretty serious concerns about all of these teams as playoff three series winning teams, I can't believe I'm doing this. But if I'm forcing myself to pick one and I'm doing it,

Lowein that universe, I think I'm just going to go with the team that has the, if this actually works, holy crap, upside.

LoweAnd I'm going to pick Philadelphia against all of my better judgment.

LoweI mean, literally, this is one of the only picks I've made where as I'm making it, I'm like, this is dumb. Like, why are you doing this? Is Joel Embiid going to survive three playoff rounds? You're the one who's insane. He'll never survive three playoff rounds. I think this team understands that. And we might see between Embiid and Kawhi, the first ever playoff load management plan in basketball history.

LoweAnd like, maybe that's what it takes. And in this conference that is this muddled again, I'm barred from picking the Knicks. I will pick the Knicks to make the finals. Knicks fans don't worry about it. Like that's what that's going to be my pick unless something bad happens in the preseason.

LoweBut I think of all of these teams, you can make cases for, I think you could make a case for Boston, which many people did.