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

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LoweToronto concerns Kirk Goldsberry. I mean, you have

Goldsberryto start with Kawhi Leonard. And I think Kawhi Leonard deserves a lot of credit as a basketball player. We don't talk about that very much with Kawhi these days, but he's not going to survive the regular season. He's not going to survive the postseason grind. I think that is headline A, B and C.

GoldsberryAnd without Kawhi Leonard, I don't think that team is making a lot of noise in the playoffs. That said, I think they are ascendant. I think they're well coached. I think their defense is going to be one of the best in the Eastern Conference.

Goldsberrybut on offense with the Kawhi sketchiness, I would put that as the big sort of weakness. Either you can choose offense or you can choose Kawhi Leonard's sort of fragility, Zach.

LoweHere is your moment that will appear in every Zach Lowe show until it is proven wrong. When I say that Kawhi Leonard has not finished a second round playoff series since the bubble in 2020.

LoweAnd between that and like, if when he's out, I, they still are pretty light on shooting. Like we'll see how teams guard Jacoby Walter. We'll see what kind of, if quickly has a bounce back. Barrett is, has shot like better than expected. Well, you know, but he's more of a bulldog going to the rim than a spot up guy that teams are scared of.