Dave DuFour

We've been hammering the East for years.

It's down, it's down.

It's just different than the West.

It doesn't necessarily have the stars.

But when you look, I mean, I think that we have a potential eight beating a one seed.

In the East?

I mean, just because Detroit's shooting?

I'm going to stand up for Detroit here.

No, no, no, no, no.

So you're saying like the Miami Heat or Charlotte Hornets are going to be?

What if they got hot for a few games?

I just think that the East is more internally competitive, which makes it super interesting.

I mean, any of those teams in the top four could come out at this point.

And really, with the way Joel Embiid has played,

Can you see a scenario where the Sixers are kind of in that mix in the second round of the playoffs?

I mean, it is more competitive than we've given it credit to this point.

But for Cleveland to get James Harden at this point in the season, you mentioned Donovan Mitchell breaking down.

This is a huge boon to prevent that.

I think they're going to be able to sneak him rest and days off here and there.

Right.