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And on paper, Charlotte does.

And so if there's anyone that I'm really particularly curious about, it is that or more excited about.

It's that matchup.

And we're talking just first round.

It's so funny because you just laid out the Rockets-Lakers game a little.

I feel like the Rockets could do it only because of the absence of Luka Doncic and Austin Reeves right now.

But the athleticism could just get... I keep saying athleticism, but I just think it could make... Everybody wants to play the Lakers right now because they're looking like a wounded duck, basically.

And that's the thing that I'm thinking about is the fact that whoever they get out of the Nuggets or the Spurs is going to have to have gone through the heavyweight matchup between the two of those teams and then has to come meet OKC.

So you're going to get a team that has been gone through like they've gone through the ringer before they ever touch OKC.

And that in itself is like, thank you for doing my dirty work.

Yeah, exactly.

And I think it's interesting because the Pistons, like when you look at some of like Thunder and Lakers on the other side of the Western Conference, you're looking more so at who they're matching up against and the flaws of those opponents, as opposed to with the Pistons.

I feel like you would say you would think, you know, I think.

based off of their resume for the regular season, they should have the easiest path.

But you're looking at the flaws they have that don't pan well in the playoffs.

The fact that they don't have a great half-court offense, the fact that they don't have multiple ISO creators, the fact that they don't have enough three-point shooting, those are the things you're looking at more so than their opponents.

I don't know how much physicality and really great chemistry can carry them into the playoffs, but I'm more so looking at, like,

So maybe it is the Cavs.

I feel like the Cavs have the easiest path.

Yeah, path.