J.D. Skeets

I would much rather this be seven, eight and get both these teams a chance to advance to the real playoffs because everybody wants to see the Hornets play in the actual playoffs.

They're pretty much everybody's second favorite team right now.

Meanwhile, the heat are playing experts.

They've gone to the finals through the play in tournament.

They got a lot of postseason experience and,

You look at the 7-8 teams, it's Orlando, who we've talked about, feels just completely demoralized, ready for the season to be over.

Philadelphia doesn't have Embiid right now, so they're going to be starting Bona, probably, in a playoff series.

It feels like the Heat and Hornets would have a better chance of making some noise in a first-round series than either of those teams will.

So this, to me, is the choice Eastern Conference play-in game.

I agree.

Do you think Purple Shirt Guy will be in attendance?

Ooh, wow.

That's a callback for those OGs out there when they played in a heat.

That's right.

That's right.

A guy in a purple dress shirt with a backpack on heckling away against Wade in the heat.

I don't know.

Will he be there?

Yeah, I'm with you, though.

I'm excited about this one.