Wes Goldberg

So I would put Boston number one.

I would go...

And I don't know that I sign off on this, but I would go Detroit number two.

I think they're okay.

They've obviously beat the Pistons, so there's proof of concept there.

And they beat the Pistons, by the way, by playing the Pistons game.

They out-physicaled the Pistons in that game.

The Pistons are going to be able to push a lot of teams in the Eastern Conference around.

They're not going to be able to push the Miami Heat around, and I think the Heat would think of that series in that way, although I think the Pistons are kind of weirdly underrated at this point.

But that's a different thing.

I would go the Knicks next.

They like the Bam-Cat matchup quite a bit, and I think they feel like they have enough guys to throw at Jalen Brunson that they're not as worried about Brunson as maybe some other teams in the East would be.

So I would go Knicks next.

And then I think they would really like to play the Cavs if they had their choice for a few different reasons, right?

I think that, first of all, they look at James Harden.

They're like, yeah, let's take our chances with that guy.

If we could push that series of seven games, we'd feel pretty good about it.

And the way that, you know, Mobley's play, Jared Allen's hurt right now.

Like, I think they like that.

But more than anything, I think it's the revenge factor, right?