Zach Lowe

It can't be another big man who's an okay shooter.

It has to be someone who can shoot, which is why I'm just interested to see how some of these playoff series...

sort of end up.

Like, would you throw everything at Donovan Mitchell if the Cavs flame out and that becomes a thing?

Would you throw everything at Jamal Murray if the Nuggets flamed out and that becomes... I don't know and I don't think either of those players will be traded, but you never know.

And those are the kind of names that if I'm like star hunting and it's not Giannis...

And maybe I shouldn't star hunt.

Maybe I should just aim lower and make tweaks and bring in some shooters here or there.

That's probably the most likely thing.

But I just think they have a lot of stuff.

And at some point, you got to take a swing if you're really going to compete at the highest level.

But I agree with you that basic thing number one is let's lean all the way into being a top three defense and just get in a playoff series against one of those teams and see if we can fuck it up a little bit.

Yeah, this first round has been a big win for some old school conventional wisdom.

Non-shooters are really hard to play in the playoffs.

Defensive liabilities become harder to play in the playoffs.

The game slows down in the playoffs.

And there are 16 game players, like Draymond once said, and 82 game players.

And it's wonderful that you had a great season up in the lead up to the playoffs.

but the playoffs is a different animal and teams are going to treat you differently.

And there's going to be jail and during kind of stories every year.