Zach Lowe

In Indiana with your boy, George Hill and Paul George took them to seven in a really ugly series.

And I remember thinking,

As disappointing as this is for Toronto, it's like, is Dwayne Casey going to get fired level of disappointing?

I wonder if the next series will feel easier for them because Indiana just had a certain physicality and length that was problematic for them.

And I just, I wonder if Cleveland is able to win this series and

as rickety as they feel right now, if whether it's Detroit or Orlando, a version of that happens with the Cavs where suddenly, and those are big teams, particularly Orlando, who we're going to talk about, we'll see if Ron's as healthy or not.

And Detroit is obviously a big physical team, although not quite so much when they have like Duncan Robinson and Levert on the floor.

I do wonder if there's a world in which we all get a little too low on Cleveland and then they look a little looser and a little freer in the next round.

If they win, which is a huge if, by the way.

Well, it's going to be interesting to see who they even conclude is part of their core, right?

Like Ingram has one year left.

I'm sorry, a year and a player option left after this.

Grady Dick doesn't play anymore.

RJ Barrett has just next year left and will be extension eligible.

And again, he makes $29 million next year.

So we'll see if there's anything to be done there.

But you come out of this at least feeling like, yeah, Scottie Barnes is going to be a legit

He was, I think, borderline third-team All-NBA this year.

Maybe he has another little level above that where he becomes a borderline second-team All-NBA guy.

I don't know if I see first-team All-NBA, but he's going to be a very good player for a very long time and one of the best defense players in the league.