Post Trade Deadline Analysis, Season's Second Half Storylines, and Assessing The Buyout Market

We discuss the Warrior's late midseason push and Klay being benched for a rookie, making him have his best season performance so far off the bench. How Joel Embiid being out for the remainder of the season affects Philly's Playoff contention and eliminates him from the MVP conversation. Doc River's being 2-6 since his midseason acquisition and his contentious comments about Adrian Griffen when he found out he will be coaching the All-Star game. The Clippers midseason surge 25-5 run, best in franchise history, and the red hot knicks cooling down a bit before the break as well. We also get into how the Cavs are a legit contender if healthy this post-season and touch on trade rumours regarding Spida if they fail to make a deep playoff push since he's not on the rest of the roster's timeline. The ASG injury replacements, and Kyle Lowry going back hom ...