Our big, fun basketball bracket
Created a bracket seeded entirely with the fun stuff that happened in the NBA this season plus a few of my favorite NCAA things. Then I made everyone play each other and came up with a Final Four.
JOHN BAGLEY BRACKET
1. Ime Udoka turned out to be perfect
The Boston Celtics have the best record in the East since January 1, the best point differential in the East on the season and the best defense in the NBA. Believe the numbers.
— Stan Van Gundy (@realStanVG) 12:01 PM ∙ Mar 17, 2022
Who could have seen this coming. Besides everyone.
16. Wizards shoot for the middle
So your favorite team doesn’t have to.
The Wizards will take up the lottery selections that you don’t want, lend Bradley Beal the contract you don’t want your club ever trading for, ever, and, oh shit, they’re even hanging onto Kristaps Porzingis for us. Sucks for Wizards fans, but great news for the other 29.
Outcome: Washington is not going to win this matchup.
8. Complaints over incessant, pedantic, replays
They can’t help but hear you, keep kvetching. Stupid replays are employed way too often and perpetually take too long.
9. Bill Raftery on New Jersey Nets games
He delighted in Lucious Harris, reveled in Rex Walters, bombasted over Benoit Benjamin.
He hailed Khalid Reeves, acclaimed Jim McIlvaine, shouted for Scott Burrell, elated over Evan Eschmeyer, emboldened Kevin Edwards, incited Jamie Feick.
He’d cheer Chris Gatling, animate Armen Gilliam, elevate Tate George, carp jocund through Johnny Newman, applaud Sherman Douglas, roar over Rumeal Robinson, hurrah AND THEN huzzah David Benoit.
Outcome: Raftery, easily, he’s a real sleeper in this whole thing.
5. Cade Cunningham coming around
