James Harden is my favorite player - ice in his veins in spite of his cute little tummy. He's blowing up the bubble. Clippers looking dangerous. Lakers on top, but people finding faults with them. Pelicans and my hometown hero Zion (who sat out as much time at Duke as I can remember!), yeesh, not so much. Lots of dangerous teams, though. I like JH and the Rockets', but the West is tough, at least I still really think it looks that way. They say it used to be the West vs. LeBron. When the Rockets handled Milwaukee the other night, I thought "there's still something to it."

Basketball is awesome; the players are doing us a solid by holing up. Etc. Discuss.