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Countdown to the Playoffs, LeBron’s Future, and Not Predicting the Finals

Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor talk about potential matchups for this year’s postseason

By Kevin O'Connor and Chris Vernon

Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor preview the battle between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets for the 8-seed in the Western Conference (2:03) and evaluate the potential matchups in the Eastern Conference (10:35). Then, they discuss how the playoffs will impact LeBron James’s looming free agency (31:59), debate whether the inevitability of superteams contending for the championship is bad for the sport (42:32), and react to the raised price for ownership of the Memphis Grizzlies (47:06).

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