My thoughts:
1. Lakers are gonna be fun to watch, but until they get some shooting, will look no better than a backyard basketball game.
2. Butler isn't wrong. KAT and Wiggins need to step crap up. Two insanely talented players giving lazy effort. KAT disappeared in the playoffs. Minnesota could be contenders if those guys learned to give a solid effort every night.
3. However, Butler is also speaking out both sides of his face. He can't say what it's really about, because he doesn't know what its' really about.
4. Phoenix is gonna be a good basketball team in the next few years. Booker is a stud, and Ayton is solid as well.
5. The conference disparity is just sickening. No conferences, best 16 teams in playoffs, have at it.
6. Zion Williamson should just start looking at houses in Atlanta now. Pretty sure they're going to be the #1 pick, unless there's some sort of trade situation I don't know about.
7. Kawhi is the freaking man. Goodness, I'd love to have him in L.A. Give me LeBron/Leonard, or LeBron/Butler, and I'm in hog heaven.
8. Still not sure why the Memphis Grizzlies haven't blown it all up yet. Probably because they know this is as good as it's gonna get, and a rebuild is gonna be near impossible.