It's not about ideal path, it's about what would be the most entertaining. I'd love this route: First round: Thunder Semis: Nuggets WCF: Warriors By the Finals it won't matter, but give me the Bucks and Giannis winning MVP so Harden can show who's really the man.
For selfish reasons, I'm hoping we face the Blazers at some point. Then I can go to at least two playoffs games.
Entertaining you say? 1st: Spurs (because rivalry, also I can rub it on my SA friends' faces for harassing me all those years I was in SA. Sure I taunted by driving around in SA with Rockets flag proudly flying above my car during playoffs) 2nd: Thunders (So fu*king national media personalities can just STFU with talking points about Thunder's being Warriors true opponent in the West) 3rd: Warriors (sweet taste of revenge) 4th: Milwaukee (Giannis vs. Harden, Rockets depth vs. Bucks depth, small ball vs, "tall" ball) *Reasoning assumes we win each of those series
The Clippers make me nervous man, Beverly is playing the best D of his career, Montrez and Lou always show up big to play us. Those guys all have a chip for getting traded for CP3. That would be a tough tough freakin series
