Countdown NBA Tip-Off 4 Days! Nick Collison and Sports Illustrated!

We are less than 5 days away from Tip-Off and the Sports Illustrated NBA Preview issue got to my house yesterday and while I was reading it I saw the final team rankings, and the Bulls were ranked higher than the Cavs. A t first I thought I was day-dreaming but I was not, then I checked again and it said under "Eastern Conference Finals" in bold was Bulls over Cavaliers. I showed my Parents but they weren't as enthralled as I was mainly because there were still 70+ games left until this moment, in which the Bulls would beat the Cavs, would happen. The Finals were Spurs over the Bulls, which I thought was pretty fair, I like both teams even though I wan t the Bulls to win. I'd also love to see the best Lebron James defenders on the planet against eachother in Kawhi Leonard (Spurs) and Jimmy Butler (Bulls). I thought all of this would be a lot shorter so I can have time to talk about Nick Collison and the Thunder but now I have to write less (YAY!). Nick Collison is a Thunder vet who has been with them for 10 years, and has produced steady numbers(4.2 ppg, 3.6 reb, and 1.3 ast), but mainly has been used for defensive situations with the Thunder mostly with Ibaka. The Thunder lost to the Spurs last postseason in 6 games but they put up a fight with 'Power' Serge Ibaka (get it? power surge to power serge? It's okay if you didn't) Kevin Durant, Russel Westbrook. The one main reason why the Thunder lost was because of the benches. San Antonio- One of the best benches EVER, Oklahoma- Young players who may not have even played more than 20 minutes in a single NBA game. If the Thunder can still get over that PTSD that started with trading James Harden a few years back, and get more bench players they will be dangerous.

                                                                         --KSP--