This is Why it's Hot, AND Why it's Not.

Some stuff was good. Some wasn't.

HOT: Ray Allen and Allen Ray playing on the same team. I mean, dur. Not to mention the scintillating drama in Boston after acquiring a 'superstar' to go with Paula Pierce...

NOT: except that they got a guy who's basically a lamer version of Paula, but with a better J, two fresh ankle surgeries, and 52 million dollars left on his contract. But they do have Big Baby.

HOT: The Knicks might actually be good. They got a 23-10 guy for basically nothing, and dumped a massive albatross contract.

NOT: New York is now the Mecca of chubby, offensive-minded, defensively-deficient big guys. Seriously, ain't nobody gonna play a LICK of defense on their frontline. I think New York was like, “Hey, you’ve got a chubby big and a lanky big (Z-Bo and Aldridge), and WE’VE got a chubby big and a lanky big (Curry and Frye), so why don’t we just consolidate? Our lanky for your chubby, eh? Oh, and take this guy too…he’s a ‘Franchise’ player.”

NOTE: Playing Z-Bo and Cupcake Curry at the same time is one thing; what if Portland played Oden, Aldridge, AND Carol Channing Frye at the same time, just for shits and giggles? The ultimate antidote to Small-Ball.

HOT: The Hawks actually drafting prudently.

NOT: Kind of messed up their narrative by drafting someone OTHER than a swingman (and they had such a nice collection started, too), but they might be pretty dang good in a couple years.
Wait, nevermind. It's the Hawks.

HOT: My Memphis brothers got the best point guard in the draft.

NOT: Sorry Pau; you guys are still going to suck for a couple years unless you get a really good big guy real quick. You do have a competent coach now though, so we'll see where that takes you.

HOT/NOT- it's both: Joakim Noah. I don't even know what to say. You got balls, but...Lord son, for already bein' ugly, you ain't doin anything to help yourself.

Cheers.