You know, it's not so much that all 22 basketball experts employed by a company that fancies itself the 'Worldwide Leader' in not one, but all sports thought the 3 seed would beat the 6 seed that has me astonished. After all, it's not like the NBA prides itself on postseason upsets. Rather, it's how confident the aforementioned experts had to be for not a single one of them to actively play the contrarian to popular belief. I mean, we are talking about a network that keeps the lights on with hot takes, so for not even one of its most trusted minds to think the risk of taking the underdog was worth the reward of professional validation is even more unfathomable than the odds-on favorite bowing out in four straight games. Let's be honest, given the current state of sports media, being right isn't anywhere near as important as being able to tell everyone else they are wrong. So, while I understand not foreseeing Jrue deconstructing the social construct of 'Dame Time' and making a week-long Holiday out of his postseason coming out party, it's pretty insane that there was an open form to bank on far and away the best and most valuable player in the series and - out of nearly two dozen analysts - not one deposited any faith. That's not to say I was sitting adamantly atop the Pelicans perch a week ago, but I wasn't granted the chance to team up with Anthony Davis with an opportunity to say "told ya so" to all my peers on the line.
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