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History has been made quite a bit in this years NBA playoffs. A playoff's so competitive that a contender for the Finals in the West could be kicked in Round 1 as a result of matchup problems... take Houston for example (their weakest position PF and then PG are the Blazer's two All-Star studs Lillard and Aldridge), resulting in a Blazer win in 6 games. I think people forgot how dominant the Blazers were to start this season, though they dropped a little bit as the season went on, they were also developing youth and rotations.  Aldridge was also hurt for a bit, which can hurt overall records (look at Memphis 29-30 game record without Marc Gasol this season). Clippers and Warriors round 1 has been really competitive, and even Dallas is giving the Spurs a run for their money. But the East seemed like Indy and Miami had it locked up, until about 3 weeks left in the season when Indy imploded.  Atlanta, the only sub .500 team in the playoffs and 8 seed in the East surprised...

After the Golden State Warriors finally made some smart moves in the draft as well as via trade, constantly having a lottery book from missing the playoffs. Sometimes you can rebuild through the draft (like the Thunder did) and the Warriors brass seemed to get it right finally. First they drafted early lottery pick Stephen Curry; who we all now know and is one of the best PG's and shooters in the NBA. After a mediocre season with Monta Ellis playing together with Curry, they were mid-late lottery and snagged Klay Thompson out of Washington State University.  We all know of Klay now, as he is also one of the best shooters in the NBA.  We call them the "Splash Brothers". During that span they traded undersized Shooting Guard Monta Ellis for defensive 7 foot plus Center Andrew Bogut.  They also signed 20 point 10 rebound All-Star Power Forward David Lee to a long and big contract.  This was all in a 4/5 year span.  Not a quick rebuild, but not a drastically l...