Matt Steinmetz

The NBA is about two days old, so what better time than now to draw conclusions from as little information as possible. Here goes:

—Liking Ben Simmons early. Liking Ben Simmons a lot.

—Not sure what the Pelicans are going for with Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins. Can’t see it working. … whole league going in another direction and for good reason. I tweeted that it’s like that scene in the Poisedin Adventure when the people headed for the deck didn’t realize the ship had capsized.

This one is a tough one to see having a happy ending.

—Warriors are going to be fine but the Rockets have some people who can spread the floor.

—So unfair that the Colangelos, the NBA’s golden boys, get to run the 76ers. They couldn’t have put together a team like that in their wildest dreams.

—Things are set up for Washington to emerge in the East. No reason the Wizards can’t wind up the No. 2 seed.

There’s that old saying about the band getting together. It ain’t that but I’m thinking of starting up the blog again. Not sure why and not sure completely what about but I think I’m going to start putting down some things I’m thinking. Here’s what’s crossing my mind now:

—Great sports night coming up. We’ve got Raiders game, baseball playoff game, Oklahoma City playing the Knicks and then the Lakers-Clippers game. I’m sure I forgot a game. Can’t remember.

The Raiders’ game is huge. They’re 2-4 and were supposed to contend for a Super Bowl. Instead, their offense has been horrible, and people are starting to point the finger at coach Jack Del Rio and offensive coordinator Todd Downing. If Raiders lose tonight against Kansas City, the path to the playoffs is maybe nothing less than a run-of-the-table.

Big night for Del Rio, who will be hard-pressed to downplay the significance of a loss … should it happen.

— I want Dodgers-Yankees.

—Still obsessing about the Colangelo’s getting to run the 76ers these days.

Went on with Joe, Lo and Dibs of 95.7-The Game and talked some Warriors. There were three main topics we hit on. Well, four, actually, but I’ll get to that. Here is a link to the eight-minute interview and below is some of what was said.

LINK TO STEINMETZ INTERVIEW WITH JOE, LO AND DIBS ABOUT WARRIORS.

–Which team would the Warriors rather play — the Jazz or Clippers? I don’t think there’s any doubt at this point, with Blake Griffin done for the remainder of the playoffs, Golden State would rather face L.A. The Warriors have beaten the Clippers 10 straight regular-season games. Draymond Green usually does a pretty good job on Griffin. Nevertheless, Griffin does seem to sometimes gets numbers. They’ll miss those times.

The Jazz, currently up 3-2 in the series, is getting healthier, and Utah has the kind of deliberate offensive system, and sticky enough defense, that there’s certainly some intrigue here. There are legitimate concerns about whether the Jazz will be able to score enough to beat the Warriors — particularly because they can throw multiple long bodies on Utah’s best player: Gordon Hayward.

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