Sports Illustrated's Matt Dollinger and Ben Golliver examine whether or not the Detroit Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz, New Orleans Pelicans and New York Knicks can make the NBA playoffs.
We begin with a sermon delivered from Mount Popovich:
"For us, it's easy. We're looking for character, but what the hell does that mean? We're looking for people—and I've said it many times—[who] have gotten over themselves, and you can tell that pretty quickly. You can talk to somebody for four or five minutes, and you can tell if it's about them, or if they understand that they're just a piece of the puzzle.