I just checked our homepage, just make sure I haven't missed any big stories.

J.R. Smith stung by Hornets at college golf tourney is a headline.

Like, literally he was stung by Hornets.

He was attacked by bees, Zach.

I don't know how we got ever doing anything but starting this podcast with not jr smith getting stung by bees

should i read this story yeah this is how this starts go ahead all right let me read the story

zach low covers basketball for esPN ap coming out swinging in the lead jr smith stepped into a hornet's nest

in his first college golf tournament.

There it is.

And it had nothing to do with his high score.

Oh.

Was literally sung by Hornets.

Yeah. No, Zach, we live in a world where J.R. Smith playing golf for a college team and a B attack, it's not cracking like the top 10 things of

stuff we got to talk about in the NBA. That is how wild this particular offseason has been.

Are we doing the podcast right now? I think we are. I think we're doing a podcast. Wow.

J.R. Smith, I tried to turn it into a positive. This might be your equivalent of a flu game.

Depending on what team you root for, this NBA offseason has kind of felt like being attacked by very angry insects, with a swarm of headlines that can make you want to go jump into a river.

But real games begin on Tuesday night, and for all the questions we still need answered.

The upshot now is that the list of plausible contenders is deep, deeper than you may have thought.

So today, we mind the brain of Zach Lowe to determine who should finish atop each conference.

And then we make a B-line to a thrilling WNBA finals, where the buzz is around two all-time

grades who are vying for one more title.

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