It's been a couple of weeks since we last sat down for NBA playoffs "Parent-Teacher Conferences." The field of competitors has been trimmed down to four, with the most intense games yet to be played.
As you can imagine, then, the grades for the remaining teams have shifted considerably. We might as well consider these marks as extra credit, seeing as how 26 other squads won't have any say in how things play out from this point forward.
But that's what it takes to claim the Larry O'Brien Trophy in any given year, isn't it? One hoops collective must go above and beyond the usual call of on-court duty to achieve something much bigger, much more desirable and much more permanent historically than any single paycheck.
Enough with the fluff, though. Go ahead and have a look at how the NBA's most dedicated "students" have fared in the proverbial classroom to this point.
Before I get too far up my own you-know-what with philosophical froo-froo.
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