The final main slate of the season always reminds me of the Upside Down in “Stranger Things.” Only instead of a toxic, parallel dimension overrun with vines and murderous creatures, we get extreme unpredictability with the potential for even more variance than usual. There are teams with playoff spots locked up who plan to rest key starters. Throw in a confusing mix of “incentive chasing” and “tanking” it usually means huge stars can become busts and backups suddenly become vital. This all means standard projections based on typical season performance are useless. They struggle to keep up with the flood of news unleashed towards the end of the week. This...
