Duane Watson and Will Strickland, co-hosts of TSN 1050 Radio's #1On1 with Will & Duane, prep you for the second round of the NBA playoffs and examine some key front office issues in The Association with their unique News, Views and Truths in this week's edition of Double Dribble.

If The Clippers Lose In Game 7 To The Spurs, Is It Time To Shake Up This Team After Failing To Get Out Of The Second Round Despite Three Consecutive 56+ Win Seasons?

Watson: Most definitely. The Clippers have depth, and great pieces, but need to go back to the drawing board. They have been the poster boys of regular season success and post-season failure. Owner Steve Ballmer clearly wants something to cheer about. Blake Griffin is the centrepiece and Chris Paul is still a top PG, but Doc Rivers clearly has his work cut out for him this summer.

Strickland: Not necessarily. While Game 7 will be a referendum on the career of Christopher Emmanuel Paul, judged unfairly or not, if any team has established a blueprint for patience and ultimate success, it's the Clippers' opponent. Now under new management with owner Steve Ballmer, head coach and GM Doc Rivers will have the levity and leeway to maintain his core while looking to attract the right kind of free agents to a destination city like LA, all while maintaining a modicum of stability in a franchise that has long been overwrought with front office issues.

How Can The Grizzlies Upset The Warriors?

Watson: This series will be a good contrast of styles in the grind-out Grizzlies and the lights-out Warriors. But even with an able-bodied Mike Conley, Memphis will still be singing the blues. Zach Randolph is slowly showing signs of age and Andrew Bogut will be as good as anyone at challenging Marc Gasol at the rim. The Splash Brothers will dictate the pace of the game and the series.

Strickland: The difference is style of play will be fun to observe. Which squad can impose its will upon the other? One is built for speed and one is built for power. Any team can be defeated, especially in a series, where tendencies can be exploited and lead to victory. But the Warriors are far too deep and have the kind of personnel flexibility to create the kind of mismatches that will make it, with or without the injured Michael Alex Conley, Jr., nearly impossible for the Grizzlies to win four of seven games and advance to the Western Conference Finals.

Will Billy Donovan Succeed With The Thunder?

Watson: Succeed? Sure, but I don't think he will take them any farther than Scott Brooks did. The NBA Finals should be the bar, armed with two top ten players in the league, a solid young big man in Kanter and some bench depth. Yet that's wildly unreasonable, and not that Donovan isn't a good coach, but he's not that good, and will be adjusting to the NBA game and coaching of its personnel (read: Westbrook). Last season was the worst since they moved to OKC and they narrowly missed the playoffs, they can't take a step back.

Strickland: Depends on what you deem "success". Winning 60 games, advancing to the playoffs only to come up short with arguably two of the best ten players on the planet on your roster, rookie coach or not, in a year where Kevin Wayne Durant becomes a free agent is unacceptable when you consider the long term ramifications of another fall-short season to the future of the franchise. Battle lines have been drawn: Title or Bust in OKC for 2016.

Is The Cavs-Bulls Series The Real Eastern Conference Finals?

Watson: It was before Kevin Love was lost for the Playoffs. While it's not impossible for Cleveland to win this series, it won't have as much appeal without both teams at full strength. However it will still be the best match-up on the East side of the bracket by far.

Strickland: All respect due to both Atlanta and Washington, the storylines and history between these teams and their players have a can't-miss attraction to them that their series just doesn't... yet. Without Kevin Wesley Love and missing Earl Smith, Jr. for the first two games, Cleveland will have to lean even more heavily on LeBron James and Kyrie Irving to carry them and David Blatt's personnel management will be under heavy scrutiny. Chicago has solid playoff experience across its roster, a coach who will look to drive them over the hump and relative health going into the series, though they could be one strong cough or sneeze away from losing the fragile Derrick Rose for the rest of the season. This could be the first time a Rose-led team would ever defeat a James-led team in the playoffs.

Atlanta's Mike Budenholzer Was Third In The NBA's Executive Of The Year Voting, Wearing Two Hats. But Many Of The Votes Were For Exiled Former GM Danny Ferry Who Built This Team. Is It Time For Ferry To Be Brought Back Into The Fold In Atlanta?

Watson: I think Ferry deserves a shot again in the league, while I doubt it will be in Atlanta. He made a mistake, did everything to be sincere in his apology and stepped away from the game. Even players on the Hawks would welcome him back, which says a lot. Ferry also built a franchise best 60-win ball club, showing he knows how to do his job, and do it effectively. You could argue that if there was no incident, he could have won the award.

Strickland: No. Is this where we insert the "He Didn't Mean To Say/Do It!" sympathy analysis? While The Deposed One did a fine job putting Atlanta's roster together, Luol Deng still has "a lot of African in him" and Danny Ferry is still Danny Ferry. Hard to overlook statements like that in a business where 78 per cent of the employees have a lot of African in them. Coach Bud can handle the job for the immediate future unless the Hawks new ownership decides they want a new team builder in place.

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