OK, raise your hand if you had Atlanta, Golden State and Portland as the best three teams in the NBA approaching the halfway mark.
OK, raise your hand if you had the Cleveland Cavaliers fighting to make it work and apparently working to make a fight.
Congratulations - and hopefully you went to Vegas and parlayed that clairvoyance into a nice payday.
The overachievements of the Hawks (30-8), the Warriors (30-5) and Blazers (30-8), repsectively, are as eye-popping as the thought of the four worst teams in the NBA including once-proud franchises such as the Lakers, the Knicks and the 76ers. Those discussions can wait.
The Cavs, however, are always a hot point. The much ballyhooed return of LeBron James during the offseason shot the expectations somewhere North of Santa's house. Those expectations have proven to be completely hollow.
There have been bouts of discontent. There have been rants and rallies and realizations that despite the number of all-stars, there is a learning curve in every new scenario. There have even been whispers that players have confessed to friends and opponents that the team has tried to sack their coach.
In short, the Cavs family is dysfunctional despite having a multitude of highly functional pieces.
James returned from a two-week sabbatical to rest his knee and back Tuesday night, and, despite his 33 points, seven rebounds and five assists, the Cavs still flopped at Phoenix. Cleveland is 19-20 and toiling in sixth place in the Eastern Conference; yes, the Cavs with LeBron and a slew of stars are 11.5 games behing the Hawks.
There are mumbles that rookie NBA coach David Blatt has lost the Cavs locker room. Blatt called out Kevin Love, the Cavs other big offseason addition, recently. The franchise has pulled the trigger on a couple of knee-jerk trades in the last few weeks, dealing the future and cap flexibility for bench help and the artist formerly known as J.R. Smith.
In short, the hand-ringing quotient in Cleveland is approaching ludicrous speed.
Certainly the season is still salvageable - there are 43 regular-season games left after all - and the biggest goal for these Cavs was gelling before the tournament starts. When LeBron is involved, banners and rings for division titles are meaningless.
Still, the cohesion and collectiveness that it takes to win titles takes time. And patience.
But when the expectations of excellence are met with the meaning of mediocrity, patience can be strained.
James, for his part, seems to be taking the Aaron Rodgers' "R-E-L-A-X" approach, and that seems plausible. He has been indifferent to the daily results as the team focuses on the bigger prize of being playoff ready by the playoffs.
Still, with the talk of possibly trading Love or firing Blatt on the heels of quick-whip deals, it seems those that are signing LeBron's check should embrace and adhere to his slowdown mantra.
That, or try to get as many Atlanta Hawks as possible.
Email Jay Greeson at jgreeson@timesfreepress.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jgreesontfp.