Creating a rock-solid NBA Christmas slate

There are seven no-brainer teams and some great potential match-ups hanging out there. Here are my picks.

Good morning. Let’s basketball.

It will likely be a few weeks before we get the actual 2020-21 NBA schedule release, and we know it will look very different from a usual NBA schedule due to COVID-19 forcing the league to minimize travel as much as possible. But we do expect the Christmas Day slate will be a major focal point, likely with five national T.…