Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes preview Game 1 of the NBA Finals featuring the Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets. Nuggets, led by Nikola Jokić enter the NBA Finals as HUGE favorites to take home the championship. Jimmy Butler and the Heat are no strangers to the underdog role having already defeated the two top teams in the Eastern Conference. Finally the cast ranks Jokic amongst the best of all-time.
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Nick really hates Jokic, you can really tell even in his underhanded conpliments
wow, wright is really on some nonsense today
ya'll are f*cking with PTI for best sports debates, fr fr. Great takes
The heat have been my favorite team ever since I started watching baskteball as a 6 year old and even I can't stand the fact how much nick hates on jokic after everything he's accomplished.
Did Broussard really just say that Finals MVP isn’t that important for a player’s legacy, it’s just winning the finals?!?
It’s already ridiculous how much a team accomplishment gets brought up in INDIVIDUAL greatness debates but now he’s cutting his own legs out. If it’s just rings and not FMVPs, then by Brou’s logic Horry > Jordan
quickly reading through the comments, why do so many people talk about Nick's hate for Jokic? Have these same people not watched the show for the past two months? He's has given Jokic flowers plenty of times over and has explained multiple times he simply held Jokic to the standard that ALL the other NBA greats have been held. Jokic has passed the test and has entered superstardom. Is it that hard to understand?
Heat in 5
Jokic is ahead of Barkley, Garnett, and Dirk to me already. And I’m old enough to remember how great all three were.
Excited for the heat
Giannis was back by game 4. Man was not healthy
If grenades could fly? Stop it best two teams
Two starters was injured on phoenix
How does Chris Broussard still have a job in sports media???
Opera man thinks Miami sings a lot but I don't understand what he is trying to say.
Lakers was trash lol
Keep sleeping 💤 Chris and Wildes
13:43 I have both Shaq and Hakeem above Wilt. Wilt only has 2 championships and his playoff production dropped compared to his regular season production. Other than that the list is solid
bro broussard is absolutely a hater. he literally never gives miami any credit for anything. there's always an excuse to why the heat won a specific series or game. i watch this strictly for nicks takes , bc broussard sucks
The Heat would sweep the Lakers please.
You see Nick get emotional when Chris said you are talking pixie dust, and angels in the outfield 😂😂😂
Respect to Nick for being so confidently wrong in all these predictions.
Nick is going off a hunch that is made more enticing by its potential betting profitability. With the way they washed the lakers, a team that beat miami in the finals, the nuggets should be everyones logical choice. Miami has made me a believer though, and like nick, i just think it's their year. If jimmy gets off the way we know he can and lowry can give you those key moments that we all know he is capable of, miami can erode the steady but inexperienced nuggets' confidence.
KLUTCH Media shillz at it again 😂
Denver in 5 is going to age like milk. You heard it here FIRST.
sad to see how broussard disrespects dirk 🙁
dirk's ring was so much more impressive than garnett's, durant's, even d-wade's 3 rings, he had shaq and lebron.
but dirk is the most clutch player besides lebron of the last 20 years. he also has the 2nd most clutch playoff run of all times, behind only jordan in 1998. people forget how hard dirk carried his teams, that almost never had a second allstar.
and then people come up with 2007 – fair. but compare it to garnett who wasn't able to do anything in minnesota. he needed the carry of paul pierce and rajon rondo.
Phoenix was not a more talented TEAM. They had the 2 most talented players but they lacked depth and everyone knew it.
Nick is coping so hard 😂
Brou said “yea he wasn’t better then them” 😂
Wow..THESE GUYS CANT LAST 5 MINUTES without mentioning Lebron's name…03:07 …He's out of the playoffs, he is out of the playoffs. Have a little bit of credibility if you got some….it's all about Jokic, Butler ,Jamal, Spo, etc…..
Nick’s been EMBARRASSING/DELUSIONAL/AmateurHOUR on how much he’s underrated (hated on) Jokic for 4 years straight.
He literally said “He was the worst MVP in his life” (35 years). He said he was closer to 5th-7th best player in NBA then 1st THIS YEAR!
It has been a clown take the last 3 years and ignored all context (Murray hurt 2 straight playoffs + MPjr last year but jokic’s career playoff stats before this year were an elite 26 12 6 2stocks 51/41/83 in 49 games). As elite as Murray has been in playoff career so far Jokic has still technically never played with another All Star, All NBA, All NBA defensive, great bench/coach (+ team very unhealthy last 2 years + that fact yet ppl are surprised a recent 28 year old Jokic hasn’t made a finals until this year?!?!
It’s a TEAM game ppl! MJ LeBron Big O Jerry West Wilt Duncan Kobe Shaq Dr J Hakeem Bird Magic Dirk Durant Curry and many other all time greats many years never made finals bc their TEAM wasn’t great enough. MJ LeBron Hakeem Curry Durant Dirk Dr J West Big O Wilt Shaq are 11 of the illest EVER and didn’t win titles until year 6-13! That doesn’t meant they weren’t all time greats before that!
Jokic is an all timer and I’ve been going to many games yearly in great seats since 1987!
Nick not having him a Top10 center is incredibly embarrassing when he’s clearly in the 6-7 range TODAY!
63 PLAYOFF games Jokic is AVERAGING an unprecedented God tier
27
12
7
2stocks
53/41/83!
He’s 1 of Top5 GOAT in Playoff PER, BPM, WS/48, TS%/eFG%
Jokic’s already (Just turned 28 in February!) Top6-12 in Playoff games with
20/25/30+ points
5-10+ assists
5-10+ rebounds
50+ FG%
The only centers TODAY clearly > Jokic all time are
Kareem
Hakeem
Wilt
Russell
Shaq
Jokic has an argument for 6th with Moses Malone David Robinson. He’s much better shooter/passer then them, they’re better defender’s especially Robinson.
Jokic had a great argument for being 4th player EVER to win 3straight MVPs after Russell/Wilt/Bird (MJ & Bron should of also) and is one of the illest playoff players EVER on a per game basis!
He’s a no doubter top8 center at worst and I would personally have him 6th right now.
Nick not having him Top10 continues his embarrassingly wrong Joker takes.
I love Luka too and he’s historically great for his size also but that goofball had Luka 20th all time in his 50 greatest players of last 50 years (Not having Reggie Miller was also embarrassing when you consider he’s 16th all time in NBA win shares regular season + playoffs and never played with another prime time HOF or even legit multi x all star yet was best player on 5 ECF and finals team who is top10 clutch player ever, top5 shooter ever, outplayed Kobe 2000 Finals and Games 2-6 averaged nearly 30 on 50/43/98 splits. Pacers gave 3peat lakers by far their toughest finals losing in 6, lost game4 in OT & 6 by 5 and Pacers outscored Lakers point differential wise), but didn’t have Jokic even top50 on his top50 of the last 50 years!
It’s one embarrassing take after the next for Nick in regards to Jokic!
Chris Broussard has never been a fan of Dirk. But no, Jokic would not move ahead of Dirk’s 21 year career by just winning this championship
Denver in 5
chris no toes broussard better be not talking
AND THEY HAVE A MILE HIGH ADVANTAGE!
nick sounds so ridiculous
He wants the heat to win so he can validate the bubble 🫧
It's angels in the outfield 😂😅
Seems that Nick cannot favor one time without completely bashing the other team. He reminds me of Kendrick Perkins because when he debates, he is always rite and the others are completely wrong.
Batler had better playoffs than Jokić? 😂😂😂
Nick u a 🤡 and always will be 💯
U are disrespectful to yourself little girl … 😂
Injuries to the opponent only matter to Nick when it’s a Warrior’s title run he’s trying to discredit
Nick is 10 toes down on Miami I love it
Nick implying that Jimmy butler is better then Nikola Jokic is insane. Jimmy has had a great playoff run but he wasn’t a Allstar this year. Has he every been in the MVP discussion. No one had Jimmy butler as a top 10 player until these playoffs. Nick would probably say Jimmy is better then kawhi too which he obviously is not.
In LA, Denver had to play against the Lakers and the refs. Beat both down. Good defense can't beat great shooting, which Denver is especially proficient. Nuggets in 5.
Dirk was better than Barkley and Garnett lol what an insane take
I can’t put him ahead of Dirk or Barkley!
Nick doesn't understand how odds work. ,-350 fav does not mean 16x more likely to win.
Who gives out first? Going to be fun tomorrow.