Will the Nuggets repeat? What if Dame lands in Miami? Can the Lakers make a run? This list of pros and cons for picking each contending team in the NBA to win it all this upcoming season is one of the videos of all time. #basketball #commentary #nba
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it's a toss up
these charmin players are too injury prone
whatever good team makes it to the playoffs with no injuries , that's the finals winner
I think it's going to be the warriors. Not a warriors fan at all but they are good at squeezing out chips when nobody thinks they're going to get one (their first and last chip) and wouldn't be surprised if they got themselves another one
Germany has some great chances of winning this next world champion as well
Sixers Lakers 24 NBA Finals
Let’s be real. The blazers are a lock for the title.
Denver Nuggets, Chicken Nuggets, Denver isnt repeating Lakers in 4
celtics
The Suns hate is unfortunate. Book and Kd gave Denver the best battle and homie picked the clippers as a contender 😢
you forgot the pelicans
suns are badly constructed but the nuggets with 6 guys from their playoff rotation arent also lol. Currently right now guys like Bates-Diop, Yuta, Gordon are better players than guys like Zeke Nnaji, Reggie Jackosn, and victor cancar. Nuggets arent even deep. They top heavy af also. But you love them. Celtics have ven worse playmaking but you love them. U literally just have a biased as opinion lol. Doesnt make logical sense.
Frank Vogel will help the suns defensive and there is a bunch of depth, at least more depth then what the suns had. If Suns healthy then they have a very good chance at winning.
7:00 hellll nah. JJJ ain’t the best defender in the nba. It’s not just fiba that showed that. A healthy engaged AD is best defender in nba.
I’m glad you at least brought up why you didn’t consider the cavs as contenders
Come playoffs JJJ is not a better defender than AD and last playoffs showcased that
I think Ja will F up again 100% he ain't changing
Saying that the suns aren't contendors is simply insane. Lost all of my respect for your basketball knowledge off that take
I think people over react to the nuggets losses. Sure, bruce was huge. But Jeff green was kind of ass 95% of the playoffs. (great guy/vet presence though.) The reason those things don't matter as much is because Jamal and MPJ are now a full year removed from their major injuries. MPJ especially, is having his first full offseason where he doesn't have to spend it rehabing. Expect a leap from him. As for our bench, Braun will improve, but more importantly, and somehow unknown outside of nuggets fans, Peyton Watson will be getting minutes. That kid is going to shock people with how crazy his defense is
If I had it my way, full healthy, the Celtics vs Heat, with dame, meet in conf finals and lakers vs clippers in conf finals. Fully healthy, these matchups are Viral in the making!
I'd put OKC as a contender over Memphis. They'll take a huge leap.
Warriors going all the way,
Am I tripping or did he not mention the 76ers????
Denver not repeating stop it
I personally think the Suns have a good chance to win it all, with the exception that applies to every team of playoff injury. I don't think KD, Booker, and Beal have as redundant of skillsets as people say. Beal drives more than Booker and KD, Booker and Beal playmake better than Durant, KD plays a completely different defensive role than Booker and Beal, etc. I get they all shoot a lot of midrange jumpers which are less efficient than other shots, but midrange is often the shot defenses have to give you when they try to reduce shots at the rim and 3s in the playoffs. Plus, all 3 are capable of scoring efficiently from all 3 levels, even if the volume distribution isn't the most optimal. Being able to have two of them on the floor at any time in the game during the playoffs is beneficial too.
Also, I think some might not be remembering that the Suns won two games against the Nuggets in the playoffs last year, the most of any team. Those two games were won without CP3! Effectively, you are switching out Landry Shamet for Bradley Beal, while keeping about the same level of roleplayers.
The big question, imo, is if Vogel can coach Ayton into anchoring the defense as well as he did in the 2021 playoffs. He should get quite a few easy attempts at the rim when the big 3 are on the floor, but he might want to play a more versatile game offensively. From what I've seen, Ayton becomes disengaged when he doesn't get to do what he wants on offense. If Ayton looks like he did last year, Suns probably peaking at a conference finalist appearance.
denver probably gonna win this one again
clippers, warriors and girzzlies aint doing $hit. its suns lakers nuggets vs bucks celtics heat-ish