Are the Denver Nuggets still the best team in the NBA? | The Athletic NBA Show

Are the Denver Nuggets still the best team in the NBA? | The Athletic NBA Show

All right let’s go out of this episode with our top five teams going into 2024 Josh would you like to start are we doing this in any particular order or we just throwing out just throw you know what as someone who does rankings every

Week let me tell you I don’t I don’t all right we see what see what you think after today um I don’t think we need to put them in any particular okay top five is just let’s go in general all right we gotta gotta start with Boston right guys I have Boston Denver

OKC uh Minnesota and Milwaukee OKC third huh OKC maybe four or fifth who knows I like it that’s that’s my five you said not even in necessarily any particular order yeah but I like him at three would you like him at two over no do you think the best team in the

West no I still believe in Denver yeah in the west I still believe in Denver in the west they’ve missed Jamal for for a number of games and I mean there yeah I feel like you can’t overvalue how important it is to just have been there

Before and to just know how to do it you know what I mean um so I don’t should be I agre that’s why I’m saying they’re not above Denver Jay what what about you uh I think the Clippers are in there for me also haven’t been there they’re

They’re not they’re not my number one but but they’re in there for me J I want yours in order I want yours in order Boston one okay Denver 2 okay Clippers three Clippers three wow Clippers three I mean this is not about just what’s happened so far it’s

It’s I kind of believe in the Clippers I kind of believe in the Clippers again I don’t want to I don’t want to believe in the clippers but I do man you saw Mason plumbley back in the in the rotation I can’t deny them anymore and the whole

Kawai thing is conc it’s concerning but you looked good last night yeah you looked real good last night after a little time off and then where where am I you said Clippers Clippers three Milwaukee four uhuh still no Minnesota huh wow okc5 no Minnesota in the top five at all

So here’s my thing with Minnesota they are they have been unquestionably a top five team so far but if I’m looking to the playoffs I think their offense isn’t good enough I think their defense will be compromised to some extent because of the way that teams will attack the front

Court of towns and go bear and and so I I’m just not sold on them as a playoff team were we doing all the way that far forward or we just going going into the new year our top five team it’s it’s ambiguous however you want to however

You want to do yeah we just no rules all right no rules just fun I put the let’s hear it Z all right he’s already he’s already backing down office I ha it I of course he of course he is it’s been two minutes yeah uh Boston’s obviously there

Denver’s obviously there OKC is obviously there um I would probably have to put I’m not I don’t believe in Philly I don’t think I’m gonna believe in Minnesota Playoff I think I like it’s one game and I don’t want to put too much into it but you saw some of the

Concerns you would have in a playoff series against New York you know like that that ended New York it was just like man bad shot bad shot couldn’t quite stop him couldn’t quite stop him like it I can see that being a preview of the of the postseason for the Wolves so

Um you know Milwaukee’s gonna be in there I need one more God who could I put is that one more team guess Miami guys I guess guess yeah I guess I would just have to go with the heat conference finalist three the last four years NBA finalist the last four

Years yeah I guess I would just have to you know go with the heat do you want me to read that uh that long thing on the court that poem they’ve got on the court that disertation that they’ve got on the court for you Josh I’m gonna send that

To you in a voice note every day I want you to wake up to that I will block your [Laughter] number hey we want to know your guys stuff your guys top five teams your New Year’s resolutions in the comments go ahead and leave a comment on the YouTube

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