A SPLIT VOTE! Thunder or 76ers the MOST improved team in the offseason?! | NBA Today

A SPLIT VOTE! Thunder or 76ers the MOST improved team in the offseason?! | NBA Today

who improves Zach the most this off season knowing that you know some things can still happen here and there it won’t get reflected in their win total because they already won a lot of games but I think the Oklahoma City Thunder are indisputably the biggest winner of the off season again they won a ton of games that were the number one seed last year I’ll bet they’re going to be the favorites to be the number one seed again but their versatility in the playoffs went up a level swapping out Josh Giddy and bringing in Alex K who shot 41% on threes last year and is an all defense player and Isaiah hartenstein just brings a completely new dimension to their team helps him on the glass he can play next to Chad holgren he’s a great passer and that fits with Chad it just gives them different looks different styles they didn’t have last year I think their ceiling got higher their playoff ceiling got higher the Thunder are here now to try to win the whole damn thing well when you said Undisputed Zach let me write down word that Zack said real quick because did they acquire All Stars per se not necessarily I believe the OKC Thunder and the Philadelphia 76ers are neck and neck and I give the edge to Philly because they brought in Allstars yes the Thunder they solved their needs at the center position and also getting someone that is a competitive player in Alex cruso but the bigger needs for a championship team potentially is adding Paul George who fits seamlessly if you look at the way the offense and defense can go alongside Joel embiid and Tyrese Maxi that big three you got the center you’ve got the wing and you’ve got the point guard and then on top of it the one that I think people are sleeping on Andre Drummond a lot of people are talking about oh D beid has not been able to stay healthy throughout the postseason well guess what getting a guy who is one of the leaders in rebounds over the course of his career is going to help withstand that storm so I get it Undisputed indisputable whatever word you use Zach I feel like got dispute Philly has the same needs but they added all stars and they are really going all into win just as well Ramona tiebreaker go the Sixers what are we talking about they added the biggest star out there and how many times have we heard oh we got all this cap space and nobody does anything with it they used every single penny of their cap space to add stars and role players don’t forget Caleb Martin don’t forget they I like even adona who they drafted finally Joel has two backup big men now two backups there so I I mean I love what the Sixers did here they finally paid it off and congratulations to Tyrese Maxi who I mean can you that that’s a big thing for a young guy to do to to defer the big contract to defer that big extension so your team can have the c space he bet on himself it paid off for the team and it paid off for him the one to Zach’s point to Z Point Z point the one reason Zach that I I actually I might be scooting a little bit towards you all the way over on come on over here girl is that when I look at what the Oklahoma City Thunder did already the number one seed in the Western Conference I believe they can and there’s a good chance they will be back there I don’t know that the acquisition of Paul George Zack makes me feel that all of a sudden Philadelphia leapfrogged the the Celtic certainly or even some of those other teams at the top of the Eastern Conference can we can we just hold up for one second on the Philly thing Ramon and CH you’re right Philly was a huge winner in the off season no disputing that Philly Philly had Philly had a great offseason but Chan did the thing where she was like well people talk about how Joel embiid is injured in the playoffs all the time and then just went on to the next thing no no no people don’t talk about how Joel embiid is injured in the playoffs all the time Joel embiid is injured in the playoffs all the time the Sixers still have not got out of the second round they got him two back so he doesn’t have to play through injuries fantastic they have Andre Drummond if Joel’s beats hurting the playoffs they’re completely fine come on number two look at look at Paul George’s look at Paul George’s playoff numbers from his two of his three seasons with the Clippers like I’m just saying I love the Sixers they still have to fill out the last third of their team I think they’re neck and neck with the Knicks behind the Celtics but it is absolutely time to do two things number one the one and only priority for their regular season should be making sure Joel embiid is help Heth in the playoffs if that means no 65 games no MVP fine whatever that stuff is over number two if you get to the playoffs and you’re healthy it’s put up or shut up time for this core right now this is the best chance embiid has had and I feel like we’ve said that about three or four different Philly teams to get out of the second round so if we’re going to Crown this success we got to at least acknowledge like it’s time to actually take the step that we’ve been waiting for both Paul George and MB to take for quite a while now I just love when Zach brings the Friday we’ll bring this back another point it’s okay we’re going to come back to this [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

On NBA Today, Zach Lowe, Ramona Shelburne and Chiney Ogwumike join me to debate which team improved the most in the offseason.

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