Jason Timpf discusses who is under the most pressure to win the Eastern Conference between the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, and Philadelphia 76ers. He also shares why the New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Cleveland Cavaliers are sleeper picks to win the conference. Later, Jason debates whether Jaren Jackson Jr. will become a better player than Ja Morant, reacts to Mario Chalmers saying no one feared LeBron James during his Heat days, and addresses Trae Young’s criticism of NBA officiating.
Timeline:
00:00 – Introduction
00:45 – Most pressure to win Eastern Conference
11:58 – Jaylen Brown for Jimmy Butler hypothetical trade
13:28 – Sleeper picks for Eastern Conference
23:19 – Could Jaren Jackson become better than Ja Morant?
31:38 – Reacting to Mario Chalmers’ comments on LeBron
41:59 – Trae Young on holding refs “accountable”
53:01 – Closing
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26 Comments
I feel like the 6ers and the Nuggets have by far the most pressure to win. Harden and Doc are notorious for falling apart in the playoffs and Embiid has never had a great run either so he is liable to slip into that category if they underperform this year. For the Nuggets it's just about Jokic. I don't care what you think about him or his accomplishments. Winning 3 MVPs without even making a Finals appearance is crazy and will cause the majority of basketball fans to view him as a joke or fraud.
I love when Carson is on the show. Y'alls chemistry is great.
Top contenders in the Eastern Conference are MIL, BOS, PHI, CLE, NY, MIA.
I feel like JB would've felt differently a year ago. But I'm sure he's looking around at all the success that first year transfers are having on their new teams (Mitchell, Brunson, Bridges) and part of him is like, "I could go anywhere." Especially with Brunson where he went from No. 2 to being the guy. JB probably thinks he could be too.
Philly is more top heavy then boston and had about 10 games less played from each of their top 3. If they both had equal availability philly would be ahead by quite a bit. Sacramento is another team deceptively high due to very low absence on their key players relative to the teams below them.
Jason needs to have more guests who have a different opinion then him. I'm tired of his guests just agreeing with him, that's just lazy
dude looks like costco paddy pimblett 😂
Love it but the best comparison for Boston rn is those 90s bulls teams it can work we saw Jordan & pippen do it the team was a defensive team who ran the triangle to perfection the Celtics need to have a system they can run easy in the clutch you can win with a playmaker by committee💯
UNDER THE MOST PRESSURE THIS YEAR IN NO ORDER:
CLIPPERS – Gonna get broken up if they don't get far. Probably PG getting shipped out
CELTICS – In danger of losing Jaylen Brown if they don't win. Might lose him anyways
SIXERS – Drastic changes coming if they don't go deep. Harden out, Doc fired
SUNS – Golden opportunity to get to the finals. Might not get a chance like this again w/CP
MAVS – Gonna lose Kyrie if they don't accomplish something special. Might lose him anyways
Boston is not the most talented this year.76ers got that
People forget Bam.
We will see what happens.
Lmao Carsons bias. Doesn't like how the heat play basketball? You mean play defense? Actually use strategy?
The heat also are used to close games. When push comes to shove, let's see which teams get used to crunch time, 2 points down.
The heat have been living there for the year. They are ready.
Great video…i always enjoy your takes and debates and especially with carson the basketball knowledge goat
Carson like 22 and sounds like Hubie Brown. Incredible stuff guys 👊
Jokic needs a ring so bad. If he has won 2 mvp by now but if he doesn’t have a ring then the media narrative is nonsense.
Instant like for any pro LeBron things lol
Always appreciate Carson's insights.
Jason – what type of earphones / pods are you wearing ? (I'm asking about the lime green ones – not the white Apple pods)
Kinda get tired of how good of a playmaker Giannis is. He literally isn’t guarded on the perimeter, anybody could make the reads he makes when he is given wide open passing lanes and doubled in the paint
Nice podcast gents. Just some dudes chatting hoops with no agenda. Love it
Knicks perimeter defense has been absolutely garbage the past 3 games
Seriously Tim the bubble season? 👀 Out of lbj 20 seasons you referred to the bubble season?…the amount of people that died that year in the USA during the pandemic times 10 knows that NBA championships didn't count
Jason is such a Cavs hater it’s hilarious
Celtics enjoy for now. Jaylen Brown is gone in free agency.
Looking at the lebron, Jordan debate is interesting to me. Coming into the NBA Lebrons only comp was magic Johnson. In game and personality. He surpassed magic by so much they had to compare him to the only player that’s better which is Jordan. But their games are so different it’s impossible to compare.
Lowkey you’ve become one of my fav YouTubers . Love the content ! Can’t wait for playoff vids and predictions once the seeds are locked
Adding the play-in is so underrated teams are playing harder🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥