Jason Timpf shares his predictions for the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Will Steph Curry’s Warriors, Kevin Durant’s Suns, or LeBron James’ Lakers come out of a loaded Western Conference. And who does Jason see having the advantage between Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks and Jayson Tatum’s Boston Celtics? After previewing the conferences, Jason shares his NBA Finals pick. Will the Warriors repeat?
Timeline:
00:00 – Introduction
02:35 – Who wins West?
15:24 – Who wins East?
22:41 – Who wins NBA Finals?
26:10 – First round upset picks
30:44 – Lakers-Grizzlies predictions
38:15 – Who is most likely to blow up roster?
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27 Comments
Not a fan of Boston but the bucks vs Celtics thing y’all got wrong. Celtics don’t have to over help on Giannis bc of Al & Rob. Even grant can wall up initially.
The young kid sounds like a straight warriors hater. They been beating his favorite team since he was in diapers though. I don’t blame him tbh. The warriors always get overlooked right about this time. I’m not saying they’re winning the chip. But y’all always sleeping on the greatest dynasty since the Bulls in the 90s
Why is this guy yammering ? Sample size? The suns have played 8 games together. Warriors 8 thousand games.
It’s not hard to predict guys. It’s the Warriors. They are an older team and have the foresight to see that only thr playoffs matter. Not road games in January. Why does their core get put down people say Lakers got the most talent or suns. In the playoffs it’s the Warriors. Like don’t make this hard. Ur jus gonna look silly like last year.🎉
I think you guys are underestimating these talented young and hungry teams like memphis and sacramento and putting a lil to much stock into the past. I dont think lakers and warriors are as good as many of you are making them out to be and both teams have big question marks. Same thing out east. Last year was last year. This year boston has upgraded and look at giannis last 10 games vs boston and his percentages. Boston one of the few teams that can defend him relatively well and middelton health is a huge factor.
Everything the guest guy said about "not being sure if the Warriors have been consistent enough, not enough D, etc"…..everything he said i would have agreed with, even after the GPII trade.
But firstly yes, Dray has been the mainstay on D, but JK played solid tough D, Divenzenzo Ds up well, but mainly it's the duel additions like a fuel injection of D if you will adding Wiggins AND a truly himself again healthy GPII.
THAT is what is making it not as homerific as it might have been for Warriors fans to not be as worried for their D as other might be. Anything can happen, i for one am not taking the Kings lightly.
But it's not rose colored glasses to point out that yeah, once GPII showed he was physically himself again, and he knock on wood did that the last 5 games or so…along with Wiggins coming back and he wasn't gone that long, he might have some rust, but then again he might not and there have been guys playing recently and playing well who can allow the Ws to ease Wiggins back in according to his wind and his effectiveness.
So while i hear the worries and critiques of the Warriors, i think in a different but similar way to last year they're peaking at the right time. Knock on wood.
I can't fuckin stand BOTH of these guys. How TF can you say you can see the Lakers winning the championship but not the Celtics? The Lakers NEEDED to win the very last game of their season just to literally have a chance. Milwaukee and their "depth and physicality" got clipped by Boston multiple times this season. When Milwaukee was up 3-2 you didn't hear anything about Chris Middleton being out that time, it was only when Boston clipped them during game six and seven to win that excuse came crawling back. In order to give actual analysis you have to be fair for BOTH SIDES, not just the side you want to win. I really don't understand why people in these comments praise these guys so heavily when both of them have skewed views.
The celtics play brook off the floor 😂
I think this Laker team, who's starters have played 2 weeks together is so over hyped. What I'm seeing is they play better without Lebron because he reduces ADs dominance, that's concerning. A potential injury or just lack of chemistry from being thrown together on the fly is a lot to overcome. The offense with all go to options eliminated….i don't know. My $ would be on Grizzlies in 7, home court could be the tipping point.
Warriors trio when all healthy have at least made noise every single time, most of the time making the finals at least…the only true “disappointment” when all healthy was making it to the FINALS after winning 73 games during the regular season…absolutely insane for a core group with no top 5 picks (first time ever for a long run) and no one with physical advantages which is literally the first time in history…first time in the history of basketball and no one ever mentions it
Minnesota don't know how to finish games. Don't make early judgements based on play in games
Jason said Booker made all his shots in the playoffs in ‘21 and missed them in ‘22.
Booker in ‘22 playoffs 45/43/89. If that’s missing all his shots. Imagine when Booker makes them lol
im lakers fan but this is too far and conference finals is our realistic ceiling imo. If we had been playing w this group the whole year and they knew what they were doing then Id say we are on the same level as warriors and suns but its still a brand new team. Still not betting against lebron tho
I honestly don’t see why the Nuggets can’t make it out of the west
The celtic disrespect is so crazy. I can't wait to see these dudes backpedal. The celtics are a bad matchup for the bucks.
Good night, i do not think the lakers can win the title with the team they have right now, i do think they can beat Memphis but nothing else.
The Lakers just struggled in OT against the TWolves with their BESR TWO defenders & their BEST player scoring less than 10 points. LA doesn’t have a chance, literally.
Carson, always love your addition to the show my dude. But please always use an Ethernet cable. Those dropped frames are savage 😢
I’m a lakers and Lebron fan but i don’t even wanna hear Jason constantly speak about them it’s annoying
Who's the other white dude? I don't always agree with his takes, but he backs them up with good stuff.
Man's gotta add the disclamer cause last year, Warriors fans kept insulting him for picking Mavericks in the WCF😂😂
I’m a warriors fan I think the grizzlies are being undervalued. Media loved them earlier this season and then have left them ever since Ja suspension. Skeptical of these top heavy teams like suns and lakers.
Suns will match up well with Bucks than Warriors will. And i dont see Warriors beating suns in 7 games. They have a great attack and even better defense than the Warriors. Will love to see how warriors deal with KD and Booker
Solid breakdown ,AD can start as the best player and Bron can coast in !!
That dude is lying about the lakers in 2020. They shot out of their minds in the bubble. AD for example is a career 30% 3 point shooter. In the bubble overall he shot 38% from 3 and 42% in the finals. Rondo shot 40% from 3 in the bubble! He's a career 32% shooter. Markieff Morris shot a whopping 42% from 3 in the bubble as well. During the regular season that year he shot 33%. Like come on man!
Milwaukee's drop coverage defence and lack of shooting will be their undoing. Especially if teams can play Ingles and or Lopez off the floor. They're both slow on defence and this day and age teams are too good at exploiting matchups.
Warriors to win it all, again. IMO