NBA Today’s Malika Andrews, Kendrick Perkins and Brian Windhorst discuss the current projected win totals for the top teams in the Western Conference, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. Perk then reveals the top rookie he has his eye on this season before the show heads to Las Vegas to preview the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game.
0:00 West win totals
0:40 Biggest threat to Nuggets
2:20 Lakers over/under 46.5 wins
4:57 Perk’s top rookie to watch
6:22 WNBA All-Star Game preview
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43 Comments
Lebron and AD will miss games due to injuries at the minimum, 40
How many times will these fools keep making the same mistake. Just because you have a big three doesn't make it a certainty you'll win. We saw it in Brooklyn, we saw it with the Lakers and now we'll see it with the Suns. Like the Clippers when they got Kawhi and PG there is no leader on the Suns. KD isn't a leader, Booker isn't a leader and neither is Beal. And Vogel isn't a leader either. He showed that on the Lakers. And then you don't have defense. Mark my words it will be another disappointment.
Granted the lakers would of won more if they would of played together longer they only was together for 20 something games
Lakers are a Joke, just like Lebum is a Joke. The Fakers are going to go 0- 82. No one cares about The WNBA,just like no one care about Lebum and The Fakers.
Idk they didn’t do that well last meeting and they didn’t get that much better.
while the suns have been to the finals in recent years only booker is remaining from that squad, projecting 50 wins and for them to be favorites among the conference against denver is hilarious. How many games book,kd,beal gonna be out on the floor together, one of the major weaknesses in the brooklyn big 3 was their games played….
For a guy with 0 ability to put the ball in the basket himself, Kendrick sure has a lot of value in players that are all offense. PHX is going to struggle as they get through the playoffs. They'll have to fire on all cylinders just to keep the score close.
Big Perk has a brain injury
Yes we are ready for them lakers for life
Always Lakers, I'm honestly getting bored
Whatever to talk about the Lakers huh?
lolz.. Lakers got swift!! but all games are closed.. These young guys keep improving. And thus recent picks, seem like the Lakers are getting better. Thus Lakers trainers are one of the best
Get Shannon Sharpe into the studio
Who's going to challenge the Lakers?They are the best team in the NBA. Nuggets don't have the same amount of guys they had last yr. They lost 2 important pieces
Not even a Lakers fan but they were the second best team last season no doubt. Took out that hungry Memphis team, then completely dismantled and eliminated the defending champs. They only lost to the team that won the chip. 2023 could be their year. The Suns faced only 1 team before facing the Nuggets and that was the Clippers with an injured roster and Westbrick leading the charge
Chet is everything they said Wemby is
Lakers? 😂
This grizzlies were fine in the west last year I’m sure they’ll be fine in the West again
Disrespect on the nuggets sun's ain't going nowhere
Sun's are like the nets big 3 at best they will fall apart and blame the coach
People have false expectations that Lakers can still win
Get real people
LeBron is getting old
AD is inconsistent and he always struggle to be healthy
They are a playoff team
But they aren't a championship team
You have young superstars in Jokic Murray Giannis Tatum plus a re-tooled ageing Warriors with a Big Man now in Saric
It's a false belief that Lakers can still win
Can someone explain to me how warriors have 48.5? 😂😂
Warriors will win
why that IDIOT still there
We've said this about a lot of KD teams…wouldnt be surprised if he gets hurt and the Suns get knocked out before the WCF
These people think the lakers are gonna beat the nuggets when they didn’t get better and lebron is going to be a year old while the suns got better and the warriors as well 😂
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Lakers are average, a bit worse than last year
This Suns team is so overrated. K/D is old and is not in his prime. Bradly Beal been hurt past 2 years and is not in his prime. the player that has to carry is Devin Booker like he did in the playoffs every game for them to win.
kings and pelicans can change all that
Good Luck Denver. The Suns Have Size, Defense, Shooting and a Good Bench
Devin Booker
Bradley Beal
Keita Bates – Diop
Kevin Durant
Deandre Ayton
Eric Gordon
Yuta Watanabe
Drew Eubanks
Is the team who got swept by the Nuggets ready for the Nuggets? ok smh
West is SO tough this year with maybe only Portland not competitive. 50 wins will be tough.
Suns are going to be a turnstile on defense unless Ayton decides he's actually going to try.
I don't see this big 3 working out well because it's too much redundancy. Booker, Beal, and KD aren't playmakers and they're not elite defensively (KD ain't him on that end of the floor anymore).
They're 100% a regular season team that will get bounced in the 2nd round again.
Also I don't see how gsw is going to do well unless cp3 and Klay turn back the clock somehow. They're still small and Klay just isn't the same guy anymore.
The Lakers, Kings (who likely will take another step forward), and Grizz are the only threats to the Nuggets out west. Sleeper pick is OKC since they have a lot of nice young pieces around SGA, plus Chet could be a huge x factor.
GSW legit might be the oldest team in the league they ain’t winning that many games.
The Suns 3 main stars are all injury prone players that play no defense and their bench is average at best they aren’t winning that many games either.
The Lakers are the only ones who actually addressed all the issues they had and got quality players to fill those roles so I’m definitely taking the over.
If dramond is not better than ayton suns are better in starters but warriors have more depth
lmfao tried to sneak in that wnba bs
Cannot believe Perkins put that Charlie Villanueva kid on his top 5 rookies to watch LMFAO! The freaking Celtic bias in the media is disgusting 🤣🤣
Lakers record will be 50-32 or 47-35 and probably get knocked in the second round
soon as that worthless racist perkins start talking video gets a thumbs down and I'm out
Lake show
Perk is right between 50-52 wins for the Lakers. To have the rollercoaster season they had last year and still had 43 wins was VERY impressive. They’ll be locked in this year and do well even though the West will be “tougher” and with AD and LeBron expected to miss some games. 🟣🟡
Oh lord perk