FIRST THINGS FIRST| Nick Wright reveals his latest NBA title pie: 1. Nuggets; 2. Celtics; 3. Thunder

FIRST THINGS FIRST| Nick Wright reveals his latest NBA title pie: 1. Nuggets; 2. Celtics; 3. Thunder

You’re in for a literal treat actually turns out you’re not Dusty was supposed to bring some delicious treats for tidle pie we didn’t get anything nothing all Brew would be very disappoint busy watching the boiler makers I guess exactly right well 20 teams will enter the NBA Playoffs they don’t all have the

Same uh share uh chances to win to break it all down is first things first what used to be our most delicious segment we got nothing it’s just a blank table I mean there’s no way to start this is our first title pie of this season yeah yeah

No kidding no bo and Berry no banana cream none of the above this is probably why Brew is not here today I am as upset as you for people they don’t remember obviously it’s just how big is your slice of the pie is how good of a chance

You have to win the title but not everyone gets a slice of pie yeah including me including wild so 12 teams have slices okay 18 don’t here are the teams that were the closest but left I guess not on The Cutting Room floor Cavs Warriors Pelicans Kings listen I just

Can’t see a scenario where any of these teams win the title you’re a a even 1% chance for any of those okay I’ll save yeah please com 1center the New York Knicks maybe I’ve been spending too much time around ramsy I don’t know thrill the but Jaylen Brunson good playoff performer getting

Healthy maybe at the right time maybe because tibs drove them into the ground early they missed time and now they’ll be ready for the postseason and given the fact that the NBA is now allowing teams to defend and be physical more maybe that is actually good for the next

1% 2% the maps this is purely based on Luca 33 9 and 8 those are his playoff career averages 33 9 and8 we haven’t seen Luke and Kyrie on a playoff run together because obviously last year they missed the playoffs again 2% if they run this postseason 50 times in a

Simulation does luuka just get red hot for two months one of them okay 3% the Clippers this was hbed in the last week once we saw Kawai limp off the court James Harden the post Allstar Swoon classic one wild 17 and8 on 41% from the field so but because we did see them

Have a six week stretch where they looked as good as just about anybody can’t be dismissed 4% Minnesota yes they’re silly but they are a team that has given Denver some trouble it’s hard to give Denver trouble they’re a team that has if Carl Anthony towns comes back we don’t know Ant-Man really

Because of Town’s absence has been able to take the full control of that team maybe that’ll be good if if cat comes back and ant is the clear number one give him 4% 5% OKC they’ve got a legit MVP candidate young and exciting team and the original th young Thunder they

They went from 50 wins to 55 wins to what would have been 58 wins in a regular like season it was a round one Lakers loss followed by a Conference Finals loss followed by a finals loss four the KD Harden Russ big three I wonder where this team is in that

Progression my guess is where the they were the first Thunder World round 50 wins lose in round one but we’ll see one well if they get the Lakers in round one yeah I think in that matchup could happen we’ll see all right speaking of Lakers six % LeBron length Anthony Davis

And the fact that in the playoffs your rotations are shortened which means fewer decisions for Darin ham and fewer darham decisions is good for the Los Angeles Lakers 7% Phoenix this is purely a bet on Kevin Durant I think Kevin Durant he and Giannis are having the two

Most underrated great Seasons By alltime great players that I can remember there we go and so I the clip that off and send it to JJ reck why why would I send it to him cuz JJ reic wants us being nicer to Kevin Durant oh I listen I

Turned over a new leave about Kevin Durant a couple years ago I decided you know what we’ve crossed the Rubicon on KDM there we go so 7% for the Thunder 8% for Philly maybe joeel embiid being remember how everyone said oh the Lakers won because LeBron got those two months

Off he fully fresh for the playoffs everybody did the yeah but they the for Philly could could emed if it’s the reporting’s right that he’s supposed to come back a couple weeks before the end of the regular season use those couple weeks to get in shape and and then get

Back and LeBron took remember LeBron took those two weeks off that one time too okay anytime he’s rested they didn’t win the title that year Wild next night Miami 9% final my faith is dropping they’ve lost four in a row this is the time of year where they’re supposed to

Be turning it on with that said I I still even with my faith dropping probably have them with a greater share of title pie than anybody else would once they you know steal this segment the way they’ve stolen all of our other wonderful segments uh and I trust Jimmy

I trust SPO the team should get healthier now to the top three Boston at 10% I’ll be honest they deserve a bigger slice okay I just can’t get there why I just don’t trust their coach at all he’s playing and I yeah I mean yeah when the

Coach is like indignantly like get damn straight I’ll block another player shot what do you expect from me that’s how we do it it’s just fo it’s just silliness and I really like Tatum but when he’s going to have to go up against the these other juggernauts I don’t know that I

Trust him but they have the point differential the record the starting lineup all of of a team that should be a 30% slice 20% Milwaukee Bucks weird mental spot for them which is they know the coach their best players everyone they’re only going to be judged by the

Postseason and they know they can’t catch Boston so I don’t necessarily expect them to look amazing throughout the rest of the regular season because they know for them the entirety of whether or not this was considered success or failure is going to be based

On how they do for a couple weeks in May and June if they get to June and then the biggest slice but probably not as big as wild would like the Denver Nuggets they’re on a tier tear they clearly want the one seed Joker being Joker the team is mostly healthy and

Right now they look like the scariest team in the league that is the first edition of title pie solid title pie if we had the only way this could be better is if we had some actual pie to eat yeah maybe next week uh no probably Purdue is

Probably going to be playing March Madness oh my Dusty go okay Ramsey just a huge Nick pie uh okay I’ve got three teams I want to discuss first the Warriors it just feels like the Warriors need an incumbent slice as former Champions the same reason like Luca

Could go crazy this guy could go crazy you know that they sort of Step Up draymond’s On The Record is saying I don’t really it’s hard for me to get up for regular season games I’m a champion I buy that although it sounds like strange but I get it once you have a

Bunch of Hardware you can’t really like you know maybe you’re going to turn the switch so here’s my push back on that last year when they were the defending champs I wouldn’t give them a slice of pie you guys all said I was underrating

That was a weird we know that team was I don’t I don’t know that this team’s better I don’t know that kinga’s Ascension offsets Wiggins plus Clay’s descent I really don’t and Steph is as good you know I don’t know if Steph actually he’s not as good as ever but

Steph’s really really good still but the and the Warriors last year needed a Steph Curry Masterpiece to get out of round one and then they got worked in round two and so I just don’t think they’re a better team than they were last year and they’re in a far tougher

Seeding position no I one slice uh then we got to talk about the lake take the slice from the Knicks the lake show no no I’m not going to do take it from the uh Lake Show just this is a uh graphic on defense that Josh pulled together you

Know when they remember how I said defense wins champ I remember I wish I had said that and made it a thing back in 1920 because that’s when they won the title then of course 1920 that’s this is good for them man LeBron’s been playing a long

Time 2019 20 20 season uh but right now they are 17 they have the 17th ranked defense I I I just feel like no get them down a two 2% slice the here the reason I won’t is because I think that LeBron shooting the way he’s shooting and that

Offense post All-Star break being ranked the way it is you’re not worried about regression to the meet remember LeBron was like one for 20 22 that but I mean he’s been shooting this way all year he’s I mean he’s at 40% for the season

And so that piece of it plus I I meant what I said I know it was kind of a shot at darham but I meant it in the playoffs when you have the rotations are less because LeBron and AD are both playing closer to 40 minutes I mean the LeBron

The LeBron was going to play 32 minutes a game thing lasted literally zero games he’s you know he’s playing 36 and then in the playoffs it’ll be more I think that works in their favor I think the length the experience and the fact that their top top line guys are going to be

Playing more than they are now works in their favor more than necessarily some of the deeper teams across the league like Minnesota now it’s a time everyone’s been waiting for I revealed my PO and I’ll give you three yeah I mean it didn’t take our Graphics team uh very

Long to do this but I’ll give you the three reasons best record since the All-Star break Denver is 10 and one their only loss was an overtime loss against Durant who went crazy and Joker just missed a uh last second shot Celtics are playing well of course they

Lost to Denver okay see actually how the Nuggets number but we’re okay bucks and then frisky magic I was early on that one at home when we get to the playoffs they want the number one C because when they’re at home they are the best so they’ve decided post Allstar let’s flip

The switch let’s get home field advantage home court advantage actually call it neck not field yeah no that’s right uh and then the altitude starts to become a thing I know it’s a thing normally but also when you’re flying back and forth back and forth supposedly that hurts you even more and then

Finally nuggets starting five I’m a big fan of consistency and here’s the the number one reason I don’t love Milwaukee as much as you do new Co coach new kind of go-to guy if Milwaukee or when Milwaukee gets bounced out of the playoffs everyone’s going to say you know what

They needed more time to together they need a little more time watch next year a full year of Dame and Giannis jelling it’s a little bit of why I’m off on the Celtics like come playoff time Drew and Christof it’s a little strange meanwhile Denver’s had the same Squad they’re like

Let’s do it again and Aaron goran’s out in uh you know sambour in the off season just jelling so when they do this no look pass like wow how did they know it’s like they’ve been doing it for years guys so that’s why they know I think you make a bunch of compelling

Points I think your the point I was making about the Lakers shortening the rotation helps the Nuggets a lot too because I don’t love the Nuggets bench but I love their top starting five those guys will be playing more minutes an interesting thing to watch if I’m right

That Milwaukee is going to win the East I know Boston’s the favorite let’s just Denver Denver would not have home court against Boston and I said that Milwaukee knows they can’t catch Boston so they’re kind of just sets like yeah we’re going to be the two three if I were Doc Rivers

I would put a real priority on having a better record than Denver so if if you assume Denver is going to win the West that you would have home court I wouldn’t look at it as we care about our seating in the East I would look at it

As we are in a fight with Denver to see who would have the top seat if we play each other in the NBA final also just one note I don’t think that’s fair what’s not fair that if you’re the number one seed in the west that you don’t don’t get home court advantage

Against the number two seed in the East it’s based on record that’s how it should be I know it’s based on record well you could base on who wins the All-Star game not fair what if it’s one versus one then would you what would you

Base it on that should be a record oh okay got it but then what if it’s one versus two what if it was one versus three yeah that’s happened before and the threes

FIRST THINGS FIRST | Nick Wright reveals his latest NBA title pie: 1. Nuggets; 2. Celtics; 3. Thunder