NBA Debut Reactions: Chet & Thunder dominate Nuggets; Paolo, Mobley & Klay impress | Nerd Sesh
The nerds react to debuts from across the NBA, breaking down how Chet Holmgren & the Oklahoma City Thunder cemented themselves as favorites in the West with a dominant win over Nikola Jokic & the Denver Nuggets, diving into how Paolo Banchero, Evan Mobley & Cade Cunningham all impressed in their debuts, examining Klay Thompson’s nice fit with the Dallas Mavericks, and discussing how the Phoenix Suns remain an underwhelming team.
Timeline:
0:00 Chet & Thunder dominate Nuggets
34:20 Most Impressive Debuts
1:11:24 Most Disappointing Debuts
1:36:20 Most Interesting Team
1:43:00 Rookie Debuts
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42 Comments
Id pump the breaks on OKC. Chet got exposed against the Mavs in the playoffs. Denver legit might be in the bottom of the west in playoff ranking. Until they prove something in the playoffs I wouldn’t hold them so high.
What I like about Chet is he had 25 while shooting 0-5 from 3 him averaging 25 may not be as crazy as you think
Mobley looking like a DPOY and Okongwu dropping 28 makes me so excited. 2 of my favorite prospects
Thunder and Dallas are the only teams in the west nuggets are genuinely terrible not enough shooting washed jamal horrible bench meanwhile thunder have Aaron Wiggins off the bench who is better than the entire nuggets starting lineup except jokic
They is glazing OKC bad like they , already won titles when they ain’t even made it out of second round yet
Dallas the team to beat .
I’m not really sure what you guys see in Denver over Dallas. Denver’s top 4 are good, and I’m not sure they have a player after that that would make Dallas’s rotation. Feels like you guys are still leaning on their Finals from 2 years ago after they’ve lost 2 of their top 6 rotation players with no replacements.
Glazing hard for a team the Mavs mopped the floor with last playoffs 😂
The two top dogs in the west were on TNT last night and they were the two teams that won the Mavericks and the Thunder not the Nuggets.
In 2024, if you rely on Saric and Westbrook… you're boned.
OKC is a problem!!!
"There was never any question about [Klay in Dallas] offensively" — ask your buddy Jason Timpf… and countless others who thought and put it on wax that a multibillion dollar corporation would not adjust their offense to maximize Klay's contributions
People seem to have forgotten that the mavs literally limped into the playoffs. Really didn't play their best, and made it to the FINALS. and yall clearly base the entire teams defense of luka. Lively bullied wemby. Klay played great defense and if luka puts in the effort he just did the mavs will be hard to beat in a 7 game series
It is going to be so freaking fun watching Luka and Lively kick the scrawny asses of Shai and Chet through the years.
Logan you are the most ridiculous and shameless hyperbolic glazing son of a bitch I have ever seen.
How can anyone possibly pick anyone other than who I say they should? Damn Carson what an arrogantly insufferable son of a bitch you've become.
1 game in and OKC might already be in the conversation for greatest team of all time. They’re definitely very good, but talk about an overreaction lol
The Nuggets and Wolves are clearly not on the same level of the Thunder and Mavs. They’re much closer to the Suns, Lakers, Warriors, Grizzlies, Pelicans and Kings. I think the Rockets, Clippers and Spurs bring up the rear of the 13 team deep West. Nuggets aren’t winning 50 games lmfao
I really think you guys are too high on the nuggets and too low on Dallas. It makes sense with how in love you guys are with Jokic (who's an all time great but you guys glaze a little too much). Love the show though
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team be hyped up so much then OKC and it’s going to be so funny watching them fall off when they finally have to deal with adversity and not have there entire starting lineup and bench players be healthy all season and play 70+ games. Congrats OKC was gifted the 1 seed last year and was gifted the easiest 1st round of the playoffs by facing an injury riddled Pelicans team without its best player. It’s wild how much a lot of people overrate Denver solely based on 2 years ago yet the team who just won the West is a footnote. Let’s not forget if it weren’t for the Mavs having a historically bad FT shooting game in game 4 that series ends in 5 and that’s not even including OKC doubling the piss out of Kyrie and Luka and Luka being injured the entire playoffs and still brought his team to the Finals.
This comment section is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
Ill accept OKC above Mavs even though I disagree. But Denver above Mavs still lmao. Delusional
Did we get Keegan Murray love dudes out there looking like baby Kawhi. Defended Ant/Randle really well and was aggressive on offense the leap is here
Denver over Dallas? lmao. Even last year, Mavs would have swept them, this year, it's not even close.
i see so many mavs fans saying ITS JUST DENVER, YOUR SUPPOSSED TO BEAT THEM BY 15 ON THE ROAD, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME TEAM FROM 2 YEARS AGO! while they beat spurs by 9 at home.
I told you guys Denver ain’t it and yall were severely overrating them
Denver shot 18% btw lmao
Nuggets aren’t bums but the weak bench, loss of KCP, lack of 3 point shooting and Jamal being out of shape while at this point being a major injury liability are all valid concerns.
yall just be talking lol
I guess yall are gonna be just like Jason with overrating Denver. Not suprising since you're the head of the Jokic fanclub.
Y’all just love setting up okc huh 😂😂 keep writing these checks
why are you guys underrating the mavs they are most definitely better than Denver and although they have a less talented roster than the thunder they had a less talented team then the thunder last season and they still beat them in a playoff series so don't underestimate the mavs they'll make the wcf and if everything goes right they could go to the finals
stop smoking crack if you are saying OKC is one of the best teams of all time you have lost the plot… And how can you be overrating denver so much
How dallas isnt on the same lvl to denver for yall is beyond me
4:40 they may be Thunder but playing it like a beautiful sunny day 😂😂😂😂
its so crazy to hear all the okc n boston love after every1 doubting them last yr. ihart ddint even play last night they still whooped the nuggerts. they were 3-1 v nuggets last yr.
i want to know whats changed or is it that yall were wrong?? lol
only playoff series i didnt call correctly were okc dal n cle orl. n i dont think i was wrong i was just early lol
If the non Jokic minutes were a problem in 2022, why would we be convinced that they’re just as good 2yrs later when they trot out less talented units?
IMO Sam Presti Is The Best GM Ever .. Has The Resume To Back It Just No Chip .. My Guy Need 2 Chips To Solidify Himself .. Every Gm Is Different But If I Had One To Choose Out Of A Draft For My Team I Would Pick Sam Presti Over Whoever .. Aye I’ll Trade Up To Get Em 😂😂😂
i been saying chet will be better than ant
I think okc is number 1 in the west but think they match up badly with the Mavs. Mavs are going back to the finals
Let's hoist Larry O'Brian and scoop up Cooper Flag
Well I can’t wait to see who get’s fleeced over Markennen.