William Scherler thing with the cavs is, they never go on really big losing streaks, but they're the most talked about team in the NBA along with the warriors, so if they go on a mere 3 game losing streak the media talks about it so much it feels like its been a 10 gams losing streak, they're not doing horrible (hence why they're third) the media just overreacts to anything that happens with the cavs 3 game winning streak: they're dethroning the warriors 3 game losing streak: they're not making the finals
The Jazz are going to make the playoffs. They are 16-4 since Rudy Gobert returned from injury. Their offensive and defensive ratings have both spiked since his return (both were top 3 in the NBA during the 11 game winning streak). They have the easiest remaining schedule among all of the playoff contenders in the west. 9 of their last 18 are at home, and 10 of their last 18 are against current non playoff teams (Grizzlies x2, Lakers x2, Hawks, Suns, Kings, Mavs, Pistons, Clippers). They are too good too miss the playoffs if their key players (Gobert/Mitchell) stay healthy.
You're sleeping on the Jazz. They have a nearly full roster (no Exum). They have had the #1 defense since Rudy returned. They have won 15 of 17 and have a very favorable schedule relative to the other teams they are fighting with for the playoffs
I’m a twolves fan and the one thing I need to see is KAT and Wiggins getting pissed and going god mode. I havnt seen it yet but I know they got that mamba mentality somewhere in there.
Well if I had to guess bc honestly who knows I would say that the Thunder- too much talent Blazers- not many games left to lose Pelicans- AD is a beast Timberwolves- talent Jaz- young rook is ballin Spurs- coaching plus kawhi Teams that don’t make it Nuggets- too many road games Clippers- don’t like their talent
Arthur agreed. Everyones been sleepin jokic millsap and murray is a pretty good big 3 plus their bench of barton trey lyles malik beasely and mason plumlee is talented. They will make it over the jazz
Top 10 Players THIS SEASON in my opinion. I shouldn't do this to myself 1. Harden (MVP in my Opinion) 2. Lebron 3. Curry 4. KD 5. Westbrook 6. Giannis 7-9. Dame/AD/Kyrie (Toss Up) 10. Derozan
Top 10 Players this Year(Not Best player overall, just this year) 1. Harden 2. Lebron 3. Anthony Davis 4. Steph Curry 5. Lillard 6. Greek Freek 7. Kyrie Irving 8. Emeka Okafor 9. Derozen 10. Jokic
The playoffs are ruined for me, I was looking forward to OKC and Minne in the first round. SA vs GS or Hou in the semis. AD and Boogie possibly upsetting a top seed. But NOPE the basketball gods only want one or two good series
AUJackson the west's best non GS/Hou teams are hurt in bad places (Minne, SA, NOLA and OKC) the rest of the playoff teams are just tune ups for the real teams. No one wanted to see a healthy NOLA, or OKC first round
I think Utah is gonna make it, and I think Donovan Mitchell is not your average rookie. Btw if you look at Utah's schedule it is easy! Utah will make it! Also I do not believe in the Pelicans hype. I think right now it is fools gold. The bench is trash and because of it once AD cools off they will start to lose and they will miss the playoffs. I say the West will look like... 1. Warriors 2. Rockets 3. Spurs 4. Blazers 5. Thunder 6. Jazz 7. Timberwolves 8. Nuggets New Orleans, and the Clippers will miss the playoffs.
Shadow Corp Gaming clan New Orleans was on the outside looking in with Demarcus Cousins? So now without him they are now suddenly good? No they are not! It is just fools gold don't let them fool you. They are trash. That bench is literally nothing. That bench probably couldn't beat the best NCAA team right now if they didn't have AD that is how hopelessly trash that bench is... minus AD and Holiday and you have the worst team in the entire league.
Can't sleep on the Jazz, Mitchell is a different kind of rookie and we have an easy schedule coming up. We're hot too, 15-2 in the last 17 games. You underestimate Mitchell and his work ethic and also you can't underestimate their defense. Twolves are gone, nuggets are gone, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a race between OKC, jazz, and clippers for 6 spot.
As a twolves fan, im scared for these next few weeks. My boy wiggins needs to step up and i am praying that him and towns can do a 1 2 punch to beat at least Sas Wizards Warriors Knicks Clippers and Sixers. Rockets i dont think they can win and Celtics and warriors are two tossups.
Takeaways 1. Blazers might actually get higher than the 5th seed for once 2. I hate to say it but, I think the T Wolves are gonna fall apart and not make the playoffs since Butler isn't there but at the same time, I can't see the Clippers getting in so that's a dilemma 3. Thunder will be dragged by Westbrook to the playoffs... again 4. With their offense, I highly doubt the Nuggets are gonna miss the playoffs. They'll be a low seed 5. The Jazz are probably gonna fall off and not make the playoffs... sigh 6. Don't get things twisted. Spurs are definitely making the playoffs cause Papavich
OP GOAT19 Mainly for the reason he stated. I don’t trust a team who runs their offense through a rookie no matter how good that rookie is. I think this is gonna be too much pressure for Mitchell and he’s gonna hit the wall even if just for a game or two but that will be enough for the jazz to be out of the playoffs. I would love to be proven wrong
Despite all the trades, the most important player on the Thunder is Roberson... Cant win a game since hes been out, despite Westbrook and PG killing it
-I see everyone saying Don’t Sleep On Jazz but I agree with Funky. If you rely on a rookie for your offense you will eventually pay for it, 8-10 seed -T-wolves have been not good without Jimmy Buckets and they are ind grave danger of dropping out, 7-10 seed -Nuggets road record is weak but there defense had picked up lately and with that good offense they should make it, 6-8 seed -Pels core around AD/Holiday isn’t as bad as it may seem (Mirotic, Moore, Diallo, Okafor, Miller) so they should get 3-5 seed -Blazers have two great guards surrounded by ok players who play some defense, Also the have Shabaz Napier, 3-4 seed -Thunder have too much talent to miss but not a high seed, 5-7 -Clippers have a good Coach but talent is so-so, also shoutout to Austin Rivers, 8-10 seed -Kawhi to Boston, also Pop will get them to the playoffs, 5-8 seed -Lakers, I guess I should talk about them? 10-12 seed? Who cares? Shoutout to Latvia
Shadow Corp Gaming clan I can see either Thunder or Blazers grab it. As a spurs fan it’s hard for me to say but they won’t be a top 4 seed. Nuggets, Pelicans, and Clippers are going down based off of schedule and carry load from star players. Jazz can go either up or down and i chose up. Maybe Timberwolves although without Butler i don’t see them getting the 3 seed.
Oh you think the Twolves schedule is tough??? After the thunder play the hawks on the 13th on a back to back we play the clippers, Toronto, Celtics, Heat, Portland, Spurs, Nuggets, Warriors, Rockets, Heat, and then Grizzlies.....I’m sure we’ll be fine but god damn! Almost all of those teams are playoff teams who are desperately trying to win games so they can move up. If we can make it to the playoffs alive then we’ll probably be better then ever honestly!
Henry McGeady I've never understood why it was so hard to run an offense with Dame and CJ on 2k. That's why usually play with the Rockets or Thunder. Unlimited offense.
I do have to say that I thought Billy Donovan was a solid coach but seeing this year it's very obvious he doesn't know how to manage players and isn't as good as I thought.
Aftermathx Moore Darius Miller Jrue Okafor Clark Rondo “AD doesn’t have decent role players” Jrue has been avg 20 and 7 and he’s a candidate for 2nd team all defensive. Do ur research before u speak
Again you clearly aren’t watching this season cause the pelicans role players are balling out ever since DeMarcus got injured. Watch a game and you’ll see
Perry Wang Hope not, all the other 9 teams are more deserving of a playoff spot. And the Clippers would struggle against everyone, their best player is DeAndre Jordan... no one wants to see that in the playoffs
Sandernista If you think our best player is Deandre then you obviously don’t watch us. The only teams in the west that would dominate us in the playoffs are the Warriors and Rockets
I don't see the Blazers sustaining this level of play for much longer, they've barely been able to squeak out the last few wins on the backs of big performances. Lillard won't always be able to drop 20 at will. I'm a fan I just don't see it happening, they still probably will finish with the 3rd seed unless the Thunder figure it out or if Kawhi comes back normal. The Pelicans are just the Blazers without their second big star in Boogie and possibly even less support players. Here's my guess for end seeding 1. Rockets 2. Warriors 3. Blazers 4. Thunder 5. Pelicans 6. Spurs 7. Wolves 8. Nuggets
Joey BLF it's possible the warriors could steal back the 1 seed but I believe it's less about the warriors winning and more the rockets insane streak ending. But overall I'd agree with your list
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this players only thing on tnt needs to go
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Players only baby!
Shout out to recycled footage
I feel the Blazers are gonna make it to the 2nd round but idk about after that... sucks bc they have been playing good for awhile
I think the more insane thing is how the cavs, even through the losing streaks, have still been the third seed forever?!? The NBA is broken
William Scherler thing with the cavs is, they never go on really big losing streaks, but they're the most talked about team in the NBA along with the warriors, so if they go on a mere 3 game losing streak the media talks about it so much it feels like its been a 10 gams losing streak, they're not doing horrible (hence why they're third) the media just overreacts to anything that happens with the cavs
3 game winning streak: they're dethroning the warriors
3 game losing streak: they're not making the finals
Bump I was going to say the same thing man complete fax
The Jazz are going to make the playoffs. They are 16-4 since Rudy Gobert returned from injury. Their offensive and defensive ratings have both spiked since his return (both were top 3 in the NBA during the 11 game winning streak). They have the easiest remaining schedule among all of the playoff contenders in the west. 9 of their last 18 are at home, and 10 of their last 18 are against current non playoff teams (Grizzlies x2, Lakers x2, Hawks, Suns, Kings, Mavs, Pistons, Clippers). They are too good too miss the playoffs if their key players (Gobert/Mitchell) stay healthy.
You're sleeping on the Jazz. They have a nearly full roster (no Exum). They have had the #1 defense since Rudy returned. They have won 15 of 17 and have a very favorable schedule relative to the other teams they are fighting with for the playoffs
I’m a twolves fan and the one thing I need to see is KAT and Wiggins getting pissed and going god mode. I havnt seen it yet but I know they got that mamba mentality somewhere in there.
Nathan Kristiansson facts. The only game I saw Wiggins go off was against Lebron his rookie year
Nathan Kristiansson he needs to find whatever was in him when he went off for like 41 that one game in college
Wiggins just isn't that guy he doesn't take over and he's really not that clutch, he's not a leader
Smiles Happy fax they need Kat to stop deferring to Wiggins he needs to take over himself
OP GOAT19 Ong Kat should just do what AD is doing he has the talent too
Well if I had to guess bc honestly who knows I would say that the
Thunder- too much talent
Blazers- not many games left to lose
Pelicans- AD is a beast
Timberwolves- talent
Jaz- young rook is ballin
Spurs- coaching plus kawhi
Teams that don’t make it
Nuggets- too many road games
Clippers- don’t like their talent
Carlos Hernandez nuggets are in for sure don’t sleep
Arthur agreed. Everyones been sleepin jokic millsap and murray is a pretty good big 3 plus their bench of barton trey lyles malik beasely and mason plumlee is talented. They will make it over the jazz
Carlos Hernandez clips 8th seed
Dude kawhi isn't making it back this season
clippers have as much talent as the jazz
I swear if the T-wolves miss the playoffs again this year they really are cursed
Top 10 Players THIS SEASON in my opinion. I shouldn't do this to myself
1. Harden (MVP in my Opinion)
2. Lebron
3. Curry
4. KD
5. Westbrook
6. Giannis
7-9. Dame/AD/Kyrie (Toss Up)
10. Derozan
Jeremy Hayes AD should be higher
Jeremy Hayes Who’s this Darozan you speak of?
Jeremy Hayes Kylie should not be over derozan.
Lou Martin Do you have him higher than Giannis?
1. Harden
2. Lebron
3. Curry
4. KD
5. Giannis
6. AD
7. Westbrook
8. Kyrie
9. Derozen
10 Lillard
Don't sleep on Terrance Ferguson he gonna ball out next season when Paul George Leaves
Damn cj
Terrance ferguson did sleep on the floor
Wiggins gotta step up
Nope Mang yep especially with that contract
Top 10 Players this Year(Not Best player overall, just this year)
1. Harden
2. Lebron
3. Anthony Davis
4. Steph Curry
5. Lillard
6. Greek Freek
7. Kyrie Irving
8. Emeka Okafor
9. Derozen
10. Jokic
Querky_ Juiceboc very respectful list
The playoffs are ruined for me, I was looking forward to OKC and Minne in the first round. SA vs GS or Hou in the semis. AD and Boogie possibly upsetting a top seed. But NOPE the basketball gods only want one or two good series
Knodeway 18 how can you tell how good a series is going to be right now? The playoffs aren’t even close to set in stone
AUJackson the west's best non GS/Hou teams are hurt in bad places (Minne, SA, NOLA and OKC) the rest of the playoff teams are just tune ups for the real teams. No one wanted to see a healthy NOLA, or OKC first round
We could get OKC vs warriors in the first round.
MrCarl27 Okc will get 6th seed at least
I think Utah is gonna make it, and I think Donovan Mitchell is not your average rookie. Btw if you look at Utah's schedule it is easy! Utah will make it! Also I do not believe in the Pelicans hype. I think right now it is fools gold. The bench is trash and because of it once AD cools off they will start to lose and they will miss the playoffs. I say the West will look like...
1. Warriors
2. Rockets
3. Spurs
4. Blazers
5. Thunder
6. Jazz
7. Timberwolves
8. Nuggets
New Orleans, and the Clippers will miss the playoffs.
Agree
Christian Cruz New Orleans is 4th in the west?
Shadow Corp Gaming clan New Orleans was on the outside looking in with Demarcus Cousins? So now without him they are now suddenly good? No they are not! It is just fools gold don't let them fool you. They are trash. That bench is literally nothing. That bench probably couldn't beat the best NCAA team right now if they didn't have AD that is how hopelessly trash that bench is... minus AD and Holiday and you have the worst team in the entire league.
Christian Cruz not against Us
Nuggets aren’t making the playoffs and if the Spurs are making it then it would be as a 6-8th seed
Can't sleep on the Jazz, Mitchell is a different kind of rookie and we have an easy schedule coming up. We're hot too, 15-2 in the last 17 games. You underestimate Mitchell and his work ethic and also you can't underestimate their defense. Twolves are gone, nuggets are gone, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a race between OKC, jazz, and clippers for 6 spot.
Jesse Henderson your biased is showing
LJ how about now
sethster1227 nothing has changed. The biased is still showing. The wolves aren’t going anywhere
What if avery bradly comes back to the Celtics 😊
Ur awesome. Ur attitude makes me laugh every time
Congrats on 100k my man
As a twolves fan, im scared for these next few weeks. My boy wiggins needs to step up and i am praying that him and towns can do a 1 2 punch to beat at least Sas Wizards Warriors Knicks Clippers and Sixers. Rockets i dont think they can win and Celtics and warriors are two tossups.
This west is actually competitive this year it's going to be hard for GS to win it all this year
Jazz have easiest Schudle out of all of them they will make it wtf funky
Stockton Eakes just cause its easy doesnt mean they'll make it
Just look at the 76ers schedule,that one is the easiest bye a huge margin
Tenkista TENKIC no out of these teams
Takeaways
1. Blazers might actually get higher than the 5th seed for once
2. I hate to say it but, I think the T Wolves are gonna fall apart and not make the playoffs since Butler isn't there but at the same time, I can't see the Clippers getting in so that's a dilemma
3. Thunder will be dragged by Westbrook to the playoffs... again
4. With their offense, I highly doubt the Nuggets are gonna miss the playoffs. They'll be a low seed
5. The Jazz are probably gonna fall off and not make the playoffs... sigh
6. Don't get things twisted. Spurs are definitely making the playoffs cause Papavich
Why can’t you see the Clippers making it?
Jazz not making playoffs? Explain
OP GOAT19 Mainly for the reason he stated. I don’t trust a team who runs their offense through a rookie no matter how good that rookie is. I think this is gonna be too much pressure for Mitchell and he’s gonna hit the wall even if just for a game or two but that will be enough for the jazz to be out of the playoffs. I would love to be proven wrong
Jalen I can’t really explain. I feel like they’re going to stay where they’re at which is currently not good enough to get in the playoffs
Jeremy Hayes stay where they’re at? They’re 16-4 since Rudy Gobert returned.
My standings.
1. Houston
2 GSW
3. OKC
4. Portland
5. San Antonio
6. Minnesota
7. New Orleans
8. Utah
That's why there's 82 games, 68 games is not enough to put space between teams ...2018's wide open this year.
My prediction
3: Blazers
4: Pelicans
5: T-Wolves
6: Spurs
7: Thunder
8: Nuggets
9: Clippers
10:Jazz
Predictions
1-Houston
2-Golden state
3-New orleans
4-Portland
5-San Antonio
6-Minnesota
7-okc
8-nuggets
I actually completely agree with his points. I see the timberwolves and Jazz falling off.
Top 10 this season imo
1. Harden
2. Lbj
3. AD
4. Steph
5. Kd
6. Giannis
7. Westbrook
8. Irving
9. Lillard
10. Derozan or Embiid.
Kickylegz Lillard > Kyrie
Kickylegz Lebron >Harden
Keko ! They're both good
LeBron is 8th on that list at best; he spent half the season ruining the careers of the players on his team
Cameron Armstrong Music what a stupid statement
The twolves are definitely screwed. That's a tough schedule. Basically from 3-10, the team that goes on a win streak makes it.
Despite all the trades, the most important player on the Thunder is Roberson... Cant win a game since hes been out, despite Westbrook and PG killing it
Jazz still surging......20 of last 22, and Mitchell is a big part, but he isn't carrying the Jazz, Rubio Ingles Gobert have all stepped up
My man Darius Miller!!
I think the Jazz will actually make the playoffs. I get Donovan is a rookie but honestly I see him goin god mode rather than falling off
Wiggins has been playing great since Butlers injury...
The exact same situation is happening in the East, with only 3.5 pts separating the 4th - 10th place teams. You should do a video on that, as well
-I see everyone saying Don’t Sleep On Jazz but I agree with Funky. If you rely on a rookie for your offense you will eventually pay for it, 8-10 seed
-T-wolves have been not good without Jimmy Buckets and they are ind grave danger of dropping out, 7-10 seed
-Nuggets road record is weak but there defense had picked up lately and with that good offense they should make it, 6-8 seed
-Pels core around AD/Holiday isn’t as bad as it may seem (Mirotic, Moore, Diallo, Okafor, Miller) so they should get 3-5 seed
-Blazers have two great guards surrounded by ok players who play some defense, Also the have Shabaz Napier, 3-4 seed
-Thunder have too much talent to miss but not a high seed, 5-7
-Clippers have a good Coach but talent is so-so, also shoutout to Austin Rivers, 8-10 seed
-Kawhi to Boston, also Pop will get them to the playoffs, 5-8 seed
-Lakers, I guess I should talk about them? 10-12 seed? Who cares? Shoutout to Latvia
Querky_ Juiceboc that rookie and gobert will get em to the playoffs.
Querky_ Juiceboc he's not just a rookie he's a beast
i feel like Anthony Davis is going to get injured and then the Pelicans will completely fall off
and i feel like this happens every year
Jamie Zakharia could you not jinx my team man
every year the Pelicans start winning games and then AD gets injured
They gotta help our boy out
it nearly happened last night too
I got Thunder-3 Portland-4 SAS-5 Denver-6 LAC-7 Utah-8 New Orleans-9 Minnesota-10
Naas Kaleem the pelicans are the 4th seed ballin out why would they drop that drastically...
3. Thunder
4. Blazers
5. Spurs
6. Timberwolves
7. Jazz
8. Pelicans
Kalab Camelsauce thunder not getting 3
Shadow Corp Gaming clan I can see either Thunder or Blazers grab it. As a spurs fan it’s hard for me to say but they won’t be a top 4 seed. Nuggets, Pelicans, and Clippers are going down based off of schedule and carry load from star players. Jazz can go either up or down and i chose up. Maybe Timberwolves although without Butler i don’t see them getting the 3 seed.
How can you think the Jazz won’t make it? They have the easiest schedule remaining and are 16-4 since Rudy came back
Did you really just say Corey brewer is worse offensively than Andre Roberson🤦🏽♂️
As soon as I was putting on my T’Wolves sweatshirt, you said they were gonna drop out... I’m disappointed
Love this video
Oh you think the Twolves schedule is tough??? After the thunder play the hawks on the 13th on a back to back we play the clippers, Toronto, Celtics, Heat, Portland, Spurs, Nuggets, Warriors, Rockets, Heat, and then Grizzlies.....I’m sure we’ll be fine but god damn! Almost all of those teams are playoff teams who are desperately trying to win games so they can move up. If we can make it to the playoffs alive then we’ll probably be better then ever honestly!
The West is so good the Top 10 teams in the west would probably make the playoffs in the east
Can anyone tell me why it’s so damn hard to score with dame in 2k
Henry McGeady He’s too busy rapping on the soundtrack lol
Henry McGeady
I've never understood why it was so hard to run an offense with Dame and CJ on 2k. That's why usually play with the Rockets or Thunder. Unlimited offense.
Why is it so hard to score with Carmelo on 2k 😂😂😂
Imagine if the pels still had boggie
Yeah its just a bunch of guys fooling around and not announcing
I do have to say that I thought Billy Donovan was a solid coach but seeing this year it's very obvious he doesn't know how to manage players and isn't as good as I thought.
Yep insanity.
AD doesn't have any help so he has to do more plus he's hella injury prone. Dame has CJ and descent role players. I can't believe you just said that.
Aftermathx Moore Darius Miller Jrue Okafor Clark Rondo “AD doesn’t have decent role players” Jrue has been avg 20 and 7 and he’s a candidate for 2nd team all defensive. Do ur research before u speak
Matthew Choi Evan turner? Nurk? Moe harkless? aminu? Ed Davis? Shabazz Napier?.... Better then the players besides jrue then you just named....
Aftermathx facts
Again you clearly aren’t watching this season cause the pelicans role players are balling out ever since DeMarcus got injured. Watch a game and you’ll see
Chidss you see the blazers this year?
Top pg
. Curry
Wesbrook
Dame
Kyrie
Cp3
Keep in mind that Dame is averaging more points more assist and more rebounds then Kyrie
Okc about to be a 1st round exit
Jazz in
What the hell r u talking about
This guy puts me to sleep
Jrue= 3J... BLASPHEMOUS
so you just gunna stay at 100K fam?
Drew holiday lol
I feel like Clippers will sneak in...
Perry Wang
Hope not, all the other 9 teams are more deserving of a playoff spot. And the Clippers would struggle against everyone, their best player is DeAndre Jordan... no one wants to see that in the playoffs
We got Lou Williams show lol. And I want them in. The Clippers have a never die mentality.
Perry Wang I agree they will get the 8th seed but then get crushed by the warriors
Sandernista If you think our best player is Deandre then you obviously don’t watch us. The only teams in the west that would dominate us in the playoffs are the Warriors and Rockets
I don't see the Blazers sustaining this level of play for much longer, they've barely been able to squeak out the last few wins on the backs of big performances. Lillard won't always be able to drop 20 at will. I'm a fan I just don't see it happening, they still probably will finish with the 3rd seed unless the Thunder figure it out or if Kawhi comes back normal. The Pelicans are just the Blazers without their second big star in Boogie and possibly even less support players. Here's my guess for end seeding
1. Rockets
2. Warriors
3. Blazers
4. Thunder
5. Pelicans
6. Spurs
7. Wolves
8. Nuggets
Joey BLF it's possible the warriors could steal back the 1 seed but I believe it's less about the warriors winning and more the rockets insane streak ending. But overall I'd agree with your list
kaminablade1 my logic is the warriors don't care about the regular season as much the rockets do and won't push down on the gas to the one seed
Denver beat Cleveland on the road
Utah over the clippers... their defense will get em there
180 p yay
Hey
3. Pelicans
4. Blazers
5. Spurs
6. Nuggets
7. Utah
8. Wolves
9. OKC
10. LAC.
Some Broke Dude Trying to Make It It’d be great to see OKC at the 8th seed bc i want to see a GSW vs OKC playoff series
Some Broke Dude Trying to Make It not Utah and nuggets won't be that high and don't even sleep on okc light that