THE BEST FUTURES IN THE NBA I Spurs, Thunder, Magic, Rockets, Celtics, Knicks, Pacers, Wizards
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Sheldon Wohlman of Utility Sports highlights his top ten (make it eleven) best FUTURES in the NBA when it comes to NBA teams! This list DOES NOT INCLUDE an outlook at landing Victor Wembanyama as it is recorded before the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery which will massively impact these rankings so stay tuned for a post draft lottery update! Leave a like and subscribe for more NBA Content!
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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Video Preview
3:26 - Washington Wizards
7:45 - Charlotte Hornets
10:21 - Indiana Pacers
14:37 - Orlando Magic
18:22 - Denver Nuggets
20:31 - Houston Rockets
24:40 - New York Knicks
27:07 - San Antonio Spurs
30:59 - OKC Thunder
35:20 - Boston Celtics
39:27 - Comment your list down below
#nba #utilitysports #thunder #rockets #spurs
rockets have a lot of young talent indeed
A lot of young talent who can’t shoot.
Not more than Thunder
Sheldon..... You don't need to apologize for your point of view people gotta disagree with you no matter what you say. But you know basketball so well So I think there is a certain amount of truth in what you said.
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No Grizzlies is actually crazy.
Love this video concept! I think the Rockets have the best future. My thoughts are wrapped in the faith I have in my own biased take. I can’t disagree with myself. But I have enjoyed this content and look forward to the conclusion
Why over the Spurs? Honest question. Spurs have multiple first round picks till 2028, cap space and a generational player in Wemby. I dont mind the Rockers, Green has potential still, Jabari I'm cooler on (MPJ is best case scenario), Sengun I'm worried about in the playoffs due to his defense, hated the FA moves last summer amongst other things and not really seeing another star type player (Whitmore has an IT factor though).
@@PodiumTuningRacingtari eason? Amen? Rockets have unbelievable talent plus ime who took a rockets team from 21 wins to 41 which is over .500 , plus the addition of Steven Adam’s, man I guarantee they don’t rank below 6 next year in the west.
@@PodiumTuningRacingthey also own all of Brooklyn pick till 2027 cause of the harden trade. Which works out good for them since the nets are trash lol
@@PodiumTuningRacing just because I’m 💯 percent biased brother! No other reason.
@@brendensapp7468 I’m super excited for this coming year!
Great idea for a video. Well researched and thought out.
Rockets will be scary soon. I put them in the same conversation as OKC.
I wouldn’t do that until they make the playoffs
Facts
LOL
Rockets will never have the best player in a series
@@YourWorstNightmare3333
I genuinely think Jalen Green has more natural talent than SGA. Similar.sizes but Green is far more explosive with just as crafty of a handle. His shot is just inconsistent. A consistent Jalen Green has a higher ceiling than SGA.
So it all hinges on whether Green becomes consistent. He's 22. So it's not like he doesn't have time to get there.
And then you have Sengun and Amen who arguably have changed to get to SGA level also.
Great show and Go Rockets!
I definitely like the Pistons prospects more than Hornets and Wizards. Cade is the best player. Looking like a potential top 10-15 player within the next two years. Lots of other young talent development (at least one of Ausar, Ivey, or Duren are going to be stars), they have young role players in Stew, Fontecchio, and Sasser, and they have no bad contracts on the roster. New President. New coach. Most cap.
Rockets should feature amen Thompson more on the ball
Facts
And Cam
The lack of handles really prevents that for Cam and Amen. Both have really Shakey handles the moment they try to do their thing off the dribble against set half court defenses. They are fine in transition when defenders are not set.
Bro I think you put in the wrong video description. It’s talking about pre Wemby Draft Class. Great video though, keep it up!!
Why would the knicks have a brighter future than the magic? They don't have any young stars jalen brunson is about to be 28 and randle 30. Those picks that they have arent that valuable they're mostly later rounders. Not to mention paolo has a higher ceiling than anyone on the knicks and is much younger. Franz is on an all star level trajectory too. Dont get the logic here
Most likely he’s a magic hater there’s just no way Knicks have a brighter future. Only OKC and Memphis are acceptable
No grizzlies is crazy to me
And I’d probably move the Knicks down but overall good list
Right?
Memphis have a future???
@@DunningKrugerJnr Clown
And since you mention the CBA I personally look forward to see how you explain how that hits everybody.
I think a lot of us would also like how the TV deal is going to affect the teams over the next decade or so I know it just came out and you may not have read a lot about it Sheldon but with expansion on the table maybe you should record a video to see how that pans out especially with small market teams like San Antonio.
I like your list I think Minnesota deserves to be there over Washington if we’re talking about the next 5-7 years. First they have Anthony Edwards a player who at his ceiling is most likely a top 3 player in this league. I think that makes Minnesota a contender the next 7 years no matter what. I also think it’s gonna be hard for Washington to find that level of talent to find a legitimate top 5 player. Another reason is Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid. These guys are young players who were awesome this year and still have room to grow and they proved it in the playoffs. There is also KAT who a lot of people hate but he is still an all star provides elite spacing and if anything they can trade him and get at least 3 first round picks and a solid player. I know the whole lack of draft picks brings them down but with this roster they will be an elite team the next 5-7 years in my opinion. Also Tim Connelly is an elite GM and will find talent in the later rounds.
No 😂
All of the points you make are valid. I like their team composition a ton and I trust Connelly a lot. My biggest concern leading to their exclusion is the ownership battle. I don’t know how willing the ownership will be when it comes to spending. Do they break up the core? I hope not but at this point I don’t know for sure
That’s fair. I hope that dispute gets resolved and doesn’t affect the on court product. Wolves fans have waited too long for a contender to have ownership ruin it. But that is definitely an issue that should be considered when ranking the teams future.
Sheldon what would it take OKC to offer for Utah to entertain a Lauri trade?
I have a big feeling the west will run through okc and the rockets for a bit they both locked in on the golden state blue prints and drafted to perfection both teams are capable of having dynasties.
Why not Pistons at 10 instead?
Tbh, I recorded this before they fired Monty. Monty was one of the biggest reasons ahahaha
@@UtilitySports I mean that’s fair but even still just because Cade is there, and I think he will be a star given what he’s shown, I put them ahead of Washington. They don’t even have a clear “guy” in Washington
I agree about Cade being a true star and I think Ivey still can be too tbh with the right coach and spacing around him
I think the big thing for Washington is the fact they already have a lot of good pieces on cheap contracts AND will be racking up top 3 picks presumably the next 3 drafts after this one. Their role players fit star talent. If they land a Flagg/Bailey/Dybantsa over the next couple drafts everyone will see what I’m saying right now
@@UtilitySportsDifferent position but Jalen Duren is way better than Ivey. And not even 21 yet
@@bobbybagseed I was higher on Duren than anyone pre-draft. You don't have to explain to me that he has huge upside
The extra first round pick should pan out for the Wizards. They have a new regime, Michael Winger worked with the Clippers, including Jerry West. While it may not be a "great draft", teams such as the Wizards simply need as much talent as possible. Even if that second first rounder becomes an effective role player,it should be deemed a success,so long as other moves help dig them out of this mess,as well.
Great Video. Are you dropping a 2 round mock this year ?
Rockets in my opinion are number 1. 6 young players with potentially 2 superstars maybe. Whether you wanna say cam, amen, green or sengun. Someone pans out. Fred is off the books after this season. Thats 40 mil to have to spend. They layered out the contracts nicely in my eyes and not to mention ime as coach
GTFOH they ain’t even better than Orlando. Paolo Franz Suggs clears all your players
When is your wizards off season video coming
Good pod. I don't agree with Washington or Charlotte. I would have put Minn. and Cleveland instead. Rockets should have been higher and SA lower, but overall a fair list
Thx for Spurs comments. My two preferred picks are Stephon Castle & Tidjane Salune
Good video. There's no team's future I would take over the Rockets. The thunder come closest. I hope the front office keeps the core 6 intact.
And the spurs have wemby. That's not enough to guarantee they'll be good. If he stays healthy they'll be ok, but nothing else on the team looks promising.
I’m a Rockets fan but the Timberwolves should’ve been here in my opinion.
Ownership battle has me questioning if they’ll keep the roster together and pay the 2nd apron tax
@@UtilitySports ya but having a 23 year old Ant Edwards by default makes them at least top 10.
Let's Go Rockets 🚀🚀🚀 Playoff bound next season.
so sad seeing this type of list w/o the pistons on it given where they're at, but I get it
We don't care about ull either Wemby era here and taking over that 4sho GSG
No disagreement from me. I appreciate the effort
wow, no grizzlies?
He does not like Memphis.
Just taking a guess, but I would imagine the team who is set up better for the CBA has to be the thunder right? They will get lower “maxs” since most of there guys might not get all NBAs/All stars since it’s in OKC(less media coverage) and they got FRP to replace role players every 4 years and not have to sign them if the contact is too lengthy
Thunder are very well set up for sure, but Boston imo is best set up for the CBA
Wemby is unstoppable
this year class will turn out to be one of the best in NBA history
The Magic will draft McCain or T. Shannon and they will sign Monk and maybe a sign and tradesperson Patrick Williams.. From there on, they will internally develop into a contender..
Too bad Monk is staying with Sac. I really wanted him on the Magic
Omg you hoed the grizzlies Ik the gg hype crazy but? Bro
They're the top of my list of teams most likely to get arrested at a club.
Let's go!!!
As a longtime Rockets fan, I think you’re overrating the Rocket’s future. They have a lot of high draft picks sure, but at this point, we have a pretty good idea of what these players are going to become and they’re not the level you’d expect from a top draft pick. It’s clear at this point that neither Jalen nor Sengun are the type of player who can win the Rockets a ring. They simply aren’t that good and they’re not going to get much better. Plus they have some major flaws to their game with Jalen’s inefficiency and Sengun’s defense and spacing. Jabari is not that guy either. Amen may be good, but it’s also a coin toss with him and he has his own major flaws. The only two core players without major weaknesses are Tari Eason and Cam Whitmore but they don’t have a viable path to stardom. The Rockets have no choice but to stay the course with this core. But honestly, I can definitely see a scenario where they’re just a middling team for a long long time. Rockets honestly had a bad lottery luck. If they just won the lottery in any of the past years or even if they could have just moved up one spot in the draft, they would have their star by now. But instead all they have is a bunch of high level role players who will command big money.
Rockets easily have the best future. They are stacked with young high ceiling high floor talent
All of the teams above already have a solidified superstar guy. Sengun is close but he’s not there yet.
I guess it depends on how we're defining future.
Boston- Jrue doesn't have many years left. Porzingus is always injured. Outside of Tatum, Brown, White they don't have much looking deeper into the future. No high ceiling youth.
OKC- yeah, they are probably ahead.
NYK- the roster right now? I don't think so. They are set up to be a mid seed for the next 5 years or so. They have no high ceiling young players.
Spurs- They have no one other than Wemby and Vassell. Even with the 2 firsts this year they have a long way to go.
Rockets have Sengun, Smith, Whitmore, Thompson all 21 & under and Eason and Green are 23 & under. Plus they add another lottery pick this year. They are so loaded for the future it's insane.
@@thebohr11 I agree the rockets have good young players but that doesn’t mean they are all going to come together and be a future top team. The Celtics with Tatum and Brown are still going to be one of the top teams regardless. Brunson is a top PG and the Knicks are going to put talent around him to be a top team. The rockets don’t have a guy like the other teams that is undoubtedly a superstar.
@@thebohr11 Even you say the Spurs just Wemby and little talent around him they still have Wemby and he can be the best player in the league. I’m taking the Spurs future 10/10 just because of him.
@@tyjohnson9974 like I said, I guess it boils down to how we're measuring the term future. To me that's 5+ years from now. In 5 years the Rockets players will just be ENTERING their prime. I don't think Celtics and Knicks belong. Tatum, Brown and White will all be at the tail end of their prime years then. Knicks is TBD, I think they are going to be active these next 2 off seasons. I view them as a team pushing to win now rather than future. I think Houston, San Antonio and OKC have the most promising futures on paper.
Orlando have the best future and it's not even close.... keep sleeping and talking mess
You KNOW BALL don’t mind the haters. He thinks the rockets are better than us 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mavs just made the Finals with the 25yo best player in the world; a 20yo star rookie centre; and only 2 rotation players older than 25 (Kyrie at 32 and Jone Jr 27)
Bro, what gives?
DJJ isn't under contract for next year. Luka is awesome don't get me wrong. He individually gives them credibility to be on this list to your point. The rest of the roster isn't that good simply put outside of Luka, Kyrie and Lively.
I respect the effort & time spent but this list is pretty bad
What would your list be? I’m all ears
@@UtilitySports no Minnesota or Grizz? How about the Mavs, I know they don’t have the most draft capital but they have young elite guys leading them. They have a winning formula with room to get better. I’m not as high on the Knicks, Wizards or Hornets. I’m also not as low on the Magic
Go Spurs Go!
1. OKC
2. Magic
Don't care about anybody below that.
As a Magic fan, I love when we are disrespected around the league.
Not referring to you Sheldon though, just in general lol 😅
The Magic have a very good young team but the Rockets seem to have more talent. Along with the ability to bring in more from 2 good drafts coming up along with the 3rd in this one. I dunno seems quite promising.
@@josephham5216your best player is Sengun 🤡 we have Paolo you don’t. Watch how Sengun will be benched in the playoffs bec his defense is TRASH
We do value shooting but we need defense. Right now with this particular draft we don't have that yet.
I would prefer Castle and Carter In this draft this year and not deal away the draft picks like many clamor to do to win now. Even with Victor Team we're not quite there and honestly in free agency I don't see anybody that's gonna lift us enough to get to the playoffs next season.
But we will be improved but we aren't in playoff position......we are in the west and it's gonna be tough for us to get up that ladder. To me a long time Spurs fan I think we're about another year or 2 away.
The next 2 drafts are gonna tell exactly where we're gonna be at In my opinion
Yeah I think the spurs should draft castle and bpa at 8 who knows who will still be available. Spurs won’t make the playoffs this coming year but that’s fine they’ll have a lottery pick and they could have more who knows how good the hawks will be this year
My Nigga Minnesota Dallas Grizzles da man got Wizards Charlotte over dem 😭
Minnesota doesn’t own any of their picks and has an ownership battle ongoing which makes their future a little more difficult to safely predict. Dallas has very little draft assets to work with and they have 3 good players. Grizz don’t have a starting center and have missed on all of their recent 1sts
I think you’re equating “really good right now” to best futures
Where is clippers video
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You really picked the Rockets over the Magic??? Are you serious with that??? Nah man that’s just an insane take that I will never accept. Please explain why because I can’t see it their best players are Sengun and Green 🤡 Paolo clears them, Franz is a World Champ, Suggs is the best guard defender in the league. We have AB and Jett coming this year. Nah man no way in hell you chose the rockets. I will come back on this and COOK you next year
Did you skip the first couple minutes where he talked about how everything was subjective and asked for people to respectfully disagree and have good hoops conversations in the comments
@@lukedavis2490 don’t agree on Sas and Nyk too but atleast it’s understandable but no way in hell the rockets are better than the Magic there just isn’t even one logical reason why they are better. It’s fine though everyone counted us last season too and got to Cook a lot of people who doubted Paolo and the Magic. Just gonna do the same next year when the magic are a top 4 seed while the rockets miss the playoffs again
There never was justification for taking Jett imo. Huge mistake there, but I hope he proves me wrong next season
@@YourWorstNightmare3333 bro idk I think you can make a case for either team to be on top but it’s definitely not as big of a gap as you say. I think you should take the blue tinted glasses of and stop being so fanatic about it.
Maybe Magic have more top level talent in Paolo and Fanz but in any other aspect Rockets clear the Magic. Their core is so much deeper and has much more potential. And who is to say that someone like Amen Thompson or even Sengun or green wont end up being better than P5 or Franz. P5 definitely has some questions to answer next season.
Even this year Magic may have made the playoffs but they still only had 6 wins more than the rockets in a much weaker conference. So yeah I think even this year these teams where about equally as good and Houston to me has just much more upside. So yeah, I think the take in the video is very valid.
@@JK-kj2ok I can guarantee you none of them will be better than Paolo, don’t make me laugh. They got carried by vets. More potential? They don’t even know who their best player is, Amen Thompson LOL. Amen will be never be a scoring threat in this league. Here we go again with the conferences. Rockets were 13-17 against the East. They still wouldn’t make the playoffs. Have you seen the reports they want to trade for a superstar now?? It just VALIDATES what I think their young core is MID. Even their GM knows it 🤷🏻♂️
11:52
Monty Williams fired, Pistons fans we rejoice ! Our future is potentially bright again.
That caught me off guard,so close to the draft but I thought that too when I heard. After the season they had,they really did need to clean house,top to bottom 😊
That’s cause y’all destroy anything within y’all’s reach. Monty will flourish away from you guys lol
Your franchise needs more than more than just a coach to turn you around and hopefully you're going to get it.
Jesus Christ, pistons fans have no idea which way is up with how terribly ran the origination is. Monty was not the problem.
@@DetroitSportsFanSince2002 I’m sorry 😞 join the Wemby hype train!
This sounds wild rn, but...I can see Spurs drafting Salaun @ 4 and Carter @ 8
If they pick a wing at 4, it would be Matas if Rishashie is unavailable (likely).
@@Aaron-bb5gi I have a feeling they may trade up for ZR
No kings ?
What about the raptors ? We got good young players in Scottie, RJ, Quickley and Gradey. Plus two good picks in this year’s draft.
Not even close
11:09
Rockets
Sengun - Worst Defensive C
Green - March Merchant
Jabari - Wanna be Paolo
Amen - Cant shoot
Cam - Can’t pass nor defend
Tari - their only legit player
Signed 2 vets to help them Win their young core didn’t do that
You really chose a 11th seed who started 2 vets over a 5th seed who started KIDS
I really can’t see your Logic Sorry
Crickets. In short you really have no reason why the rockets are better you just plainly hate the magic
This comment is hilarious
Everyone always under estimates the Raptors. We will be there in 3 years.
Not necessarily under estimates, just kind of in a weird spot as of now. Other teams have a more clear direction currently but I could see them figuring it out they are well ran
I'd love to specifically hear why Washington and Charlotte are over Memphis
Memphis was probably the toughest team to rank.
1) I love Ja’s game and think he’s good enough to be a 1A on a title team. Although, his off court problems in the last 24 months does make me question his availability similar to Zion with NOLA
2) I don’t think they have a true number 2 guy. I like Bane, JJJ took a step forward but both are third options in my opinion
3) I don’t know what their plan is at center at all. Free agency or the draft could solve my concerns there
4) something I’ve believed for a long time is that they have a Jaren Jackson Jr problem. I don’t think you can win with him being a 4. I think you can’t win with him being a 5
@@UtilitySportsjust wondering
Why do you think it’s hard for them to win with him being a 4
Offensive limitations. It’s what Dallas went thru with Porzingis. Smaller teams will just switch all the Ja-JJJ ball screens. If he’s a 5 you have a spacing advantage but a massive rebounding disadvantage. He’s a good player, but a hard one to win with at the highest level imo
@@UtilitySports I definitely understand that but first off jaren and ja don’t run that many screens together,at least when they had a center, I love almost all your opinions but maybe your overthinking this a little especially since the pf switching onto Ja is gonna get blown by easier than if that was luka
Thibs' team, injury-prone....hmmmm.... Chicago. He just runs players to the ground. 40mpg lol
My top 10
1. Nuggets
2. Celtics
3. Spurs
4. Thunder
5. Mavericks
6. Magic
7. Timberwolves
8. Rockets
9. Hornets
10. Grizzlies
Lol you forgot the pacers
I put the Thunder slightly ahead of the Spurs. Just because they have most of their pieces already.
@@zach_aldridgeSiakam is 30
@@LUC4Z3 Hali, Benn, Nembhard, Jarace, Nesmith, I Jax Shepard, shit even Myles is only 28
@@zach_aldridge bro, "only 28"? You know the video is about 5-7 years into the future, right? And like, no disrespect to the other guys, but none of them is a real top of the line roleplayer or boderline all-star (Besides Hali, of course. He is great)
spurs up a milli . give me reed sheppard n cody williams
Grizz can be better than all these teams
The Jazz don't make the list. Interesting exclusion.
They make the most irrelevant team list coming out next week.
#DetroitBasketball
Where're Jazz...sucks that list
They're not on the list and they shouldn't be. What do they have other than picks lol
@@jkh2180 OKC years ago only had picks too. Utah has a better future than these crap franchises like Magic, Kings, etc.
@@rafapiu1987 OKC started with SGA lmao
Cade owns Lamelo
I loved the video....but i am baffled how the wizards made the list????
They dont have an established young #1 option.....
They dont have as many 1st rd picks as other teams.....
Their culture has been poor....
Their front office has been poor....
Poole is one of the worst contracts in the league....
They have a brand new front office. You can’t count things Tommy Sheppard did against Michael Winger & Will Dawkins. The Wizards are going to pick in the top 5 for the next 3 drafts. Four years from now people are going to say, “wow they’ve got a great young core”
We are all watching your videos. You don’t need to tell us what you said in the past. It’s the only thing about them. It makes you come across as having an inferiority complex.
Getting many new subscribers every day! I know you’ve been watching me for a long time Oshakara! And I appreciate that a lot!
But, a LARGE amount of my viewers haven’t been here nearly as long as you. It’s not meant to be a superiority/inferiority thing. Im meaning to provide context to new viewers
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