rankings for this upcoming
season? Uh, it's it feels like it's in flux because of
everything we've been talking about but
golden state starts on top right? Because the Champions
get to start on top barring. You know Mark Cuban blowing up
the rocket
Mavericks back in 2010.
Pack it in
Boston. S who I think had a fantastic offseason. Yeah
amazing. Okay. I think that they'd
gotten murder and smart moves. They got better. Milwaukee,
third because I thought they were maybe the best teams in
the League last year.
The only third and they get Chris Middleton back and healthy,
didn't really make a lot of changes.
I have the clippers for
engine. Wow, okay, that's interesting, I really high on
them.
Look, it's a
betting on Kawhi, Leonard's knees.
Like it's if but if Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are healthy,
that is a verse that they've rounded out that roster
beautifully, right? Like they want to go big. We can play
with W. You want to go small. We can play market Morris at
the 5 and quiet the foreign public towards at the three.
And we've got Shooters and Canard and they've got
everything to go out and get John Wall to help. Run
the point, like
Robert Covington is there. You can go on and on down the list.
This is a deep versatile. Roster. If Kauai is back to
being Kauai,
I genuinely believe this team as a shot to win at all
which is a winner. I'm a winner. I mean that they're
willing to spend to yeah, yeah, yes. The
the puppy, they will have a better.
Bigger tax, they are set as
currently constructed. They would actually have a bigger
tax bill than the Warriors who set the record last year. They
would have a slightly bigger tax bill to which I believe
Steve ballmer's reaction is
yeah.
Who's that? Who's myth? Oh, I'm sorry after after yeah, after
that comes. Memphis taking a step forward, you think, right?
Oh yeah, definitely number six, Philadelphia. Who. I also we
talked about, I think, ethically, good offseason. We
talked about with Allison and Tucker of stuff. We're
just talking about them and seven, I have number at Phoenix.
They're still going to be very good. They won the most games
last year. This might be the little low for them, but how
happy is D'Andre really? I can they smooth everything over?
Just Chris Paul. Keep playing it bubble. Do they stay
healthy? I think a
lot of Of things have gone, quite right for them to win 64
games. I'm not sure that they are capable of doing that
again, but they're certainly
seventh might be too low and I kind of feel the same way about
Miami at eight like yeah,
East last year, they run everybody back, they could be
better. Tyler hero could take a step forward. This might be
a little low for them.
They do lose PJ Tucker but I just,
I think that they're going to be very good.
It's it almost feels like a disappointing offseason for Miami.
Doesn't it? Because they want a fast you're going.
Yeah, they, they didn't land Durant. They didn't let that
they didn't,
they haven't landed Durant. You haven't landed Mitchell,
they've been in the mix for those. If they don't get those
guys at weirdly feels disappointed, even though
they're going to run back.
He's so I they're going to be very good whether they can
really compete with Boston. Milwaukee remains to be seen
at Denver healthy, Marie
Porter, Junior, obviously, yo Kitsch,
good role players around them. I think that they are capable
of fitting in the mix in the west. And number 10, Minnesota,
We are wow.
I think they didn't take it better. I mean they got Rudy
gobert. They bring back.
They actually add Kyle Anderson that got good role players
around there before that I think is there like they add
Goodwill players and Veterans own and some defense around
Karl Anthony towns who they extended
Answer, take a asked, by the way,
looks good. Talk about guys who look good and hustle.
He's ready to take a step forward. Like
I think that there are not sure that they're built for
the playoffs. I think they're going to win a lot of regular season
games. Cory.
You are thinking, what about
didn't? The Bulls re-sign Lovin, You don't think their
clothes are like the kind of leaders do. None of those teams
in the East Peoria Cavaliers, I might have to low. I have bowls
and Cavaliers kind of in the mid teens like
Did the bowls take a step forward? I think the thing is
they were and again I maybe I'm sleeping on that
because I'm thinking of the second half of the year.
The first half of the, you see,
when Lonzo ball was healthy and Alex, Caruso was healthy.
Their defense was good
for people like they were disruptive
they cause problems. They were tied
into February, I'm
close to the all-star break. They were tied for first or in
first place like they were in the East. Like they had a great
season and They did it without Patrick will
write who I think?
If he if he's healthy, he could be a real force in a factor for
them. So I might be sleeping on that. They've learned could be
taken a step forward to,
but that's kind of where I've got it now. Like I
feel like there are a lot of teams and Denver's in there
Minnesota's and there's a lot of good teams with some
questions that I'm really curious to see how it shakes
out when the game start getting
played.
Yeah, I think the biggest surprise for me is Dallas, you
know what, where's Dallas? I feel like to me,
I mean I will put Dallas over Minnesota
or and then the other one
I would be like a little little interesting to me. I was,
I was surprised not in the top 10, but I was want to mention.
Healthy Zion, CJ McCollum.
New Orleans is looking interesting, Not Top 10 but
intriguing, but to my dad lesson not making the list is
shocking. That one of those teams that could be very well.
Be top ten, if everything comes together for them. And
haven't we talked about the importance of leadership? How
much does CJ McCollum mean to that team?
How does
having that guy in front of them? That I think it's a huge
plus, I'm
I think there is,
I think with Dallas I have them 11 but I think
This is we're
losing Brunson hurts like I think good in the regular
season because
Luca and five out and
like they know who they are, they know what they wanted.
They have an MVP level player
but I think not having Brunson
ultimately hurts them a little. Especially if Luke asked
the miss,
you know,
brains a finger and misses a week and a half or something.
Yeah. Well, I mean, look, anytime I get a chance to hear
what you think about, you know, the power rankings. It's always
a great pleasure for me because I know I'm sitting here. I'm
going to be back in that pizza back at the Museum,
going through the
list and think it through it.
Yeah, it's it's so much this year point of the earth. So
much opinion on what could be and how many questions there
are because
you know, eventually they'll be data
that will be wins and losses and
and actual information, but right now it's kind of like
a mix of how good do I think they are and how is their offseason