In the East, my vote would be Brooklyn or Atlanta.
Brooklyn is deep at just about every position. Mikal Bridges is a very good scorer. Cam Johnson a very talented 2-way player. Dinwiddie a solid 2-guard. Claxton is one of the more impressive young centers in the league. A lot rides on Simmons and if he can be 75 percent of what he once was. At the very least, he looks to be in shape entering the season. Brooklyn looks to have a plethora of two-way players. The question is if Bridges can be the main scorer on a contending title team.
Atlanta has Trae Young, who is now flying under the radar as one of the best scoring guards in the NBA, and many solid defensive pieces surrounding him in Murray, Hunter, Capela. If Trae can get a hot in a playoff series, you never know.
In the West, I think it’s Minnesota. On paper, they are loaded with talent. Ant, KAT, McDaniels, Gobert, Reid, Conley and Anderson might be as good of a first 7 you will find in the league today. Of course, the main question is — can Chris Finch make Towns and Gobert work offensively? We saw how tough Minnesota can be in the Denver series last year. With most everyone on their roster now having multiple years of playoff experience in addition to having continuity among their depth chart and coaching staff, they are my sneaky pick to make the West finals this year.
Who is your sneaky pick in each conference to make a deep playoff run? Or do you believe there’s no logical selection?
The Pelicans are gonna be dangerous. Nobody except Moriah Mills can really handle a healthy Zion, and they have a pretty deep squad with quality pieces.
Zion will turn out not to be what everyone was and still hopes he will be. I don’t understand the hype, and certainly not from a longevity perspective
youve never seen him play then
Man she really succeeded in tearing down a professional athlete to make herself relevant. People really still talking about her
I think she’s a bonafide loser. However I couldn’t resist making the 12-year old level joke.
Understandable
Literally see this every year before they lose in or don’t even make the play in
FTFY
Basically no dark horse can actually make a run in the playoffs if they get there. They theoretically have the talent to do that
It’s just on Zion staying healthy tbh. If he’s healthy they can get into the playoffs and if the seeding shakes out right take a series.
I agree 100%. If anything I think the Moriah Mills situation might have him spending more time in the guys and less time in the club. Seems like he’s in good shape too. It sounds crazy, but I actually think they’re the 2nd best team in the West.
Thats wild right there
…ayo?
Got Zion confused with Dwight Howard?
Paaaaauuuuse
You think Moriah the only one with a tongue tornado trick? Zion about to show dem bois
A healthy Zion is about as likely as a healthy Kawhi at this point.
If those two play a combined 70 games this year, I’ll probably faint
Agreed
We have a lot of key guys already hurt to start the season. Maybe im a pessimist but it’s not gonna be this year
Moriah Mills to release video with Johnny Sins
Zion out for season
I mean, might as well strike when the iron is still lukewarm. People already lost interest in the Mills storyline
Yeah I agree. Zion is top 5/10 if he plays. No reason they couldn’t make noise. If he plays.
do they still got willy?