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00:02 - Let's take a look at the West coach
00:06 'cause it's fantastic to me.
00:08 Seven teams on the FanBlue Sportsbook
00:10 within 13 to one price to win the Western Conference.
00:14 Feels like the Big 12 basketball all over again
00:16 in NCAA action.
00:17 You got the Nuggets, Suns, Lakers, Warriors,
00:19 Grizzlies and Clippers along with the Mavericks here.
00:22 Front running of course, but let's settle in.
00:24 The NBA champions of last year, the Denver Nuggets,
00:27 leaders in the clubhouse tied with the Phoenix Suns
00:30 at a plus 270 price.
00:31 Give me the outlook for the Nuggets
00:33 and their chance to repeat how hungry they will be
00:35 and maybe some of the hurdles they'll have
00:37 in the West this year, coach.
00:39 - Well, the hurdle is Donnie,
00:40 is they've become the hunted, not the hunter.
00:43 I mean, let's be honest with you.
00:44 They're the ones that held up the trophy
00:46 at the end of the year,
00:47 but they got some things to worry about here.
00:50 I think the Bruce Brown, Jeff Green losing him,
00:53 I think they could hurt them more than people think.
00:55 It's about the depth.
00:56 A guy like Christian Brown's gonna have to step up
00:58 tremendously.
00:59 He did have some good moments during the NBA finals.
01:02 I think particularly, I think it was game three
01:03 or game four in Miami where Christian Brown played
01:05 really, really big minutes in the fourth quarter.
01:08 But you got the Joker, you got Murray,
01:11 another year removed from injury
01:14 with the ACL obviously being back and playing the full year.
01:16 But to me, this season for Denver
01:20 really is gonna have to hinge on the improvement
01:24 of Michael Porter Jr.
01:26 And I'm not talking to him as just as a straight shooter.
01:29 It's his ability to create, his ability to muck it up
01:33 and get in there and defend.
01:35 That's why I actually like his rebound proctor
01:38 at five and a half, Michael Porter Jr.
01:40 So they will be interesting.
01:42 But Donnie, like you're right.
01:44 You can really look at the West
01:46 and you can make an argument.
01:48 Phoenix, if they can stay healthy, can they win it?
01:50 Absolutely.
01:51 Can the Lakers win it?
01:52 They have arguably some of the best depth.
01:54 Can Golden State make one last one?
01:56 Absolutely.
01:57 Will Memphis show maturity?
01:59 And then obviously with the Clippers,
02:01 will PG and Kawhi play the whole year?
02:05 So it's gonna be very interesting
02:08 in that Western Conference
02:10 because you really can make a case of any one
02:13 of those six or seven teams to win it.
02:16 But to me, if the Lakers are healthy,
02:19 if the Lakers are healthy with that depth,
02:24 I gotta remember folks,
02:25 they played Denver as close as anybody in the playoffs.
02:29 And you can argue with better four-court performances,
02:32 they could have beat Denver.
02:33 The Lakers at seven and a half to one
02:35 to winning the Western Conference is very, very enticing.
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