I don't think it's that point-blank of an argument. When Harden got to Brooklyn during the middle of the '20-21 season, he only played 36 games and missed 22 games with injury. He did start off really strong before getting hurt and overall ended up having good regular season numbers with the Nets at 25 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds, but his efficiency was dreadful (40% from the field, 30% from 3) and those numbers tanked in the playoffs (20 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds) on even worse shooting numbers while getting hurt again and missing more games. Also, Durant missed most of the games that Harden played in during the regular season with his own injury. Contrast that to what Devin Booker just did this past year (28, 6, and 5 in the regular season... 34, 7, and 5 in the playoffs, all with excellent efficiency) and it's really not that close of a comparison.
Dame’s value is so high. The Blazers can get a big return of players and draft picks for him. They should be drafting Scoot and another first round pick this week. They got some good young players in Simons and maybe someday Sharpe. It’s a gamble but they aren’t competitive at all right now with Dame. Start your rebuild off strong. Scoot, Simons, Sharpe, and the big haul you’ll get for Dame
What’s the point either way, they can start off young then when everyone becomes good they’ll ship them off too. If they don’t ship them off everyone will complain about them not going somewhere else. Lmao
Most idiots feel Miami would be the best fit… yet they have ZERO capital.. only team is pelicans or hornets. No one else has anything to offer. Maybe Detroit.
Dame doesn’t deserve anything he chose to stay in Portland for the extra money under the guise of “loyalty” as if he doesn’t know Portland would dump him to the highest bidder if he ever suffers a serious injury now at 32 years old. He’s like the B. Beal of the west coast but at least one of the 2 woke up n smelled the roses.
Dame probably wants to leave, but wants the organisation to pull the trigger without him having to explicitly say it out loud, since otherwise that'd hurt his brand of "running from the grind" he tweeted out when PG went to LA.
They were going to release cp3 if no one me wanted anyways and shamet what could they have done with him package him and ayton? This honestly was the best case scenario for them. And the playoffs is a 7 man rotation anyways.
@@apv9600 just think they should use the cash to build around Booker and Durant instead of putting that much equity into one player that is just a smaller and lesser version of your 2 best players.
@@user-di5zs7nq4is that reasonable tho or not , if we know they'll have the best chance at making it if they're healthy then injury would be the reason it didn't get done. 1.The warriors Klay tore his ACL, KD tore his Achilles 2. Nets, giannis injured Kyrie, harden played injured 3. Suns, Ayton didn't play with effort, Chris Paul was injured
Thank you for making these videos. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I like all sports in general. I do follow the a NBA during playoff time. I had not heard of Bradley Beal until a few days ago. Now he is a part of the next Super 3. The offense for the Phoenix Suns will be stellar, but what about the defense?
Nuggets, Lakers, Celtics, Suns, Bucks. That's my way too early top 5 for next season before the draft and free agency. Bradley Beal for sure makes the Suns a threat but it isn't terrifying anyone. It's a top heavy team with no depth and no defense. But it's a high powered offense with KD, Book and Beal
The problem with Phoenix is the lack of depth. Nobody denies the talent they have with Booker, Beal, Durant and Ayton. But they have no depth. It is going to be 11 minimum salary guys unless they trade Ayton. Because Ayton is going to be pissed his role is further reduced. I think it is too soon to decide who is likely to contend yet. We don't know what the Lakers want to do, what the Warriors will do, what the Kings will do, what the Knicks will do, what the Mavericks will do, what the 76ers will do ....the Celtics, Nuggets, Bucks, Phoenix, Heat...even rising teams like the Thunder and Magic. A lot of teams are going to make a lot of moves and it could make a huge difference in who is doing what next season. I think with Dame, it depends on if the Blazers draft at 3 or trade the pick to get help for Dame. Because this I think it determines if Grant comes back as well. I think depending on the moves, it will affect how the Blazers proceed with Dame. But, with Beal in Phoenix, this means Kyrie Irving is down to staying in Dallas or taking a pay cut to go to LA and play with Lebron. Because I don't see any market outside of this for him.
You only need 7 guys, 8 max, on the court in the playoffs. If they can develop their existing players, it still might work out. In the regular season all they have to do is end up in the middle of the pack, with load balancing.
If I’m the Suns, I trade Ayton to ATL Hawks for Clent Capella and a Pick. You get rid of Ayton contract to build the roster more and receive a defensive based Center🤷🏽♂️ now you have more money & better defense, plus the BIG 3.
It is a REALLY GOOD List!!! Mike drop for Stephen A. because no one really knows what the Warriors or Sixers going to do even if they accomplished running the roster(s) back another year!
@@johnsonsmithson45 Not really you can get a whole new starting line up for Harden and Embid. The Joker's dominance has everyone looking for a big man, and Embid is the only one who dominates Joker. The issue is health.
@@thomasbuck303 A lot of it's going to come down to who is the healthiest in the playoffs. You saw Giannis miss 3 games, Embid, Tatum twist ankle game 7, PG, Khawi, CP3.
Don't forget It's addition by subtraction Mia will get Gutted in order to get Dame Mia is in a worse situation than PHX cuz Mia doesn't have a SCORER or center so even wit Dame then wut cuz we all know Mia had no business getting as far as they did but that's wut culture and coaching does.
@@YANKEEFITTED Miami isn’t going to gut their team to get Dame. Portland isn’t going to get as big of a haul as people seem to think if Dame really wants out
@@JM-Nyne so you really believe in your heart of hearts that Miami is going to go back to the conference finals again next year? This was their best and last chance to win big. Those teams they beat in the East are going to come back better because they have better players.
Im suprised Stephan A actually made a good list for once. Only thing i'd change is take out one of the bucks, lakers, or celtics and put in the heat they still deserve to be top 5. Other then that great list
@@chriskay14491-) Tyler Herro was injured for all post-season. They were beating Bucks when Giannis was there too. It'snot Heat's fault Giannis couldn't stay healthy. Giannis wouldn't beat Nets if Kyrie wasn't injured then Bucks title means nothing? What is your hilarious argument? 2-) Knicks aren't scrubs team. You're still living in 2017 mate? Do you even know who Jalen Brunson is? 3-) Overrated Boston? Sure, Lets ignore Jayson Tatum, MVP caliber player and Marcus Smart who wins DPOY. First watch NBA, then talk.
@@salihbbas Gianns wasn't healthy even after coming back. Middleton was never healthy. Also, you need to check the play when Giannis got hurt. It was a dirty undercut. So, yes it was the Heat's fault he couldn't stay healthy. Congrats you beat an injured team. The fact you are bragging about it is hilarious epeically how culpable the Heat are for said injury.
Devin booker is not better than james harden in 2021. JJ is flat out wrong there. Harden was a top 5 player and an mvp candidate. Kyrie also averaged 50/40/90 on the season. Yall really elevating booker to a category he isnt yet based off of one hot postseason run
Another year, another miami sleeper smh, i dont understand how people can keep sleepin on a team who made 3 ecf in the last 4 years, 2 finals, one shot away from 3 finals, and made the finals last year missing a 20 ppg scorer in tyler herro all playoffs.
@@J.J.Redick what about the Lakers? See this is why I can with you people. You're logic is extremely flawed! The Heat made the finals for Gods sake. 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️ Lakers were a play in team and yet you act like they deserve to be on the last more than a team that actually managed to make the finals and win a game against the Nuggets...
@@J.J.Redick they got so far because they flat out outplayed Milwaukee and Boston. Jimmy rolled his ankle too but he isn’t a little girl about it like Tatum who was all too happy to use it as an excuse for choking when it counted yet again
@@ejp507 I dunno, they've been over-achieving pretty consistently the last four years. Two Finals appearances and one ECF? At some point the league has to acknowledge that this is just regular achieving for them.
@@iluvcakes19 the lakers were the best team statistically after the all star break, but they’re also missing a piece or two. I wouldn’t have them as a top 5 contender, but they’re definitely not pretenders anymore.
@@emilymesch7537 They’re still over achieving, they have no superstar and play with a lot of heart. When role players start shooting over 50% from the 3 after shooting it terribly in the regular season ofc it’ll do wonders for your team, But talent at the end of the day wins it all. It’s embarrassing for the bucks and Celtics to lose but they’re 0-2 in the finals now for a reason.
1. Nuggets 2. Lakers (need a big to play wit AD) 3. Celtics (need a pure point guard) 4. Bucks (need to get past Celtics) 5. Warriors (need a defensive big) 6. Suns (need a bench and defensive players)
Celtics led the whole east for the entire season until like the last 15 games. The celtics destroyed the bucks every time they played when JB and Tatum. Bucks barely beat the celtics without JB and JT in overtime
Bucks barely came out of 2nd gear due to injuries and Middleton trying to get right yet still finished as the 1 seed. Playoffs is a different animal and Boston are their own worst enemy. If teams are fully healthy then I would take the Bucks in a 7 game series.
@anthonymercado8126 last year yet they won that series and when Milwaukee played boston like 4 times this previous season they barely one the one game they did win in overtime @ Milwaukee against Boston bench 🤣 Middleton and Giannis played those games but okay.
Bucks were never healthy. and 2)last season is no longer relevant. Stop living in the past. Bucks will get healthy and now have a new coach who isn't stubborn.
The Heat aren’t better than a healthy lakers squad put them in 7 games they would get demolished by la like the nuggets did them they are too small stop it y’all are delusional we are talkin about overall team and players on the team buddy and the chemistry if they had a whole season together 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for making this video. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I like all sports in general. I do follow the NBA during the playoffs. Stephen A is so emphatic with his opinions that you start to believe it's fact. He is such a character. God bless him.
the heat not making this list after making like 4 conference finals and 2 finals is crazy. how long do they need to stay winning before y'all stop w that 'no talent' 'bad team good coach' bs
Because last season is irrrelevant. LOL at clowns still acting like last season means anything anymore. Giannis >>>>>>>> any player on the entire Heat team.
I think CP3 would work better with Kawhi since Kawhi moves too slow. While Clips can use Russ off the bench to speed up the pace. We can confuse teams with pace.
Imagine the suns being the best competition for the nuggets in the playoffs and they didn’t have their starting PG and y’all sittin here sayin they don’t have a chance with Bradley Beal . Use y’all common sense
After Miami doesn’t land any big names they need to go get Colin Sexton. He slept on heavily and if he can stay healthy he gone eat in the right situation.
Lol Lakers over the Suns is wild. The Suns got the most games off the Nuggets and the Lakers got the least. In fact they couldn't even get one.. And yet they're above the Suns without making any moves?
@@01mentdon’t matter whether it’s by 1 or 20, a sweep is a sweep, they couldn’t even get a gentlemen’s sweep, suns was the more challenging opponent for the nuggets
Year 21, age 39 Lebron, still good enough to be top 2 on a championship level team? That’s absurd. I got my Lakers at 4-5th best odds right now but if we keep Reaves and Rui and get a little more shooting and front court depth we could jump to top 2
The reason the Sun's big three has a better chance to win it all than the big three that KD had in Brooklyn is that he is actually playing with grown men now and not entitled children. Imagine playing with two other star player's that actually want to come to work and not make excuses, it's nearly mind boggling.
Wait a second. Wasn't there a team that just took out both the Bucks *and* the Celtics? It's okay. Keep disrespecting Miami. They'll be back in the Finals next year, whether you predict them to be or not.
Can’t stop looking at M&M 😍😍her energy & approach >>>
So we just gone forget when James Harden first got to BKN they was saying James Harden was playing MVP basketball even when he was out of shape
I hope nobody trade with y'all. For no dang Ayton. Whoever do that is dumb.
Right.
Exactly 27 8 11 but booker is better these "analyst" are lazy
I don't think it's that point-blank of an argument. When Harden got to Brooklyn during the middle of the '20-21 season, he only played 36 games and missed 22 games with injury. He did start off really strong before getting hurt and overall ended up having good regular season numbers with the Nets at 25 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds, but his efficiency was dreadful (40% from the field, 30% from 3) and those numbers tanked in the playoffs (20 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds) on even worse shooting numbers while getting hurt again and missing more games. Also, Durant missed most of the games that Harden played in during the regular season with his own injury. Contrast that to what Devin Booker just did this past year (28, 6, and 5 in the regular season... 34, 7, and 5 in the playoffs, all with excellent efficiency) and it's really not that close of a comparison.
And kyrie was a 50/40/90 player scorning over 25ppg in 57 games. JJ Redick with a rare L 🤦♂️ 👎
Thank you Monica ... Thank god for you 🙏🏽🌹🤎
Booker better than Brooklyn Harden? James was carrying that team without KD and Kyrie, averaged 25; 8.5; 11 and was top 3 in MVP
27 actually
ofc you gone have good stats being the only player who can score dbook better fasho
Monica got up and I just know it was jiggling
The panning of the camera to Monica, JJ, and Molly seeing there reaction to when he is making his points is too funny
I need Monica McNutt in my life
And the disrespect for the Heat continues.
Exactly!
He actually has the Lakers in the top 5 🤣😂🤣
Stephen A was spitting 📠 in this episode with every take
U see him dancing man was feeling himself.
Tatum gets the hurt excuse is craxy lol
Monica looking like a snack up there ngl😂
Ain't know she was working with all that. Lol
@@TikkiEXX Ong🤣
Dame’s value is so high. The Blazers can get a big return of players and draft picks for him. They should be drafting Scoot and another first round pick this week. They got some good young players in Simons and maybe someday Sharpe. It’s a gamble but they aren’t competitive at all right now with Dame. Start your rebuild off strong. Scoot, Simons, Sharpe, and the big haul you’ll get for Dame
What’s the point either way, they can start off young then when everyone becomes good they’ll ship them off too. If they don’t ship them off everyone will complain about them not going somewhere else. Lmao
what haul!?? Dame isn't going to some scrub team with lots of assets to give up. I haven't seen 1 dame trade that makes sense for both parties.
charlotte is probably taking scoot
He’s probably the hottest on the market rn
Most idiots feel Miami would be the best fit… yet they have ZERO capital.. only team is pelicans or hornets. No one else has anything to offer. Maybe Detroit.
Dame to Heat should happen by Draft day on June 22nd. He deserves the chance to win a chip with the Heat
Lillerd already said hes staying in portland
Dame doesn’t deserve anything he chose to stay in Portland for the extra money under the guise of “loyalty” as if he doesn’t know Portland would dump him to the highest bidder if he ever suffers a serious injury now at 32 years old. He’s like the B. Beal of the west coast but at least one of the 2 woke up n smelled the roses.
The heat would have to give up all the role players that got them to the finals to get Dame.
Still not there
Bro the heat just got Terry rozier!
Dame probably wants to leave, but wants the organisation to pull the trigger without him having to explicitly say it out loud, since otherwise that'd hurt his brand of "running from the grind" he tweeted out when PG went to LA.
Fax
not sure why dame hasnt been traded yet, portland going nowhere with that roster
Dame knows Portland is his city no question. I don't think he wants to go anywhere else, he just wants management there to get better players.
DL want more money for long. Portland gives him the opportunity to blame the organization, so he will stay if they don't do nothing.
**dame continuously repeats the same thing every post season that he doesn’t want to leave Portland**
Causal fans: he probably wants to leave.. 😂😭
It’s like the Suns didn’t learn anything from watching the Nuggets win the title. They will get outplayed by any team with a decent bench and defense.
They were going to release cp3 if no one me wanted anyways and shamet what could they have done with him package him and ayton? This honestly was the best case scenario for them. And the playoffs is a 7 man rotation anyways.
Indiana and Detroit led the league in bench scoring FYI…
@@apv9600 just think they should use the cash to build around Booker and Durant instead of putting that much equity into one player that is just a smaller and lesser version of your 2 best players.
@@apv9600Because those teams are bad and the bench has a lot of play time. Denver’s bench has a lot of guys that can drop 10-12 pts and defend well.
Hahah brown bruan and green.. stop it
I love how sas cracks his necks and shoulders before he starts lol lol, like he's fixing to workout
What excuse will the media make for kd yet again for the 4th or 5th time 😂
@@user-di5zs7nq4is that reasonable tho or not , if we know they'll have the best chance at making it if they're healthy then injury would be the reason it didn't get done.
1.The warriors Klay tore his ACL, KD tore his Achilles
2. Nets, giannis injured Kyrie, harden played injured
3. Suns, Ayton didn't play with effort, Chris Paul was injured
The excuse is they don’t have depth😂😂😂😂😂this is a joke KDs legacy is really of a roadrunner 🏃🏿
@@MunchOnDeezNutz Adding to #2: Kyrie, Harden and KD only played 17 games or so together. And that wasn't something KD could've controlled.
@@MunchOnDeezNutzThey played better without cp3 tho so is that really an excuse?
You are so lame lol
9:45 JJ motioning to Monica LOL
Thank you for making these videos. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I like all sports in general. I do follow the a NBA during playoff time. I had not heard of Bradley Beal until a few days ago. Now he is a part of the next Super 3. The offense for the Phoenix Suns will be stellar, but what about the defense?
Exactly
Monica lookin cheeky today 🤣😂😂
FR
@iluvcakes19 I had to double take like hold up 👀
Nuggets, Lakers, Celtics, Suns, Bucks. That's my way too early top 5 for next season before the draft and free agency. Bradley Beal for sure makes the Suns a threat but it isn't terrifying anyone. It's a top heavy team with no depth and no defense. But it's a high powered offense with KD, Book and Beal
Lol lakers, your a funny guy
Lakers over Boston and Milwaukee man ur not serious
@@EkillOrRyan yeah it's crazy to think a team that went to the WCF and guaranteed to make moves in FA will be good next year. Funny funny funny
@@frankofori9661 such a crazy take right... how could I be serious???
@@Boss3Nate its goofy yeah
The problem with Phoenix is the lack of depth. Nobody denies the talent they have with Booker, Beal, Durant and Ayton. But they have no depth. It is going to be 11 minimum salary guys unless they trade Ayton. Because Ayton is going to be pissed his role is further reduced.
I think it is too soon to decide who is likely to contend yet. We don't know what the Lakers want to do, what the Warriors will do, what the Kings will do, what the Knicks will do, what the Mavericks will do, what the 76ers will do ....the Celtics, Nuggets, Bucks, Phoenix, Heat...even rising teams like the Thunder and Magic.
A lot of teams are going to make a lot of moves and it could make a huge difference in who is doing what next season.
I think with Dame, it depends on if the Blazers draft at 3 or trade the pick to get help for Dame. Because this I think it determines if Grant comes back as well.
I think depending on the moves, it will affect how the Blazers proceed with Dame.
But, with Beal in Phoenix, this means Kyrie Irving is down to staying in Dallas or taking a pay cut to go to LA and play with Lebron. Because I don't see any market outside of this for him.
the list is fluid!!
You only need 7 guys, 8 max, on the court in the playoffs. If they can develop their existing players, it still might work out. In the regular season all they have to do is end up in the middle of the pack, with load balancing.
If I’m the Suns, I trade Ayton to ATL Hawks for Clent Capella and a Pick. You get rid of Ayton contract to build the roster more and receive a defensive based Center🤷🏽♂️ now you have more money & better defense, plus the BIG 3.
They need someone who can defend, rebounds, and not miss open lay ups or post shots
@@richatlarge462 Go look how many players Miami and Denver used when they played in the finals.
Beal has always been elite
Michael Porter jr showed up in game 7? What game 7? Lol
JJ on that Zaza again
It is a REALLY GOOD List!!! Mike drop for Stephen A. because no one really knows what the Warriors or Sixers going to do even if they accomplished running the roster(s) back another year!
Props to Stephen for getting paid doing what he loves to do, which is listen to himself talk.
Sixers are so finished and the warriors new gm is a bit shakey and too unstable to put in top 5
@@johnsonsmithson45 Not really you can get a whole new starting line up for Harden and Embid. The Joker's dominance has everyone looking for a big man, and Embid is the only one who dominates Joker. The issue is health.
As a Nuggets fan whole lotta disrespect for the Miami Heat. They are going to bolster their roster too.
@@thomasbuck303 A lot of it's going to come down to who is the healthiest in the playoffs. You saw Giannis miss 3 games, Embid, Tatum twist ankle game 7, PG, Khawi, CP3.
Beal did well at point though when Wall went down.
Very true
I wish I can hear Shannon and skips take on this 😢
Same.
ISTG I miss that show😢
So the show is over with ? Like completely… I thought skip could hold it down
@@justinjackson5899 it’s not it’s coming back soon don’t worry
So the heat just went to the finals and we’re not a contender ???
Lillard in a finals game would be something to watch.he definitely should demand a trade
it would be fun watching him take terrible shots and lose on the big stage
@@Boss3Nate ur the biggest hater ive ever seen 😭😭😭
@@aaronuthayakumar1967 you’ve seen me before?? Who knew..
The heat are one scoring star away from winnning! They are ALWAYS in contention. DAME TIME would be perfect.
Crazy how no one has a problem with the bucks and Celtics being on the list, especially since the team that beat both of them isn't
Don't forget It's addition by subtraction Mia will get Gutted in order to get Dame Mia is in a worse situation than PHX cuz Mia doesn't have a SCORER or center so even wit Dame then wut cuz we all know Mia had no business getting as far as they did but that's wut culture and coaching does.
@@YANKEEFITTED Miami isn’t going to gut their team to get Dame. Portland isn’t going to get as big of a haul as people seem to think if Dame really wants out
@@tbd3058 so u think Portland just going to give Dame away cuz now hes finally ready to leave
@@JM-Nyne so you really believe in your heart of hearts that Miami is going to go back to the conference finals again next year? This was their best and last chance to win big. Those teams they beat in the East are going to come back better because they have better players.
Mcnut got the pound cakes
Dayum Monica 😮
Lmao the faces of the other hosts at 8:35 and 8:42 is hilarious
Im suprised Stephan A actually made a good list for once. Only thing i'd change is take out one of the bucks, lakers, or celtics and put in the heat they still deserve to be top 5. Other then that great list
Heat didn't have Herro and still made to finals and still not in top 5 lol
@@salihbbas LOL they played a Bucks team with an injured Giannis. Then the Knicks. Then an overrated Boston team. Fluke run.
@@chriskay14491-) Tyler Herro was injured for all post-season. They were beating Bucks when Giannis was there too. It'snot Heat's fault Giannis couldn't stay healthy.
Giannis wouldn't beat Nets if Kyrie wasn't injured then Bucks title means nothing? What is your hilarious argument?
2-) Knicks aren't scrubs team. You're still living in 2017 mate? Do you even know who Jalen Brunson is?
3-) Overrated Boston? Sure, Lets ignore Jayson Tatum, MVP caliber player and Marcus Smart who wins DPOY.
First watch NBA, then talk.
@@salihbbas Gianns wasn't healthy even after coming back. Middleton was never healthy. Also, you need to check the play when Giannis got hurt. It was a dirty undercut. So, yes it was the Heat's fault he couldn't stay healthy.
Congrats you beat an injured team. The fact you are bragging about it is hilarious epeically how culpable the Heat are for said injury.
that dame segment was amazing. rare moment when everybody involved is actually right
Devin booker is not better than james harden in 2021. JJ is flat out wrong there. Harden was a top 5 player and an mvp candidate. Kyrie also averaged 50/40/90 on the season. Yall really elevating booker to a category he isnt yet based off of one hot postseason run
Klay with the random stray 😂😂
It's crazy to think the Nuggets are the best team in the NBA and they're the only team in the top 5 without multiple All-Stars.
The best teams are in the East buddy😂
@@chops34East is weak. They won't win anything for the next few years.
@@chops34 the west won the finals buddy 😂
@@chops34🧢🤧
@@DosSantos721 ^ and tell me I’m lying Giannis don’t hurt his back Heat get swept Tatum don’t roll his ankle first come back from being down 3 games
Bro is sleeping on the heat
That beef between Mad Dog and JJ is real lol
Another year, another miami sleeper smh, i dont understand how people can keep sleepin on a team who made 3 ecf in the last 4 years, 2 finals, one shot away from 3 finals, and made the finals last year missing a 20 ppg scorer in tyler herro all playoffs.
I'm just here to say Monica can straight get the business, I mean that thang looking nice today 🥴
Miami still being disrespected
DB Jumped in the air and faded away out of bounds, and makes it. Insane!
Monica 💞❤️
The heat over the Lakers
😂😂😂😂 nah they would of dominated the heat you are slow who’s gonna guard ad, bron, rui, and reaves no one on the heat sorry come again 😂😂😂
heat always disrespected unbelievable
they were the 8th seed and only got so far because of giannis and tatum injury
@@J.J.Redick they have been to three conference finals in the last 4 years and two nba finals
@@J.J.Redickherro, Jimmy, dipo injured Gianni’s actually came back
@@J.J.Redick what about the Lakers? See this is why I can with you people. You're logic is extremely flawed! The Heat made the finals for Gods sake. 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️ Lakers were a play in team and yet you act like they deserve to be on the last more than a team that actually managed to make the finals and win a game against the Nuggets...
@@J.J.Redick they got so far because they flat out outplayed Milwaukee and Boston. Jimmy rolled his ankle too but he isn’t a little girl about it like Tatum who was all too happy to use it as an excuse for choking when it counted yet again
Screamin A be throwing up gang sings when he gets animated lol
They hated to tell Stephan A his list was actually good. It killed them to give him any props 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
His list is mid AF
@@iluvcakes19 how? The only argument is the suns..
@@drakeheinz1375 Lakers
@@iluvcakes19 you want them up?
@@iluvcakes19lakers aren’t a contending team rn
I agree with your Top 5 NBA Contenders!
Nikola Jokic didn't need two all star teammates to win a championship. Kevin Durant apparently needs two all-star teammates to win.
boston over gs is crazy 😂😂😂
@@dnotelewis4039 Draymond is leaving, Steph and Thompson not getting younger anymore. GS gonna be in a play in next year.
He just smoothly called JJ Eminem😂
Steph and and Warriors love bounce back seasons. They’ll be in the Finals next year.
Nobody’s stopping Jokic on that team and Denver got 3 point shooters all around
You know that the way to the Finals leads through Denver, right?
Lol. The warriors are finished. They ain't doing nothing
Lol I don't know why I can't help but laugh at Molly every time she says something
Beal is reliable more than harden and cp3 they did get better offensively but that defense lacks and the bench they need someone like serge and Adams
Dwight howard??
The Heat disrespect after they made the finals after beating the bucks and celtics.
Because everyone knows they’re just over achievers and without a real 2nd star they won’t win it all.
@@ejp507 I dunno, they've been over-achieving pretty consistently the last four years. Two Finals appearances and one ECF? At some point the league has to acknowledge that this is just regular achieving for them.
@@ejp507 🙄🙄 then that makes the Lakers pretenders, right?
@@iluvcakes19 the lakers were the best team statistically after the all star break, but they’re also missing a piece or two. I wouldn’t have them as a top 5 contender, but they’re definitely not pretenders anymore.
@@emilymesch7537 They’re still over achieving, they have no superstar and play with a lot of heart. When role players start shooting over 50% from the 3 after shooting it terribly in the regular season ofc it’ll do wonders for your team, But talent at the end of the day wins it all. It’s embarrassing for the bucks and Celtics to lose but they’re 0-2 in the finals now for a reason.
respectfully thats more of a new Big 2 and a half. at most.
I really hope Phoenix trade ayton to fill out that roster
yup trade ayton and put good role bench players.
With Ayton’s contract their really is no market for him. At least not for what the Suns want die him.
@@javiersilva1577 false according to Shams Phoenix rn is getting a ton of calls for Ayton. It was just reported
Who's going to defend Joker,Embid,Freak,AD if they trade Ayton?
@@javiersilva1577 Howard bout to be back in the league. Ayton gonna be in demand too.
1. Nuggets
2. Lakers (need a big to play wit AD)
3. Celtics (need a pure point guard)
4. Bucks (need to get past Celtics)
5. Warriors (need a defensive big)
6. Suns (need a bench and defensive players)
Celtics led the whole east for the entire season until like the last 15 games. The celtics destroyed the bucks every time they played when JB and Tatum. Bucks barely beat the celtics without JB and JT in overtime
Thank you. Boston beat them by 40 the last game they played and our role players took their starters to OT.
Bucks barely came out of 2nd gear due to injuries and Middleton trying to get right yet still finished as the 1 seed. Playoffs is a different animal and Boston are their own worst enemy. If teams are fully healthy then I would take the Bucks in a 7 game series.
@anthonymercado8126 last year yet they won that series and when Milwaukee played boston like 4 times this previous season they barely one the one game they did win in overtime @ Milwaukee against Boston bench 🤣 Middleton and Giannis played those games but okay.
Bucks were never healthy. and 2)last season is no longer relevant. Stop living in the past. Bucks will get healthy and now have a new coach who isn't stubborn.
@@jayvv_s Agagin, past seasons are no longer relevant. Bucks also have a new coach., Boston fans aren't real bright.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
YOU KEEP IGNORING THE HEAT BUT THE HEAT KEEPS ON IGNORING YOUR PREDICTION
Imagine picking the Celtics over the heat
That's not a crazy pick though?
Celtics are a better team though.
@@Cincy1988lol 3-0
@@Cincy1988get the McD**k out your mouth
Crazy how they blame the whole series on him turning his ankle game 7, Miami had so many injuries in the playoffs, how was Boston better??
This is a good list.
The fact the heat eliminated 2 out top 3 is crazy they not top 5 😂but aye let it play out
Last year is irrelevant.
Love him or hate him. You gotta love Stephen a
Heat just made it to the finals and we’re gonna pretend the Lakers deserve to be on that list?..
Right?!
The Heat aren’t better than a healthy lakers squad put them in 7 games they would get demolished by la like the nuggets did them they are too small stop it y’all are delusional we are talkin about overall team and players on the team buddy and the chemistry if they had a whole season together 😂😂😂😂
Dame is a perfect fit on Philly and could have been in Phoenix.
Thank you for making this video. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I like all sports in general. I do follow the NBA during the playoffs. Stephen A is so emphatic with his opinions that you start to believe it's fact. He is such a character. God bless him.
the heat not making this list after making like 4 conference finals and 2 finals is crazy. how long do they need to stay winning before y'all stop w that 'no talent' 'bad team good coach' bs
LOL they were in teh play in tournament last season. They went on a fluke run. Get real.
Imagine having the Celtics over the Heat 😂
The Celtics might be better than Miami next season because they have kristaps porzingis
🗣🗣🗣MIAMI HEAT🔥🔥🔥🔥
How the Bucks and Celtics are up there but not the team that beat both of them
Because last season is irrrelevant. LOL at clowns still acting like last season means anything anymore. Giannis >>>>>>>> any player on the entire Heat team.
@@chriskay1449 And lost 2 out of 3 series against the Heats since Jimmy got there
Soon as i was about to ask bout the dubs he said something 😂
I wouldn't worry if Westbrick gets put on the bench. He's going to start a lot since I expect CP3 to miss at least 30 games next to Kawhi and PG-13.
Stop the westbrick stiff already its corny asf
Giannis got hurt AND coach's brother died in a car crash accident DURING the serie!! Buck were just unlucky AF
AF!!
I think CP3 would work better with Kawhi since Kawhi moves too slow. While Clips can use Russ off the bench to speed up the pace. We can confuse teams with pace.
Russ is not coming off the bench, he’s a starter.
Imagine the suns being the best competition for the nuggets in the playoffs and they didn’t have their starting PG and y’all sittin here sayin they don’t have a chance with Bradley Beal . Use y’all common sense
Suns bench bouta be filled with door dash drivers
That's an upgrade from last year
I’m available
5 man roster 😂
This is a cringe take.. 🤦🏿♂️.. they actually got better.
Shout out to jj for finally giving book his flowers.
After Miami doesn’t land any big names they need to go get Colin Sexton. He slept on heavily and if he can stay healthy he gone eat in the right situation.
Warriors or Heat deserves #5 and pull out Lakers and put Suns on #4.
This. Right now the Lakers don't deserve to be on this list. The Heat absolutely do.
The best way to describe the Suns trade is that they had an old beat up pick up truck and traded it for a 2023 Toyota Camry
Lol Lakers over the Suns is wild. The Suns got the most games off the Nuggets and the Lakers got the least. In fact they couldn't even get one.. And yet they're above the Suns without making any moves?
In fact, all games in the Nuggets - Lakers series were pretty close, which you cannot say for the series with the Suns, especially the game 6.
@@01mentdon’t matter whether it’s by 1 or 20, a sweep is a sweep, they couldn’t even get a gentlemen’s sweep, suns was the more challenging opponent for the nuggets
@@elm4380 It is true that the Suns put the biggest challenge to the Nuggets in these playoffs...
I like this because everytime they do not mentions the worriers as contender they come back and win the championship
Year 21, age 39 Lebron, still good enough to be top 2 on a championship level team? That’s absurd. I got my Lakers at 4-5th best odds right now but if we keep Reaves and Rui and get a little more shooting and front court depth we could jump to top 2
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😂😂😂
Aye man, I appreciate the commitment to your team…
Replace the Laker with the Warrios
how soon jj forget how special brooklyn harden was
The Heat not in the top 5 is so disrespectful
Bro over who
@@tarik_barnes how about the team the 2 teams they beat? How about the team that got swept by the Nuggets. Make it make sense.
@@tarik_barnesbucks, celtics
@@Shortballa11 facts bro facts
@@rodgalaurius7956 no they shouldn’t be
F*%k that list… Monica looks amazing!
Kd is a better gm than lebron😂😂😂
only rings KD got was when he wasn't being a GM
Can y’all please stop the Booker Kobe comparisons. He’s nothin like Kobe!
The reason the Sun's big three has a better chance to win it all than the big three that KD had in Brooklyn is that he is actually playing with grown men now and not entitled children. Imagine playing with two other star player's that actually want to come to work and not make excuses, it's nearly mind boggling.
don’t forget the coach, Vogel is more of a defensive minded coach and has experience compare to rookie offensive coach Nash.
They all get hurt alot
S.A.S got flows it's little one liners but he will say some slick stuff
Wait a second. Wasn't there a team that just took out both the Bucks *and* the Celtics? It's okay. Keep disrespecting Miami. They'll be back in the Finals next year, whether you predict them to be or not.
It was impressive but lets be real it was an outlier
Giannis got hurt; that's the only way the Heat could beat them.
@@SplashBandicoot5 Three ECFs and two Finals in four years is not an outlier.
LOL These heat fans love to live in the past. You got lucky because Giannis got hurt. Enjoy watching the playoffs at home next season.
@@fishamaphone Being an 8 seed IS an outlier. You ain't going to do that again. Also, you still haven't won a title since LaBron left.
Molly already thinks the Suns will win 🤣🤣
Always with the excuses and No Miami love like always lol.
I like that the Dubs are being counted out. They play better as the underdogs than when theyre in the spotlight.
Lakers will be Play in contenders again.
Exactly
Molly really wanted to say something lol. She reminds me of my little sister when we was little.
Brooklyn big 3 > suns big 3
Let’s not underrate Harden’s impact on getting Kyrie and KD EASY shots
Brooklyn big 3 was a disaster. Suns will be better.