My prediction is that no team will win the finals lebron will get there and say “no, not like this” and walk away and the NBA will end on a cliffhanger
The rockets picked up dillon brooks for his dance moves. With the way he moves those hips, theres no way Udoka will get distracted by a staff member. He'll be blowin that brooksie back out
In my opinion, the Steven Adams loss kind of sinks Memphis's season. I'm not saying they're going to be awful or something, but they weren't the same last year after he was injured. Maybe they'll trade for a big and manage to steady the ship that way. But I don't see a clear replacement out there. Robert Williams could help, but he doesn't play anything like Adams does. They're also still without Brandon Clarke. If we see him at all this year, it's going to be at least halfway into the season. When you combine that with the Ja injury, I'm just not very high on them despite how much respect I have for their coaching staff and front office.
big fan but i have a tip. you could have done each conference in separate videos. helps to keep the video shorter and gives you 2 vids for the price of 1
Rusty: this team is going to be better than last years: this team is going to be better than last years: this team is going to be better than last years:, Its gonna be SOME LONG ASS PLAYOFFS
@@kettlemypedals You're probably right but I think there are some teams that we either think had a good off-season where fit or health will be worse than we think. and some teams that we think will be healthier only to be hit by the injury bug again. NBA is way to unpredictable Bro
I don’t think brooklyns as bad as you think. They made some great moves over the summer. Simmons seems primed to get back to form, Claxton is super underrated as a center, and Mikal is a beast and a full season of him as the #1 option should be a pretty fun team to watch. I expect them to be around 6th seed at best.
Regarding the Grizzlies: i think you either did not consider or entirely undervalued how impactful Steven Adams is to that defense, and losing him for the year will be much more detrimental than you might be considering. Regarding the Pels: i dont think anyone denies how good the Pels are when Zion plays, but we also dont like to dabble in fantasies like Zion playing for too long, lest we lose a grip on the reality that he would prefer to sit if he got a paper cut 😂
You didn't have a lot of nice things to say about my Pistons last year, or even this off-season. But I hope this season you come around to seeing how special this restoration to greatness truly is.
Yeah definitely I think what Luka actually needs is an all star big man he needs a pick and roll player who he can bounce off of pass too and throw the lob too. That plus a lot of defensive players around him who can catch and shoot
Jordan poole is gonna have the same star turn as gilbert arenas. Luka will finally win mvp. And its gonna be clippers vs bucks in the finals. With us finally getting clippers vs lakers in the playoffs
Brooklyn will be a pretty good offense as long as Ben stays aggressive . Idk what your talking about rusty. They have the pieces to be on the high side of middle of the pack specifically because of their defense . Offense may even be good sue to been a passing ability and the fact that the team is full of people who have no issues playing a role, chemistry will be craazy good.
last year was the first year they had a team capable of doing shit 😭if they dont make the playoffs its gonna be obviously embarrassing and disappointing but sga's still a top 10 player
Please rate these players peaks 1-4. Russell Westbrook, Steve Nash, CP3, and D. Rose. p.s. I love the predictions videos, some of these are bound to be great and some horribly wrong lol
Bold prediction- OKC is going to cash in some draft capital for an all star veteran player of some sort. Someone to lead the young guys in the playoffs
My prediction is Zion will play 60+ games and the Pelicans still won't be very good. I say this even though I'm a Pelicans fan. They're already decimated by injuries and the season hasn't even started. Trey Murphy is an absolutely critical piece for their 3pt volume. They're going to lose a bunch of games this year simply because they hit 6-7 threes and the other team hits 15+. Additionally, Nance is probably going to be out a while. He's their closing center. And Alvarado and Herb Jones are both dealing with injuries too. I think Zion is going to have the best year of his career, and it's not going to matter because the Pelicans are cursed.
@@Enlightened_SpursFan haha oops, I meant to put them in last in the west. With all due respect, I just don’t think wemby will play a ton of minutes and games this season and other bottom tier teams in the west have more overall talent.
Don't know about Ivey being traded. Bojan has a better chance of being traded with his value at its peak. Ivey would only be traded if the player we're receiving is just too good to pass up on.
My man is a serial Suns hater. Suns: Great off season, solve locker room issues by trading Ayton, show in preseason that their offense is more movement based than expected. Rusty: I'm gonna ignore all of that, 2nd round exit. Pelicans: We did absolutely nothing over the offseason, our team barely made the play in and Zion never had a 50 game season. Rusty: I'm gonna ignore all of that, I believe! Lmao
As a Houston fan, between KPJ's, situation we'll call it, and Dillon Brooks being terrible, I think Amen will be getting plenty of minutes, especially if Van Fleet is still sub 40% from the field, I think Whitmore is gonna be the one who gets screwed on minutes.
The Payton Prichard take is absolutely insane, 0 defense and is relegated to camping in the corner in the playoffs bc his handle and playmaking isn’t good enough to justify having the ball in his hands. Grant Williams is so much better than Payton, they’ll regret choosing Payton over grant for years
Saying Austin reeves is good while saying Dillon is bad is poor analysis. Dillon is a much better player, Austin has a better team. Organizationally and team wise the leadership for Austin was stacked in his favor and vastly underperforms compared to Dillion. Austin’s best numbers are Dillon’s bad nights.
Did you just say you expect PP to show he’s one of the best PGs in the NBA? Ima give you the benefit of the doubt and assume maybe you meant one of the best backups…? Or one of the best value PGs bc of his contract? It’s hard for me to even think he’s going to be one of the best backups. I mean they have Jrue and White, I don’t expect him to play like 25MPG or something lol. If he can be a + in the regular season for like 15-18MPG that’d be a huge jump for him, and if he can be a + AT ALL in the playoffs, even for like 10MPG (non garbage time) that’s a massive leap. PG is such a deep position in the NBA. It depends on who you define as a PG, who’s a backup, etc…but just to name some good ones or young guys who could be real good backups: Nembhard, Brogdon, Tyus, (could backup Poole, could play some together, could get traded) Alvarado, Jevon, IQ, Sexton ig, Cole, McConnell, Shake, Isaiah Joe is sort of a backup pg, Melton, Hard. That’s e1 off the top of my head, not saying they’re all better…but I’d be shocked if he was better than the majority of this list. We’ll see, and again you prolly misspoke?
My predictions are that someone will get injured, and someone will get to the finals and win it. Plus LeBron will probably be gassed during the later games in the season. Since he’s old…
Idk why u so hard on the bulls, what other team can lose their offensive orchestrator n still be good!? Losing a good point guard n best defender there ain’t no being good after that.
My prediction is that no team will win the finals lebron will get there and say “no, not like this” and walk away and the NBA will end on a cliffhanger
lebron finna act like thanos and the rings 😂
hahahahahahahhahah
I think it's in the script fr
my prediction is that there WILL be a league MVP
And there will be a heated discourse surrounding it.
Huge if true.
I predict this will happen and have an impact on historical basketball discourse
But how does this effect lebrons legacy
My big prediction is there might be a basketball on the court this season
Disagree. Ok, time to watch the video now.
The rockets picked up dillon brooks for his dance moves. With the way he moves those hips, theres no way Udoka will get distracted by a staff member. He'll be blowin that brooksie back out
this comment is wild bro😭😭
Wtf??? 😭😭😭😭
you wildin bruh
Wtf😭. My team got a fat back Dillon
Isn't dillon brooks technically a staff member?
Gonna be a wild season; apparently every team is at least making the play in.
college style playoffs lol.
I predict another Finals for Jokic. Maybe not a ring but a Finals appearance at least
I don't think that's a hot take at all. Very probable actually. I'm hoping for a Bucks- Nuggets Finals personally
@@projectgraham414I know it is not a Hot Take, it was meant to be only a prediction and not a hot take
In my opinion, the Steven Adams loss kind of sinks Memphis's season. I'm not saying they're going to be awful or something, but they weren't the same last year after he was injured. Maybe they'll trade for a big and manage to steady the ship that way. But I don't see a clear replacement out there. Robert Williams could help, but he doesn't play anything like Adams does. They're also still without Brandon Clarke. If we see him at all this year, it's going to be at least halfway into the season. When you combine that with the Ja injury, I'm just not very high on them despite how much respect I have for their coaching staff and front office.
big fan but i have a tip. you could have done each conference in separate videos. helps to keep the video shorter and gives you 2 vids for the price of 1
i like this more
He usually does follow this formula. This is an odd one.
can’t wait for Payton Pritchard to become one of the best PG’s in the NBA
💯🦆
he was cooking everyone in the pre-season
@@Enlightened_SpursFan still… one of the best in the league is a massive stretch. maybe one of the best backup PG’s in the league.
PP > Magic and Steph just look at the numbers!! I’m thinking a 50 ppg 50-40-90 triple double season☘️☘️
Huhhhh cmon kid he’s alright but jesus
this will definitely be one of the seasons of all time, i predict someone will score the ball!!!
but what if nobody scores the ball :O
Rusty: this team is going to be better than last years: this team is going to be better than last years: this team is going to be better than last years:, Its gonna be SOME LONG ASS PLAYOFFS
Bro what’s crazy is he’s probably right. So many teams just got better and healthier this off-season it’s insane
@@kettlemypedals You're probably right but I think there are some teams that we either think had a good off-season where fit or health will be worse than we think. and some teams that we think will be healthier only to be hit by the injury bug again. NBA is way to unpredictable Bro
every year for me the frontrunners for the ecf are the bucks and the celtics and then we have the heat as the dark horse
It’s really been like that since the 19-20 season
Giannis and Jokic’s eyes in the thumbnail look hyper focused.
Lots of great predictions in this vid. Maybe do a video reacting to it
I don’t think brooklyns as bad as you think. They made some great moves over the summer. Simmons seems primed to get back to form, Claxton is super underrated as a center, and Mikal is a beast and a full season of him as the #1 option should be a pretty fun team to watch. I expect them to be around 6th seed at best.
ben simmons would have to be an all star again for them to be a 6th seed
Can they please give cam Thomas minutes?
@@ahobbyist9520 yes
You got more right than anyone I've ever witnessed.
I predict the jazz move Collin sexton and possibly THT for more picks and to give Keyonte more minutes
Regarding the Grizzlies: i think you either did not consider or entirely undervalued how impactful Steven Adams is to that defense, and losing him for the year will be much more detrimental than you might be considering.
Regarding the Pels: i dont think anyone denies how good the Pels are when Zion plays, but we also dont like to dabble in fantasies like Zion playing for too long, lest we lose a grip on the reality that he would prefer to sit if he got a paper cut 😂
my dark horse mvp is danilo galinari
You didn't have a lot of nice things to say about my Pistons last year, or even this off-season. But I hope this season you come around to seeing how special this restoration to greatness truly is.
Don't forget about the live pod: www.youtube.com/@alsorustybuckets/streams
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I agree with your take regarding the Mavs. I think they'll have a bounce back season.
Yeah definitely I think what Luka actually needs is an all star big man he needs a pick and roll player who he can bounce off of pass too and throw the lob too. That plus a lot of defensive players around him who can catch and shoot
appreciate the nostradamus reference lol
not the wolves one being like 20 seconds
I predict that Ja "There ain't no such thing as half-way crooks" Morant will finally keep that gun back in his strap.
Honest hawks fan, Trae and JJ are gonna each have dark horse MVP and MIP cases respectively. I’m deep in the Jalen MIP sauce
Damn i aint seen your vids in a min i forgot i was subscribed lol
My bold prediction is that this is the last NBA season.
People are going to say dame is the best PG in the world after this season
I already know he is
@@shadyorphan420😂
I think he has range beyond Curry.
@@ichirofakename Dame has the best range in the world. Even trae is arguably a better deep three shooter
@@ichirofakenamedefinitely not
Peyton Watson also gonna be another big piece for the nuggets bench
Jordan poole is gonna have the same star turn as gilbert arenas. Luka will finally win mvp. And its gonna be clippers vs bucks in the finals. With us finally getting clippers vs lakers in the playoffs
Luka 😂😂😂😂
You had me till you mentioned the cLippers
Brooklyn will be a pretty good offense as long as Ben stays aggressive . Idk what your talking about rusty. They have the pieces to be on the high side of middle of the pack specifically because of their defense . Offense may even be good sue to been a passing ability and the fact that the team is full of people who have no issues playing a role, chemistry will be craazy good.
Great vid Rusty, banger as always
Been waiting on this since the offeseason started
If OKC misses the playoffs for the 4th straight year can we please take SGA off his pedestal?
He’s only been on this pedestal for a year tho?
bro what??????
last year was the first year they had a team capable of doing shit 😭if they dont make the playoffs its gonna be obviously embarrassing and disappointing but sga's still a top 10 player
I appreciate the Dallas love this video thank you
in this sassy era, anything is possible
Please rate these players peaks 1-4. Russell Westbrook, Steve Nash, CP3, and D. Rose.
p.s. I love the predictions videos, some of these are bound to be great and some horribly wrong lol
Yeah I agree
Hahahha you didn't even watch the video
Bold prediction- OKC is going to cash in some draft capital for an all star veteran player of some sort. Someone to lead the young guys in the playoffs
Lookin clean rusty 👍🏾
Max just had a terrific debut with the Cavs. He may end up being MIP.
Great video Rusty but I'm not sure I agree with your reasoning for Bol Bol making All NBA this year.
My prediction is Zion will play 60+ games and the Pelicans still won't be very good. I say this even though I'm a Pelicans fan. They're already decimated by injuries and the season hasn't even started. Trey Murphy is an absolutely critical piece for their 3pt volume. They're going to lose a bunch of games this year simply because they hit 6-7 threes and the other team hits 15+. Additionally, Nance is probably going to be out a while. He's their closing center. And Alvarado and Herb Jones are both dealing with injuries too. I think Zion is going to have the best year of his career, and it's not going to matter because the Pelicans are cursed.
My standings predictions: west- Den, phx, sac, gs, lal, min, lac, nop, mem, okc, dal, uta, por, hou, sas
East- Bos, mil, cle, nyk, phi, mia, chi, atl, tor, brk, ind, orl, det, wsh, cha
i guess spurs don't exist :( why no one pay attention to spurs, we have a great city
@@Enlightened_SpursFan haha oops, I meant to put them in last in the west. With all due respect, I just don’t think wemby will play a ton of minutes and games this season and other bottom tier teams in the west have more overall talent.
Marcus Smart is going to turn into his true form, a Grizzly, and will take Memphis to the finals where Ja will shoot Dame and Giannis to claim ring #1
My prediction is that the team that is remaining after the last series played will be the nba champion
Don't know about Ivey being traded. Bojan has a better chance of being traded with his value at its peak. Ivey would only be traded if the player we're receiving is just too good to pass up on.
Can't believe you left out Peyton Watson for the Nuggets
This IS the 23-24 NBA season
My man is a serial Suns hater.
Suns: Great off season, solve locker room issues by trading Ayton, show in preseason that their offense is more movement based than expected.
Rusty: I'm gonna ignore all of that, 2nd round exit.
Pelicans: We did absolutely nothing over the offseason, our team barely made the play in and Zion never had a 50 game season.
Rusty: I'm gonna ignore all of that, I believe!
Lmao
Prayers up that the Rusty curse doesn’t affect your team!
my team is already cursed but rusty still worries me
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDY!!! theres my shout out. 😁
Dillion gonna be in the league for a while buddy
Ausar Thompson should have been mentioned here...He s quite something..
Dillon Brooks hate Dillon Brooks hate is crazy
Don't sleep on those Houston Rockets! 35 wins minimum and will sniff a play-in spot even if they don't make it!
Milwaukee vs Miami ECF
Denver vs OKC WCF
my prediction:
champs: hornets
finals mvp: terry rozier
mvp: wemby
dpoy: wemby
roty: wemby
6man: lebron james
The last person to have as good a connection with Halliburton as Tippon was dick Cheney
Can't wait for Marjon Beauchamp to be the next MVP
As a Houston fan, between KPJ's, situation we'll call it, and Dillon Brooks being terrible, I think Amen will be getting plenty of minutes, especially if Van Fleet is still sub 40% from the field, I think Whitmore is gonna be the one who gets screwed on minutes.
Still waiting for that top 75
Hilarious thumbnail
25 PPG for tyrese Maxey is ridiculous 😭
Nah he’ll be good for that. Harden not gonna be mentally present and those a lot of those touches will go to maxey on top of what he already does
The Payton Prichard take is absolutely insane, 0 defense and is relegated to camping in the corner in the playoffs bc his handle and playmaking isn’t good enough to justify having the ball in his hands. Grant Williams is so much better than Payton, they’ll regret choosing Payton over grant for years
😂😂😂 Boy were you wrong
There is a problem on the timeline. You didn't include the wizards in the right way so it doesn't show up on the video
SOMEBODY is gonna win the championship
Wtf is up with thumbnail
What’s your fav Pink Floyd album?
Saying Austin reeves is good while saying Dillon is bad is poor analysis. Dillon is a much better player, Austin has a better team. Organizationally and team wise the leadership for Austin was stacked in his favor and vastly underperforms compared to Dillion. Austin’s best numbers are Dillon’s bad nights.
Hearing the Pacers get some legit recognition makes me jump for not💙💛
INDY GAHNTA PLAYOFFFFFFFSSSS
Did you just say you expect PP to show he’s one of the best PGs in the NBA? Ima give you the benefit of the doubt and assume maybe you meant one of the best backups…? Or one of the best value PGs bc of his contract? It’s hard for me to even think he’s going to be one of the best backups. I mean they have Jrue and White, I don’t expect him to play like 25MPG or something lol.
If he can be a + in the regular season for like 15-18MPG that’d be a huge jump for him, and if he can be a + AT ALL in the playoffs, even for like 10MPG (non garbage time) that’s a massive leap. PG is such a deep position in the NBA.
It depends on who you define as a PG, who’s a backup, etc…but just to name some good ones or young guys who could be real good backups: Nembhard, Brogdon, Tyus, (could backup Poole, could play some together, could get traded) Alvarado, Jevon, IQ, Sexton ig, Cole, McConnell, Shake, Isaiah Joe is sort of a backup pg, Melton, Hard. That’s e1 off the top of my head, not saying they’re all better…but I’d be shocked if he was better than the majority of this list. We’ll see, and again you prolly misspoke?
The comments on this video are beautiful
My Prediction- The Miami Heat do the "Impossible", & win the 2024 NBA Championship
That would be one of 2 scenarios I’d be okay with if my team doesn’t make it
I can see the suns winning 60+ games and getting bounced in the 2nd round
My predictions are that someone will get injured, and someone will get to the finals and win it. Plus LeBron will probably be gassed during the later games in the season. Since he’s old…
What did Dillon Brooks do this man ? 😂
Also Reaves got exposed in the fiba world cup by unknown Lituanian players he's not HIM
I think the nuggets will be out in the 2nd round but they are ofc title contenders
100% depends on how the seeding ends up
Idk why u so hard on the bulls, what other team can lose their offensive orchestrator n still be good!? Losing a good point guard n best defender there ain’t no being good after that.
Predict the wizards will win only 10 games
Anfernee Simmons is gonna avg 27 and jordan poole is gonna avg 22-ish...dis guy is high....
Rusty hating on the Suns what else is new lol
Zion is gonna gain at the bare minimum 55 pounds
Jonathan kuminga will win MIP
the pronunciation would be sth like "Haimeh Hack'es" or "Haimeh Hacketh" if you speak with an European Spanish accent
Og and siakam for ivey and wiseman +whoever in order for salaries to match
The Raptors would never accept that trade in a million years.
Knicks vs Kings Finals
You're just silly for that 😂
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embiid second round exit
I think you need to do more research if you think that beal is a better playmaker than booker.
I feel like I’m the only one w who thinks Payton Pritchard isn’t that good.
Clippers look like the sleeper pick
JOKICS IS LEBRONS DADDYYY
Pacers 6th seed, book it
Nah he really said Austin Reeves will average over 20ppg and that Kristaps will be an all star player…
he's right lol
Reaves is certainly capable. don’t think he’ll actually do it because hes needed as a facilitator but look at his playoff production.
Whaddabout da Knicks???
Gotta say first 3 games of the season Ayton has been trash. So glad the Suns got rid of him, Ayton and Landry Shamet.
My boldest prediction is that Jokic will record at least 1 point this year
I don't wanna be a hater but my take is that Russell Westbrook with miss a shot.