Although they wouldn't of made it i think the take wouldn't of been as crazy if duren wasn't injured at the start of the season. I think they would have gotten around the hornets win total if he was around
Oof, on the RotY, could have taken Chet as a hot take and it would have been fine since he was also a great rookie but Scoot over Wemby is rough. Easy to forget how high people were on Scoot, remember when the whole world laughed at Charlotte for taking Brandon Miller
Matt, to make you feel less bad, lets all share our worst takes from before this year. I said Sasha Vezenkov was going to be a fringe 20 PPG guy and be All rookie 1st team
After seeing Chet's summer league by preseason I was convinced OKC would be a 50 win team. Instead they won 57 lol. Though I also thought the Spurs would win 35 with an outside shot at the play-in. Never figured Pop would try to make Sochan and Branham starting PG the first 35 games of the season though in my defense.
All of Franz Wagners numbers are up this year except 3 point percentage. As an Orlando fan I can tell you he’s doing everything better and when he’s not been on the court due to injuries this team has suffered without him mainly because he’s an elite defender and attacker. Biggest issue with Paolo and Franz is they have no spacing around them
I was so excited for the Grizz take. Seriously you can bump all teams that ended above them up one ranking on your review since having that bad of an injury riddled season is unheard of. We witnessed history in the worst way, through injuries, but it was kinda amazing to see 33 players suit up for one team
The only one I really scratched my head on was Phoenix as a 2 seed. Older team with a weak bench, relying on injury-plagued players. They only cared about health headed into the playoffs and a title, not enough to compete for a #2 seed.
East - Coby White & Raptors as sellers were Bang on... Got the top and bottom seeds mostly right.... Got Magic , Hawks and Pacers completely wrong West - Spot on with many bottom and top picks Over estimated Lakers, Grizzlies & Suns Underestimated Clippers & Rockets Shit the bed with Thunder, Warriors & Timberwolves MVP pick not bad although I feel it's gonna be Luka MIP is not bad either...like atie between Maxey and White Got the Award Picks mostly wrong Shit the bed with ROY
I certainly whiff on a lot of predictions, but I don't understand how anyone was low on the Thunder, Magic, and Pacers going into the 2024 season. Those were the three most obvious breakout teams, imo.
i mean you werent too off about the thunder take. The play-in teams in the west were above .500 so its not a terrible take. I dont think anyone expected this kind of leap from OKC or the Timberwolves.
My hot take for this season is any team that hit 50 wins the Western Conference had a better season than the Celtics. The gap between the West and East has gotten pretty bad, and the advantage of getting 22 extra chances to play the bad teams in the East is a significant advantage people aren't looking at.
I was literally laughing my ass off seeing u rank the Thunder at 11 at the beginning of the year. It was funny because you were so reluctant to move them up in your power rankings throughout the season as well
I'm most surprised by the Kings prediction, of course behind the OKC take. The West just feels like it has 7 teams that are all play-in level (in the West at least), LAL LAC DAL NOP GSW MEM & a bad take from me was having SAS in that mix. I whiffed on the Kings pretty hard though, thought they were clearly better than all of those teams and put them as the #3 seed. SROS was spot on.
the thunders take wasnt that bad. sga took an mvp leap. chet had no nba minutes and he was an amazing immediate impact rookie on both ends. jdub took a leap as big as sga imo and became the perfect player. guys like cason wallace and aaron wiggins were amazing contributors as well. they were impossible to predict.
Wow Luka Missing the play in really made people think differently about superstars, but either way that Thunder take is... yikes I had the Bulls finish top 5 and winning a round, but I am biased
It takes courage and integrity to revisit predictions so you get a pass for anything close. A lot of people underestimated young teams in OKC and Orlando, but to be off by 10 seeds and 7 seeds respectively were your biggest misses. Not terrible altogether though.
I’d argue he was even more than disrespectful to the Hornets because he was anticipating the Hornets to finish 14th even assuming Melo and Mark Williams play more than a quarter of the season.
Memphis has been really good in past seasons without JA, and there was no reason to think they wouldn't still be competitive without him. Nobody would have predicted they would have gotten off to such a horrendous start, all the injuries and that JJJ would basically refuse to work on his weaknesses while regressing defensively.
@@jelu-ol6tw Nah, I thought the Grizzlies would be lucky to get the 10 seed even if Ja played the full season. I HATED the Marcus Smart deal for them. I think Boston had been looking to get rid of him for quite some time but took awhile to find a trade that wouldn't piss off fans.
Bro gets a pass on both the thunder & ROTY imo. A play in team to 1st seed is hard to guess but 11 seed is lowwwwwww. Would’ve been 3rd seed tho if Mavs didn’t hand them a game to see them in the 2nd round & avoid Denver. we haven’t seen anything like wemby so I get the hesitation and choosing a guy who we thought would be the dominant ball handler/go to option on the blazers. The scoot hate is justified but I remember ALOT of hornets fans livid they got miller over him.
I’m gonna say this if you looked back in your old videos u would see I was totally 100% right about the magic for two years now. Let’s see if I’m right about them making it to the 2nd round
Yeah dont beat yourself up on the Grizz take, we never saw the team on the floor. Record type of seasons for players used, starting lineups, games lost to injury, etc etc. It was an historically ridiculous injured season. It was hard to watch all 82 this year.
You were so wrong about the Magic and Matt did I not tell you that we were going to be a top 5 seed this year? Would love to collab with you on your podcast, now that you know i know my stuff.
I mean no one knew that Orlando was going to be that good right away I thought at least they were going to be in the play in at least but they are trending upwards right now
Sros you still think Mobley >Barnes ? I think the ppl who dunked on Scotty y2 have been quiet about mobley lack of Improvement on almost anything actually regressing offensively
Bro you’re so disrespectful to my hornets😂pretty much every guy we traded for before the deadline did amazing for us and helped us upset a bunch of teams that needed the win before the playoffs, we got better as much as we could having melo and mark out for the season, we were running grant williams and marques bolden at center for a few games cause both Richards and mark were out and we still found ways to win
You are too hard on yourself. Most of if not all of your predictions had an element of truth to them and were well reasoned. No one is going to pick them all correctly! 2 good videos.
Predicting the pistons to win the championship was bold
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What are you talking about?
Thunder missing the play-in is just as bad
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That OKC take was blazing hot, shot right into the sun.
I actually like your first take because probably my worst take of the season was predicting the Pistons to be a play-in team😭😭😭😭😭
Same brother lol
Although they wouldn't of made it i think the take wouldn't of been as crazy if duren wasn't injured at the start of the season. I think they would have gotten around the hornets win total if he was around
Ngl ihas them and Charlotte in there
Same it rlly looked like it
Oof, on the RotY, could have taken Chet as a hot take and it would have been fine since he was also a great rookie but Scoot over Wemby is rough.
Easy to forget how high people were on Scoot, remember when the whole world laughed at Charlotte for taking Brandon Miller
Props to you for sitting Thru this. None of these TV analysts would ever do this
They're paid to say wild takes that nobody would agree with to farm engagement
The preseason predictions are always fun to watch as an OKC fan 😂
Yep so many people said we were going to be a 8-11 seed
as a magic fan same lmao
raptors wasnt a bad take - them losing siakam and getting injured was rough
Matt, to make you feel less bad, lets all share our worst takes from before this year.
I said Sasha Vezenkov was going to be a fringe 20 PPG guy and be All rookie 1st team
I said the Sixers we’re gonna be the 1 seed and sweep the szn series w the Celtics 😂
my hot take was the thunder would be the best team in the west, i was kinda right but if people heard me say that 6 months ago they’d look at me funny
@@GladeAir-Freshener He said bad take, not hot take.
The west was so tough to predict this season, and the win totals were so close that most of these takes weren’t *that* far off in terms of wins
After seeing Chet's summer league by preseason I was convinced OKC would be a 50 win team. Instead they won 57 lol. Though I also thought the Spurs would win 35 with an outside shot at the play-in. Never figured Pop would try to make Sochan and Branham starting PG the first 35 games of the season though in my defense.
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Yeah because you definitely predicted them to be the one seed
@@jdubwinseven as an OKC fan I had them only top 5
@@jdubwinsI had them as a top 4 seed but never expected them as the one
I thought they’d be like 5-7 seed
Subbed. You got alot right. And unlike other so called gurus, you had the guts to do this video.
I’m a diehard OKC fan, but your reasoning to why OKC could finish as the 11th seed all made sense! We didn’t even expect them to get that #1 seed 💀
All of Franz Wagners numbers are up this year except 3 point percentage. As an Orlando fan I can tell you he’s doing everything better and when he’s not been on the court due to injuries this team has suffered without him mainly because he’s an elite defender and attacker.
Biggest issue with Paolo and Franz is they have no spacing around them
I remember when you said okc was gonna finish outside the play in in October and i was like what is sros thinking 😂
that OKC take is hilarious lmaooo
Lol that thunder take is funny
I was so excited for the Grizz take. Seriously you can bump all teams that ended above them up one ranking on your review since having that bad of an injury riddled season is unheard of. We witnessed history in the worst way, through injuries, but it was kinda amazing to see 33 players suit up for one team
The only one I really scratched my head on was Phoenix as a 2 seed. Older team with a weak bench, relying on injury-plagued players. They only cared about health headed into the playoffs and a title, not enough to compete for a #2 seed.
the pick scoot over wemby was nba twitter grade spicy lol
keep grinding!😤
East -
Coby White & Raptors as sellers were Bang on...
Got the top and bottom seeds mostly right....
Got Magic , Hawks and Pacers completely wrong
West -
Spot on with many bottom and top picks
Over estimated Lakers, Grizzlies & Suns
Underestimated Clippers & Rockets
Shit the bed with Thunder, Warriors & Timberwolves
MVP pick not bad although I feel it's gonna be Luka
MIP is not bad either...like atie between Maxey and White
Got the Award Picks mostly wrong
Shit the bed with ROY
I certainly whiff on a lot of predictions, but I don't understand how anyone was low on the Thunder, Magic, and Pacers going into the 2024 season. Those were the three most obvious breakout teams, imo.
i mean you werent too off about the thunder take. The play-in teams in the west were above .500 so its not a terrible take. I dont think anyone expected this kind of leap from OKC or the Timberwolves.
Orlando fan here…OOF 😅 had a good laugh cuz I knew you were BLATANTLY disrespecting them when I heard this at the beginning of the year lol
I mean I expected them to be a play-in team, but you all just tore it up this season!
Jaylen brown contending for an MVP is wild
My hot take for this season is any team that hit 50 wins the Western Conference had a better season than the Celtics. The gap between the West and East has gotten pretty bad, and the advantage of getting 22 extra chances to play the bad teams in the East is a significant advantage people aren't looking at.
Good seed predictions on the eastern conf
Actually amazing predictions
I was literally laughing my ass off seeing u rank the Thunder at 11 at the beginning of the year. It was funny because you were so reluctant to move them up in your power rankings throughout the season as well
I'm most surprised by the Kings prediction, of course behind the OKC take. The West just feels like it has 7 teams that are all play-in level (in the West at least), LAL LAC DAL NOP GSW MEM & a bad take from me was having SAS in that mix. I whiffed on the Kings pretty hard though, thought they were clearly better than all of those teams and put them as the #3 seed. SROS was spot on.
I did my own ranking and i overhyped the Lakers and Suns 😂
There’s being wrong. Then there’s having OKC as the 11 seed lol.
Yep :/
@@Sros1 still love you goat
Hypothetically speaking, there could be a parallel universe where OKC did finish 11. So good job covering grounds
cavs had HELLA injuries embiid was also hurt, your takes were on point ngl
the thunders take wasnt that bad. sga took an mvp leap. chet had no nba minutes and he was an amazing immediate impact rookie on both ends. jdub took a leap as big as sga imo and became the perfect player. guys like cason wallace and aaron wiggins were amazing contributors as well. they were impossible to predict.
You okay bud that was an awful take
Good video it’s actually really interesting knowing what you got right or wrong
Ngl i had scoot winning roty as well i thought he could put great numbers up under the radar while on the attention is towards wemby 😂
Thank you for sharing. I Enjoyed watching.
The thunder pick was somewhat hard to predict going in ROY you just whiffed. That was probably worse
Wow Luka Missing the play in really made people think differently about superstars, but either way that Thunder take is... yikes I had the Bulls finish top 5 and winning a round, but I am biased
People forget that the only reason the Mavs pissed the Playoffs last year is because they tanked.
Cuban even got fined for it.
This just proves how underrated the thunder are
It takes courage and integrity to revisit predictions so you get a pass for anything close. A lot of people underestimated young teams in OKC and Orlando, but to be off by 10 seeds and 7 seeds respectively were your biggest misses. Not terrible altogether though.
I’d argue he was even more than disrespectful to the Hornets because he was anticipating the Hornets to finish 14th even assuming Melo and Mark Williams play more than a quarter of the season.
As a mavs fan, You did get the gafford take correct, just not for the wizards.
How did you not say Chet at all😂😂
To be fair no one expected OKC to be that good let alone being the 1 seed so you shouldnt really be embarassed for that take
Okc I predicted at 6 seed 48 wins
And they even did better then that
You were right about demar
I had seeding predictions, and I put OKC at 10 and Orlando at 12 😭
im sorry i know im saying this in hindsight but how could you give the grizzlies the 3 seed with that ja suspension?
Memphis has been really good in past seasons without JA, and there was no reason to think they wouldn't still be competitive without him. Nobody would have predicted they would have gotten off to such a horrendous start, all the injuries and that JJJ would basically refuse to work on his weaknesses while regressing defensively.
@@DarkSideMaceWindu I guess I was the only one who knew memphis would start the season off bad without ja
@@jelu-ol6tw Nah, I thought the Grizzlies would be lucky to get the 10 seed even if Ja played the full season. I HATED the Marcus Smart deal for them. I think Boston had been looking to get rid of him for quite some time but took awhile to find a trade that wouldn't piss off fans.
16:40 At least you got the 11 seed being a .500 team.
Really dying on the hill of okc missing the play in😂
Bro gets a pass on both the thunder & ROTY imo. A play in team to 1st seed is hard to guess but 11 seed is lowwwwwww. Would’ve been 3rd seed tho if Mavs didn’t hand them a game to see them in the 2nd round & avoid Denver.
we haven’t seen anything like wemby so I get the hesitation and choosing a guy who we thought would be the dominant ball handler/go to option on the blazers. The scoot hate is justified but I remember ALOT of hornets fans livid they got miller over him.
it's funny because the okc take wasnt even a hot take at the time everybody was doubting them
damn the OKC take is crazy when u look at it, even tho it wasnt bad at the time
Probably should’ve waiting until the playoffs were over to react to this
The video said Bogdan Bogdanovic was a veteran on the Pistons and on the Hawks
As an OKC fan they even did better then I thought I had them top 4
As a OKC fan and after they swept the pelicans I feel a lot of disrespect 😂
l thunder take w kings take though
Im here where the Lakers and trying to stop another Denver sweep.
I’m gonna say this if you looked back in your old videos u would see I was totally 100% right about the magic for two years now. Let’s see if I’m right about them making it to the 2nd round
I had Orlando in the playin. Was kinda wrong
Wait how did I forget you had OKC at 11 😅
Yeah dont beat yourself up on the Grizz take, we never saw the team on the floor. Record type of seasons for players used, starting lineups, games lost to injury, etc etc. It was an historically ridiculous injured season. It was hard to watch all 82 this year.
You were so wrong about the Magic and Matt did I not tell you that we were going to be a top 5 seed this year? Would love to collab with you on your podcast, now that you know i know my stuff.
I mean no one knew that Orlando was going to be that good right away I thought at least they were going to be in the play in at least but they are trending upwards right now
As a thunder fan this is hilarious.
There were a few major L’s but they were shit the bed L’s OKC and ROTY🎉🎉🎉 so not bad
So many people thought scoot would be so much better than wemby. Haven't heard of scoot for the past 6 months or so
To be fair, west was so competitive. And who thought OKC would be the #1 seed?
Still tryna figure out why the hawks and bulls even allowed to compete for a playoff spot
Everyone was low on okc and magic
Thunder take was worse bc everybody thought they were good and scoot had so much hype and wemby could have got hurt
Magic fan - nice to review yourself. Wish the TV dudes would do the same.
Great content!
I think you did a good job, definitely a lot better than me.
Sros you still think Mobley >Barnes ?
I think the ppl who dunked on Scotty y2 have been quiet about mobley lack of Improvement on almost anything actually regressing offensively
Defensively yes. Overall no. Still think Cade goes #1, Scottie #2 in a redraft.
Not a bad take to think the spurs were gonna beat the pistons in The finals
Bro you’re so disrespectful to my hornets😂pretty much every guy we traded for before the deadline did amazing for us and helped us upset a bunch of teams that needed the win before the playoffs, we got better as much as we could having melo and mark out for the season, we were running grant williams and marques bolden at center for a few games cause both Richards and mark were out and we still found ways to win
13th seed in west vs 11 seed in west was a 15 game difference so not as close as you thought you were
They both missed the play-in who cares what their record was.
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OKC AS 11 HOLYYYYY I thought they were gonna be 6/7 but 11 eeeeeeeeeee
You are too hard on yourself. Most of if not all of your predictions had an element of truth to them and were well reasoned. No one is going to pick them all correctly! 2 good videos.
Who’s here after the suns got swept and the lakers got gentleman swept
Scoot Henderson 😂
Damn... even with chet winning roy... okc outta the play in...
So glad the magic proved everybody wrong
im not gonna clown your OKC take as i thought Suns was gonna beat the GSW record with a 75-7 or something like that...
scoot for sure worse than thunder. nobody predicted thunder being good but nobody had scoot roty
Man the west was tough huh lol
Your golden state prediction was way off to though
The Bucks made one of the dumbest moves of all time hiring Glenn Rivers
L on OKC as requested
Memphis and, magic, and OKC is the top 3 worst takes
cavs fell to 4 because they chose to, the Basketball Gods are going to spite them.
I warned you to change your okc prediction
Clippers had 4 more wins than the lakers
Only because you said so:
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good predics
fuck u talking bout 😭
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