Kendrick Perkins explains why the Suns should be the favorite to win the West 👀 | First Take
The First Take crew discuss how many teams can beat the Suns and what would be considered a success for the Lakers this season.
0:00 How many teams can beat the Suns?
2:20 Chris Canty explains why the Warriors can beat the Suns
4:15 Chris Carlin explains why the Grizzlies can beat the Suns
7:00 How far do the Lakers have to go to be considered a success?
9:15 Chris Canty thinks the Lakers have a chance to make a run in the West
11:10 Chris Carlin says all he has heard are excuses for the Lakers
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I swear Perkins kept going against the Suns
Thank you GSW.. the Warriors are not old, they are championship ready and their best defenders has been rested GP2 and A Wiggs..
Perk was saying the suns can't win the west lmao
Lakers Suns perfect match
He just said Lakers yesterday 😂
It's not of the best shooter it's of the best player
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Suns' depth is questionable & KD underperformed last Playoffs… I just cannot pick Suns to go all the way to Western Finals. I pick Denver.
Did perk flip flop
1. Milwaukee Bucks
2. Phoenix Suns
3. Boston Celtics
4. Golden State Warriors
Toss
Philadelphia 76ers
Los Angeles Lakers
LA Clippers
Denver Nuggets
Cleveland Cavaliers
New York Knicks
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
New Orleans Pelicans
Sacramento Kings
Brooklyn Nets
Atlanta Hawks
Celtics better be careful with the Heat. Always dangerous in the playoffs. They're more dangerous than what their regular season record shows. My top 4 were all finalists during the last 2 Finals. And the Finals is about repetition. Seeing the same teams make it year after year.
I see only 3 teams winning it all which are my top 3: Bucks, Suns, and Celtics. I know it's chalky, but NBA results are usually chalky with a 7-game series that always weeds out the best of the best. No time to act cute like Skip Bayless picking longshots like the Sixers. No Cinderellas in the NBA Finals. This isn't the NCAA or NFL when teams catches a lucky break since every game is a do-or-die situation.
I'm only putting the Warriors 4th because if there is one team I know who can turn on the switch, it's them. Last year, they finished 10-7. Not exactly ending the regular season in a flurry. But once they got Denver, it's like watching the Clippers play the Lakers. Took an adrenaline shot and started playing like the WARRIORS they're supposed to be. The playoffs is the Warriors' caffeine like the Lakers are to the Clippers.
The poor REGULAR SEASON road record from the Warriors is completely overblown. It's the REGULAR SEASON. Yes, they'll start every playoff series on the road. You don't think they can steal one? I'll bet Warriors win Game 1 if say they get Sacramento. Instead of ending it in 5 games like they did twice last year, they can end it in 6. They only need to win 1 road game in every series.
With that said, I'm still not sure the Warriors will repeat. I don't want to go against KD if the Suns and Warriors do face off. Perhaps the hunger in the Warriors isn't there. Klay is much better this year than last year when he was barely coming back but Poole has regressed after getting his bag. Then the toxicity Draymond created after punching him. But you can't toss the Warriors just yet. Been to 6 Finals in the last 9 years. That's not a team you should dismiss so quickly.
Warriors better win their last 2. One loss and they can drop all the way to 8th. My Clippers better try to win their last 2 because the Pelicans own the tiebreaker over us. The Lakers' tiebreaker over the Warriors should push the Warriors to win @ Sac and @ Portland. And the Pelicans' tiebreaker over my Clippers is pushing us to win Portland and @ Phoenix. And don't ignore Minny either.
If the Clippers, Warriors, Lakers, and Pelicans win their last 2 games…
5. Clippers (44W)
6. Warriors (44W)
7. Lakers (43W)
8. Pelicans (43W)
Timberwolves can do my Clippers a big favor if they beat the Pelicans at home on Sunday since Minny is desperate too. And I'm thinking Suns will rest their players since they have nothing to play for. Kawhi better play in that B2B. If we lose and Pelicans win out, we're going to have a Clippers vs. Lakers play-in game. I don't like my Clippers' chances without Paula Abdul Boy George who will probably wear a Kobe shirt in that game. Has such a man crush on Kobe like dudes crushing on Tupac because he's handsome.
Wat perk KD going to play whole game No beach stop it Kmon bruh
Stop it the first time hitting seven three’s. So next will be 16 yrs from now lmao 😢
Perk literally two weeks ago was saying we shouldn't trust the suns now it's they should be the favorites lol
All the Warriors have to do is win 1 road game in a series to switch the home court advantage so that’s actually not a bad pick
The new NBA slogan should be, "If he's healthy"
Kendrick is a racist
The same Kd who got swept by Boston last year. Warriors, Lakers, Clippers will beat them, they don't have any defense lmao
Kendrick is a nutcase, a mental case….this numbnutt thinks the Lakers are winning the West…..they are going to get smoked, charcoaled, shallacked by any of the top 4 seeded teams….
Perkins suck
Big facts to LeBron putting that garbage team together. Rob fixing that mess gets props
Gregg Popovich (1,365) is the only active coach with more wins than Doc 1,095 (9th all time) Erik Spoelstra is sitting at 703. Pop will retire soon and Doc will pass him and it will be a very long time before Spo catches Doc… Put some respect on Doc name! 5 of the coaches with more wins than Doc don’t even have rings. Steve Kerr the only coach with rings that can go up with Pop, Riley and Phil, but he ain’t got the wins yet. Doc a great.
Warriors are frauds
Didn’t know ESPN signed Alex Jones to a contract
Lol 😂 perkin you said grizzly you said nuggets
7:39
As a die hard laker fan I don't see this happening
TJ Warren, Terrence Ross, Cam Payne and Landry Shamet can easily get you 40-50 off the bench. My only concern as a Suns fan is Monty Williams. He plays favorites and holds guys back who can contribute if he would actually run plays for them. Seeing Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jalen Smith come into their own after Monty limited them in times when we needed them in previous playoff matches makes me doubt he can coach the team to a championship. He's still limiting DA. Nobody on this team needs more than 15 shots a game. How is an opponent gonna scout. Ain't no team in the NBA scouting and having an answer to guard 8 Mfs. Like how tf do you DNP TJ Warren for Torey Craig and Ish Wainwright??? 🤦🏾♂️ And as soon as you play TJ he starts hooping. Like I don't trust him to make smart decisions. Suns need to promote Monty to the front office and get a real coach. He's served his purpose he changed the culture for the better but he's not a good coach at all.
Giannis is not better than kd boy
ESPN back sucking off a 7th seed🙄
The Warriors aren’t Brady because they didn’t cheat to win. Brady isn’t good. I take that back, he’s good, but he’s not great, and he certainly isn’t excellent, and he’s as much of the GOAT as Phillip Rivers, it’s a ridiculous thing to say.
He said the suns weren’t it lmao
Perk is definitely a Warriors hater
Perk keep trying go viral omg
I love the memphis hate. Keep that energy
Fat Perk "post to be" a pro??? Pathetic!!
Warriors are not being televised on TNT or ESPN!! Basically at all this year & Steph's the biggest name in the Game. I don't get it
Someone has to hold this clown accountable at this point….. the past couple days and weeks he been talking down on the Suns now he is flip flopping like the usual. This guy needs to be removed from TV asap man 🤦🏾♂️😭😭
I'm sorry didn't AD only drop 17 points against the clippers? Perk needs to relax
Don’t sleep 💤 on Sactown
Nuggets sat all their starters lol and suns barely pulled out the win
How u gone say you dk if KD & Book & the crew will be on the floor together and turn around and Not say the say about AD & Bron. Perk make it make sense
I’m a lakers fan and I know that take is bad
The quality of analysts is pathetic
Lakers would be a much better team if lebron never went there
Perk makes everyone dumber for listening to him
Laughing at Memphis is a mistake.🤦🏽♂️
Mann I like this white dude he be on point💪🏾🔥
You can tell this white guy is one of the Lebron's trolls on social media.
He brings up the grizzlies or the warriors. These denver nuggets are gunna change the whole conversation come playoffs
Must be kidding me the Suns are the favorite to win the West they won a game last night that went down to the final minutes of the game with not one starter on the opposing team. The Denver Nuggets played all reserves, and the suns played all starters. but they are the favorites, right?
Didn’t KD get swept last year?? Didn’t Cris Paul pull his usual choking act ?