Warriors near bottom, Lakers terrifying, Bucks undervalued on Nicks Tiers | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Warriors near bottom, Lakers terrifying, Bucks undervalued on Nicks Tiers | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Next to an underground poker tournament in Phoenix while watching shingon score 45 points on wemi an elite group of basketball exper experts afficianados and Dean Wade wow fought and toiled and burned the Midnight Oil to deliver the best basketball segment in all of sports media it’s an honor and a

Privilege to introduce the season debut of NBA tiers it is the season debut of NBA tiers and there is one announce before we get to oh good the committee yesterday asked me if we could invite Bruce sard given his longstanding history covering the league makes sense

To be a member of the committee and I told them Unfortunately The Odd Couple schedule will not allow it but maybe sometime down the road I but just that is not to mhm 7 or1 Eastern Fox Sports Radio and you guys burn them in that but

We start early we start yeah if you’re not there at the beginning so I’m kind of there a lot cuz I’m my source okay you know what all right first here we go listen we’re deep into the season so these teams already off the tiers there’s the relegation tier the sub

Relegation tier and the contraction tier which is I know the NBA is talking about adding teams maybe don’t add teams maybe just get rid of those two and put them in Vegas and Seattle but that leaves 18 teams still on the tiers let’s get right

To it bottom of the tiers get out of the playin just making the actual playoffs would be a great accomplishment the actual eight team playoffs for any of these teams I know people like hey Orlando’s fifth in the standings they are but they’re a half game out of being

In the playin for any of these teams just making the real tournament would be a good accomplishment none of them are going to win a round come the actual tournament all right tough out clear ceiling these are four tough teams that all should be proud of how they’ve

Played this season and all at various times maybe event the Cavs had I think a 17-2 stretch the Nick where the injuries hit them were looking really good the Pelicans after kind of being under the radar to start the year they found themselves you know right in the round

The 4 five line throughout most of the season and the Kings sneaky right around where they were last year but we know what their ceiling is all these teams have a round two sealing all these teams can win a round but I don’t think any of them can make the Conference Finals so

That is where they’re at who’s getting tricked sexy teams big names they all have a big three and somebody maybe somebody on this show is going to pick one of these teams to make the NBA Finals I know they’re going to be at least so there will be a lot of people

Who decide you know what it’s not going to be Denver who’s it going to be well the data says the Timberwolves are legit as long as the data doesn’t include every playoff series Rudy goar’s ever played in you look at all the talent you have in Los Angeles or in Phoenix people

Are going to be tricked by these teams they’re fun teams they’re interesting teams they can’t can’t make the NBA Finals terrifying for a series or two LeBron Luca ad Kyrie both of these teams for a week for two weeks for a month even can look awesome and you can feel

Like man you have the best player on the court they might have the best duel on the court can either of these teams win three straight series let alone four straight series the Lakers with their rotation and the lack of Defense at times and the coaching the Mavs was just

The outright you know allergy to defense lately the answer is probably not but you don’t want to see them across from you in the bracket at any point next lurking with questions for Philly they’re lurking because of how good they looked when embiid was there how great

Embiid was playing but the questions are embiid’s health and embiid’s playoff history for OKC it is just so much Youth and by the way I’ve been saying that the Thunder that s has never made the playoffs that’s obviously not true they made the playoffs when they had Chris

Pole since they have been this the young Thunder core they haven’t played in the post season but with Chad and Jaylen Williams and SGA they they they on paper look really good the questions are lack of experience oddly for the Sixers the question is all the experience being bad wildly

Undervalued Milwaukee and Miami for obvious reasons Milwaukee did what everybody asked them to do keep Giannis being awesome add a closer they’ve done that and maybe maybe they upgraded it coach I don’t know the doc stuff is confusing but there were real questions boter and Miami is just Miami which

Around this time every year starts turning it around and there is terrifying in the playoffs and right now nobody believes neither one of them so this is wildly undervalued Wilds Juggernaut Denver I think they’re really good Wilds thinks they’re inevitable I think Joker is one of the two best

Players in the league wilds and many others think he is Head and Shoulders the best player in the league they are right now the clear-cut favorite to win the West for a lot of people they’re the favorite to win the championship and then wild expectations and that is the

Boston Celtics they are right now A minus money favorite Brew against the field in the Eastern Conference they are a huge favorite just two to one to win the entire thing they have the fourth best point differential in the history of the NBA and they are the first team

Ever to win three games by 50 plus points they’re at the top of the first edition of the 2024 NBA tiers grou yeah that was very good I love the names the names are good and even if I disagree with where some of the teams are ranked

Names are good the one person that’s on both committees is Harold our English major cuz you don’t have to know the sports to be able to good with the be a Wordsmith so you know he’s on both but go ahead and I got a secret for you I

Came up with the tough out no okay okay I was on the phone last night at the Midnight Oil hour all right but anyway uh I’m going go with OKC and you said a lot of it I love everything about them everything except the youth and oh you

Want to move them down I thought you going to say move them up I think they’re a little too high look I said yesterday and you agree with me I believe I would take the Lakers over them in the playoff series I probably Phoenix if they’re healthy and certainly

Book and KD and the Clippers I think I would take all of them over all the old teams yeah yeah I mean the experience I think is going to be a big deal you mentioned SJ SJ and Lou Dort are really their only players with any playoff experience and that’s minimal uh and

Then I mean homeg grin who’s going to be a star if not a superstar he’s a rookie uh obviously Josh giddy hadn’t been there yet and and and William so they I just think they’re too young um to love and and all the teams if you you look at

It everybody with them is a veteran Laden team that’s got some I mean up the the Sixers obviously got INB in the championship coach so I would just move them down a little bit but so we did see you know a very young Thunder team a

Decade ago go on a deep playoff run even the distinction of there of course is as great as SG G is he’s not Kev correct those are three guys who now and listen the Thunder might have two guys that win an MVP eventually SGA could win it this year I know Wild’s

Chat has high expectations for chat so I understand that I do for and this is where I’m going to be I don’t want to say hypocritical but I I’m going to do something I’ve accuse other people of doing I have I am more comfortable holding the the Timberwolves playoff

Failures and goar’s playoff failures against them than the Thunder who’s just kind of a blank slate like you know their lack of experience against them and so but I understand your point Point Wilds so you’re giving Jordan credit for not losing any playoff games when he retired from baseball exactly uh wolves I

Wholeheartedly kind of Believe In The Wolves just because I like the standings I know it’s not USA Today that’s the power rankings but the they are the best team and I think we have to give them some credit for being the best team brw what is this

Not it’s not the power ranking it’s not going down to the to a Lobby and get USA yeah it’s not stand and then what is wholeheartedly kind of wholeheartedly kind of all right go ahead sorry wild I didn’t well you remember during football season I came up with a lot of things

One of the things I came up with that came true was defense wins championships that’s also applicable to the NBA uh the defense Rudy they you know we have moved past the Rudy goldbear trade is the worst trade in NBA history that seems to be in the rearview mirror like wow

Actually working you guys are in first place work how about winning winning on the road good in Minnesota everybody’s good at home they also have the best road record so that’s working the offense is good on better on the road oddly so that works too how about chemistry we talk about

Hey maybe the suns are haven’t played enough together the big three only played 26 games last year they’re way more this year and they’re playing better now the caveat here and to to use one of bruise phrases silly team okay the most recent silly like is this championship

Basketball not showing up for tip probably not this is on the heels of course the earlier silly incident where uh they kind of were more interested in cat scoring 70 plus than winning the game and then the coach ripped everybody after a loss last year in the final

Regular season game of the year when one of their guys punched a wall and broke his hand yeah the shortly after that when Carl Anthony towns what did he say Wilds that what they did was more impressive than what Denver did yeah that was impr that he and that he’s the

Greatest shooting big man of all time and then the veteran who’s you know been in the playoff Wars Rudy Gober who famously you know preed the pandemic and then also well no he did and he coughed on people’s microphones he’s a kind of a silly fella and uh silly team the silly

Team don’t give and silly going to have their opponent silliness get over League leaders in silliness are the sliest they one of the S maybe they lock in yeah I I mean I you know what a real talk one of their problems is offense too they don’t they don’t score thir

14th in offense I think yeah I mean and again I’ll believe it when it happens but the can you and you believe it Rudy goar’s team’s got the number one seed in the best defens in basketball what could go wrong and the answer is the playoff

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On this week’s edition of Nick’s NBA Tiers, Nick Wright lists his NBA hierarchy, including leaving the Golden State Warriors near the bottom, the Los Angeles Lakers being terrifying, and the Milwaukee Bucks undervalued. Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes react to the rankings and see what changes they’d make.

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