Inside the NBA on Nuggets Cancelling their White House Trip For Potential Top Seed Game

Inside the NBA on Nuggets Cancelling their White House Trip For Potential Top Seed Game

UPDATE THAT SITUATION ON INSIDE THE NBA. WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING COOKED UP. SO WE’LL SO WE’LL SEE. >> COME ON ERNIE. >> SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD NEATO STAT OF THE NIGHT. MEANTIME CARMAX ONE ON ONE. AS WE LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL NBA FINALS PREVIEW, TONIGHT. WOW. BOSTON RIGHT NOW THE

FAVORITE TO WIN IT ALL DENVER. THEN THE CLIPPERS THE BUCKS THE SUNS AND THE THUNDER. WELL THROUGH THE FIRST 12 NIGHTS AFTER THE ALL STAR BREAK THE CELTICS AND NUGGETS WERE BOTH UNBEATEN. THEN ON TUESDAY, THE C’S HAD THEIR 11 GAME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED IN CLEVELAND, A GAME THEY LED

BY 22 WITH NINE MINUTES LEFT. AND DENVER, AFTER WINNING SIX IN A ROW, CAME BACK FROM 22 DOWN BUT LOST AT HOME TO THE SUNS IN OVERTIME. CHRIS HAYNES WILL BE ON THE SIDELINES FOR THIS POSSIBLE FINALS PREVIEW. I THINK I’VE SAID THAT TOO MUCH AT THIS STAGE. I’M NOT

GOING TO SAY IT ANY MORE IN THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT, AND THERE IS, THERE’S CHRIS HAYNES LIVE. WHAT YOU GOT? >> EJ, YOU’RE NOT LYING ABOUT THAT. DEFINITELY A POTENTIAL FINALS PREVIEW BEFORE THESE FOUR, THESE TWO TEAMS. NOW I WANT TO SAY THE DENVER NUGGETS. I’VE BEEN

HERE ALL WEEK LONG AND THE DENVER NUGGETS ARE PRIORITIZED LOSING THAT NUMBER ONE SEED. THEY’RE REALLY TRYING TO DO ALL THAT THEY CAN TO GET UP TO THAT SPOT GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS. AND I HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND STORY ON HOW SERIOUS THEY ARE. ON ACHIEVING THAT GOAL, AS YOU

KNOW, THE DENVER NUGGETS, THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE IN LATE JANUARY, BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAD A SCHEDULE CONFLICTS. AND SO A FEW WEEKS AGO, SOME AT SOME POINT IN FEBRUARY, THE VISIT WAS RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 18TH. NOW JUST LAST WEEK, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE

NUGGETS WERE CONCERNED NOW BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN AFTER MARCH 18TH, WHICH IS MARCH 19TH, THEY PLAY THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IN MINNESOTA. AND NOW THAT GAME IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAD EXPECTED WHEN THEY DID RESCHEDULE. AND IT HAS NUMBER ONE SEED IMPLICATIONS. SO I WAS TOLD

THE NUGGETS MADE A TOUGH DECISION. BUT THEY’RE THEY’RE CANCELING THAT TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO PRIORITIZE THAT MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES GAME ON THE 19TH. BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO GET THAT NUMBER ONE SEED. AND I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR. IT WAS CLEARLY A BASKETBALL DECISION. THE

WHITE HOUSE WANTED THE NUGGETS TO GO ALONG FOR THE VISIT. THE NUGGETS WANTED TO DO IT. BUT THE SCHEDULE JUST DIDN’T WORK OUT THIS TIME AROUND. NOW, AS FAR AS THE TIMBERWOLVES ARE CONCERNED, KARL ANTHONY TOWNS WE HEARD SINCE THIS MORNING. NOW HE’S DEALING WITH A LEFT KNEE INJURY. IT IS A MENISCUS

INJURY I’M NOT TOLD THAT IS IT IS A TEAR. WHAT I AM TOLD THAT HE IS GETTING A SECOND AND THIRD OPINION ON THAT KNEE. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE’S OPTIMISM THAT HE CAN BE BACK RELATIVELY SOON, AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT

IS GOING TO COME ABOUT. HIS SITUATION IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. BUT I WANT TO STRESS AGAIN, THERE IS OPTIMISM THAT HE CAN COME BACK RELATIVELY SOON, AS SOON AS THEY FIND OUT THE EXTENT OF THAT INJURY. BACK TO YOU, CHRIS HAYNES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE

APPRECIATE IT. THAT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT INJURY IN TERMS OF THE TIMBERWOLVES, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY, WHAT’S WHAT’S FUNNY? >> ARE THEY FLYING SOUTHWEST OR SOMETHING? COME ON MAN I ACTUALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE THING JUST HAPPENED IN SPORTS THE LAST FEW YEARS, NOT JUST NOW.

IT’S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. IT SHOULDN’T MATTER WHO’S IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IT’S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS GO. BUT THESE GUYS ACT LIKE THEY’RE FLYING SOUTHWEST. >> SO YOU’RE. SO YOU’RE NOT BUYING THE.

>> YOU WOULD GO YOU ALWAYS I WOULD I WOULD GO TO YOU ALWAYS GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE . >> IT’S THE PRESIDENT. NOT LIKE YOU’RE GOING WHETHER YOU LIKE THE PRESIDENT OR NOT. >> WELL, THEY’RE SAYING IT’S A BASKETBALL DECISION. >> UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I’M SAYING FOR ME PERSONALLY,

IT’S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS GO. >> YEAH. I MEAN, THE TWO TIMES I WENT, WHAT ABOUT THE FOUR TIMES YOU WENT, SHAQ YEAH, WE WENT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DENVER TRYING TO GET THE NUMBER ONE SEED. >> BUT KENNY UNDERSTANDS IT.

AND CHUCK ALSO UNDERSTANDS THIS. YOU WANT TO GET IN ONE THROUGH FOUR. YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOME COURT ADVANTAGE. SO IF YOU’RE A REGULAR TEAM YOU MAY NEED THAT ONE SEED FOR CONFIDENCE. BUT IF YOU’RE A CHAMPION, YOU DON’T REALLY NEED IT. IF YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOME COURT

ADVANTAGE, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE BLUEPRINT TO KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GO IN A TOUGH ARENA AND WIN. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TO DO AT HOME AND YOU KNOW WE’RE TRYING TO GET ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP. SO YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEY’RE ONE GAME BEHIND AND TRYING TO

GET THE NUMBER ONE SEED, I’D SAY IT’S OKAY. BUT I DON’T THINK IT REALLY MATTERS FOR A TEAM LIKE DENVER. IF THEY KEEP PLAYING THE WAY THEY PLAY AND HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOME COURT ADVANTAGE, I DON’T THINK IT REALLY MATTERS FOR HIM. I THINK IT MATTERS MORE FOR MINNESOTA

THAN IT DOES FOR DENVER. >> AND I’LL ADD LAST THING YOU KNOW, THEY MADE THE CHOICE, BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW TEAM BONDING MOMENTS THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER. AND THAT’S ONE. AND THAT IS ONE. YEAH. THAT YOU’D REMEMBER FAR AFTER YOU FINISHED PLAYING. >> YOU GOT TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE, MAN.

>> WELL, THEY CAN RESCHEDULE. >> NOT REALLY, BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT. >> IT MIGHT SEEM TO BE OVER. THEY MIGHT NOT WAIT. THEY MIGHT NOT. I DO I JUST THINK LIKE I SAY, I THINK WE’VE GOTTEN A LITTLE OUT

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