Mavs, Suns, Pelicans? Which lower seeded West team can win a playoff series? | NBA Countdown

Mavs, Suns, Pelicans? Which lower seeded West team can win a playoff series? | NBA Countdown

Take a look at the bigger picture here the standings we know the Clippers they’re holding steady in the fourth spot I want to focus in on 5 through 10 where it feels as Stephen A would say it’s fluid things are fluid the Western Conference games they’re becoming must

CV because if you miss one game you might not know where your team is in the standings the next day so Kendrick Perkins as you’re looking at the teams that are seated 5 through 10 here which team do you trust the most to win a playoff series it’s the team that we

Just spun an entire segment on the New Orleans Pelicans and I know they’re young but in the words of those old people those old great women down there in New Orleans they got old souls baby and they actually do because when you look at that roster you look at a guy

Like herb Jones right four years of college he had growth in college right maturity you look at Trey Murphy three years of college and so when I think about the death and the way that they play at the wing position they could play with the best of them and you need

That you need a Brandon Ingram you need guys to neutralize the depth of a uh Paul George kawh Leonard if they happen to match up or Kevin Durant and dein Booker and then they have an eneri abundant and Jose when he come in Off the Bench so I

Look at the big the big Tandem and Zion and Val Tunis really Willie Green gots this team attention and CJ McCullen not only is he the leader overall when it comes down to the NBA he’s the leader of that team Mr President I’m going Dallas Mavericks I thought about Warriors I

Love the way they’ve looked recently but they’re in that 910 spot they got to get in first I thought about Phoenix they have the star power but I just got to see it I got to see their defense they don’t stay healthy I’m going Dallas they have one killer who nobody wants any

Part of in his seven game series and that’s Luca and Kyrie has been every bit the A+ number two option this offense is Unstoppable unless Max dreu is hitting half court shots I guess so I’m going Dallas they are dangerous dangerous here’s the reality one of these they’re

You’re facing the top four these are juggernauts it’s a it’s a hard hard Road for any of them what’s going to be interesting as we go into the final weeks of the season is the jockeying in the lower part of uh the Western Conference do teams would they rather

Get a shot at a younger playoff not playoff tested Minnesota team Oklahoma City team verse Denver the Clippers that’s going to be interesting to see um if teams might prefer to match up early with them with a team that just hasn’t shown us yet they can win in the

Postseason yeah what I noticed W from the standings is clearly I like the Pelicans here as surprising some people especially considering that they giv given themselves buffer understandings but I also like the Mavs because people aren’t talking about how this is the most clutch team in basketball they have

The best clutch record they’re 17 and seven it could have been 17- six based off of what happened versus the Cleveland Cavaliers but they have two of the most clutch players in Luca I mean who loves daggers and Kyrie Irving and so if it comes down to the wire and if

You’re going up against one of these top teams they’re going to be like hey we’re the Mas we’re built for this but what ma’am you going pick one of the two is the Pelicans or the MS I’m not going to lift you stra the F okay I’m from the

South baby I’m going with the Pelicans here’s here’s what I like about the Pelicans so much of this is matchup dependent the Pelicans feel like maybe they’re the one team that isn’t they got a little bit of everything they can do a little bit of everything so it feels

Like okay maybe that’s a reason to lean into them they have so much Flex they’re mystery bucks to me I don’t know I don’t know what they are I can’t trust them yet well maybe you can trust them tonight particularly Zion Williamson against [Applause] thisam NBA is

On NBA Countdown, we discussed the teams currently No. 5 through 10 in the Western Conference and the one we have the most confidence in to win a playoff series.