FIRST TAKE | Nikola Jokic and Nuggets are truly kings in NBA, NOT Celtics – Stephen A. claims

FIRST TAKE | Nikola Jokic and Nuggets are truly kings in NBA, NOT Celtics – Stephen A. claims

Garden but when you look at the Denver Nuggets they are powerful they are powerful in their play when you talk about joic being the best player in the league when you look at Jamal Murray being the best number two in the league and why I say that is because in the big

Moments when it matters the most when they get to the postseason Jamal Murray elevates his game like no other that twom man game is something special that connection between joic and Aaron Gordon is something special we’ve been crowning all season long in disrespecting the the Delver nuggets by saying Boston Celtics

Have the best starting five in basketball well we were wrong the best starting five in basketball is actually the best starting five that actually won the NBA championship last year in the Delver nuggets when you look at they they fit so well together they communicate well and right now they’re

One of the best defensive teams as well top 10 team defensively in the league they’re well coached by Michael Malone and when I talk about that popular and Powerful movement Molly when you’re powerful you actually knock people off their square and right now the devil nuggets are knocking me off my Square

Because I had the Los Angeles Clippers representing the Western Conference but now they got me changing my mind because of the play of yic and Murray that twom man game is just something special you want to final word Harry you no no I I I love div nuggets they’re my

Favorite to repeat y whenever you have a situation where teams are able to come back but you have that that killer you had that wild card which is Nicole yic yeah yeah I don’t see it happening it I have to see it happen in order for me to

Be able to believe it yeah Co everything big perk say Molly Molly you getting soft today on Friday because you did not check Harry for stradling the fence he Str the fence how hold up hold up I got to say something perk I was actually going to

Get on you but you’re my guy so I let it slide I asked you a direct question about Kevin Durant and I felt like you did a little slip and slide you didn’t give me the you didn’t give me the great answer oh you did a pivot you did a

Pivot and you moved right into you did I did a drop I did a drop and you know what and you just smoothly went out and I was like you know what I’m going to I’m going to I’m going to let that sleep oh my good what

You say per a hit dog a holla every time every time big perk you have a fabulous weekend uh I will stack another dub in the wind column after beating the Suns with their big three in the lineup Jaylen Brown went off 37 Tatum Al Horford added 26 and 24 respectively the

Celtics became the first team to Clin the playoff bir the season they’re the favorites to win the NBA Finals that’s per ESPN bet and the defending Champion nuggets closely follow them so over the last 20 5 years only four teams to be the first to clinch a playoff spot went

On to win the NBA title with the last being that 2016 2017 Warriors team big perk back here with us uh perk thanks for coming back which team is the biggest title threat after Boston in Denver it’s the Clippers it’s the Clippers and is and they’re right there

Knocking at the door and it’s solely because look when I look at their roster they have zero flaws when you look at their depth right they have great depth at the big position in zubac Daniel Ty and uh plumbley and then when you look at The Supporting Cast Norman PW coming

Off the bench a candidate for six man of the year you know what Paul George is going to bring to the table being the number two to kawh Leonard James Harden embracing that point guard role that facilitating role on that team but it’s two guys that I trust with the All of Me

And the one is tou walking up and down that sideline we know what he’s capable of doing as a head coach but the other one is kawh Lona Jordan and I’ve seen it right we’ve seen it in the past when you he when he when he matches up with the

Best of them whether it’s LeBron James and dwade and Chris Bosch he’s came out Victorious whether he he did something Yannis an tupo tucked them in night night you know when he was in the uh Eastern Conference and broke up that home and so when when I think about

Kawwai and I think about what he’s capable of doing on both ends of the floor Molly he could be the best player in any Series against any player at any given moment when healthy big perk I completely agree with you with kawh Leonard but I disagree with your take on

The Clippers cuz you just said you know what you going to get from Paul George did you see Paul George in the playoffs last year against the Suns did you see him did you see him cuz I didn’t see him I didn’t see him I wasur I that’s my

Point but that’s my point he was hurt that’s the biggest issue when it comes to the Clippers I don’t know that they top two players go to stay healthy I ain’t got no questions about their depth I ain’t got no questions about tyoo I do got questions about who’s going to be

Able to stay in the lineup for two months in order to make a run and get through the Western Conference to the NBA finals the team that I’m rolling with as the biggest Challenger to the nuggets out of the Western Conference and I can’t believe I’m saying this but

I’m going with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the reason why I’m going with the Minnesota Timberwolves is because they just young enough to not know that they ain’t supposed to be there they’re young enough to know and sometimes ignorance could be a good thing when it comes to sports the other

Thing that I like to point out with the Timberwolves is that defense matters especially in the postseason they got the adage defense wins championships well this is the highest rated defensive team in all of basketball now they already stacked one win against the Denver Nuggets but that was in the first

Half of the Season they’re going to play them three times over the next three weeks so will get a better idea a better gauge for where they’re at but they got a star in Anthony Edwards and for people that ain’t paying attention to the NBA this dude is coming superar hold up one

Second but cat’s not healthy and Rudy goar is not healthy yeah cat’s not healthy we’ll see what ends up happening Rudy goar we know he’s coming back relatively soon but goar is a guy that is in the conversation I think he’s the front runner to win Defensive Player of

The Year again and it all starts and ends with him on that end of the court so when you start to look at the elements that the Timberwolves have when you look at the overall depth this is a team that goes eight deep in their rotation this is a team that’s got six

Guys that average in double figures I believe that they have what it takes to go on a deep playoff run and On Any Given game that guy Anthony Edwards can be the best two-way player on the floor that’s what gives me confidence about what they can do once they get into a

Deep playoff series to be fair the Clippers aren’t actually healthy either har so per I’ll start with the Clippers I think the thing really scares me when it comes to them and also something I noticed about their basketball team when they’re playing a very athletic guard

That can get to the rim and score the basketball at will Shay gilis Alexander um the young man that we have in Sacramento right now dear Fox they struggle big time they struggle big time with people like that now when it comes to Minnesota I think the thing that

Makes me nervous about Minnesota is being able to have enough scoring especially when you have Carl Anthony towns out right now and I don’t know where his conditions going to be like when he comes back because it is a miniscus right he’s having surgery on his knee

You’re not going to be able to do everything that you want to do before you’re properly able to come back but who I think that can contend after we talk about the Boston Celtics at the divid Nuggets I’m not looking at anybody those are the two teams that I expect to be in

The NBA Finals those are the two teams that I expect to be in the NBA Finals because because what I love about joic when it comes to half court basketball they don’t have to live behind the three-point line they run everything through nicolea yic in that recent game

That they just had versus the Boston Celtics every time the Boston Celtics tried to come back and they made a run they go down the court we’re gonna get that ball at The For M M You go been for Something Che out For spee

FIRST TAKE | Nikola Jokic and Nuggets are truly kings in NBA, NOT Celtics – Stephen A. claims