Clippers and Wolves are teams to THREATEN the Celtics and Nuggets for the NBA TITLE! | First Take

Clippers and Wolves are teams to THREATEN the Celtics and Nuggets for the NBA TITLE! | First Take

Which team is the biggest title threat after Boston in Denver it’s the Clippers it’s the Clippers and it’s 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 TI and uh plumbley and then when you look at the supporting Cass Norman PW coming off the bench of 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 kawia 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 D Wade and Chris Bosch he’s came out Victorious whether he he did son Yannis tupo tucked them in night

Night you know when he was in the uh Eastern Conference and broke up that home and so when I think about Kawai 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 kawi 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 he was 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 be able to stay in the lineup for 2 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 can 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 we’ll 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 Superstar up one second but c not healthy and Rudy Gober is not healthy yeah catch 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 averaging 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 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 Harry so per I’ll start with the Clippers I think the health

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 car Anthony towns out right now and I

Don’t know what his condition is 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 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 two teams I expect to be NBA Finals because cuz 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 going

To get that ball at the elbow right to Nicole yogic he’s going to make the right play and when I’m looking at Boston in the East I don’t see nobody they’re they’re Their Own Worst Enemy in my yeah yeah but Harry it’s almost disrespectful to put the Boston Celtics

In the same class as the Denver Nuggets it’s the Denver Nuggets and then there’s a gap the size of the Grand Canyon before you get to whoever is number two out there in the NBA whether we’re talking e confence after Boston no I I understand that but I don’t even think it’s

Respectful to the Nuggets to put Boston in that class well I have the I have the Nuggets right here Chris I I that didn’t come out of my mouth I have the nuggets har I’m not aru I’m not arguing the point what you’re saying I’m saying just

To keep it in its proper perspective you think the nuggets are that much better think the nuggets are that they got a play yeah they got a player in niic yeah nicoa yic controls the game better than any player in the NBA we’re used to assigning that to LeBron James

But in terms of that attribute LeBron has pass the TCH to nicoa yic Boston is popular right right they’re popular right now the best record in the league they’re running through everybody in the Eastern Conference they have a dominant home record they’re smoking people by double figures when you walk into the garden

But when you look at the Denver Nuggets they are powerful they’re 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 Denver 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 a final word Harry you no no I I I love the divver 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 Nico 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 [Applause] [Applause] p

Kendrick Perkins, Chris Canty and Harry Douglas debate which NBA team outside of the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets is the biggest threat to win the NBA title.

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