Celtics history bound, Knicks lack offense, Lakers trending in Nick’s NBA Tiers | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Celtics history bound, Knicks lack offense, Lakers trending in Nick’s NBA Tiers | FIRST THINGS FIRST

At a bar called classic 2 an elite group of savants analysts and the dude who came up with stops fought and toiled and burned the Midnight Oil to deliver the best segment in all the sports it’s an honor and a privilege it’s time for Nick’s NBA tiers

Wilds I apologize for stepping on that joke uh all right some movement you know subfloors Subterranean movement below the tears the Nets had to drop from relegation a sub relegation really yeah Josh BR has been grinding the all 10 of the Nets defense and it’s

You know what it is just bars and tone there’s no there’s nothing on the screen so they’ve dropped a bit now to the team still on the tiers the Gary alls tier now I know what you’re thinking what is a Gary yes exactly well hubs can we show

Them a garol oh my God that looks terrifying did you know not dangerous at all all too weak just breaks NE most teeth of any crocodilian zero human kills in its entire history wow so is it big oh it’s big but the too too skinny

So go back to the tiers if we may all these teams you can be like oh Zion Halbert that highflying offense what if shenon comes back light the beam they’re not scary at all none of these teams are scary they appear to be noik monk Sixth

Man of the Year Bruce Sixth Man of the Year and all of a sudden he’s out so yeah got appear to be scary not dangerous at all not enough offense it’s pretty self-explanatory I don’t have to show you any reptilian pictures for this one it’s just not enough offense all top

Eight defenses all well coached teams all teams that have you know either a buding star in Pao a star coming back in Donovan or a legit Star right now in Jaylen Brunson but can they score enough o you know especially once teams lock in in the two-e series probably not good

Teams but not enough offense next Bru so badly wants to believe these are yeah the Los Angeles Clippers his 2021 preseason Championship pick had it the Phoenix Suns the 20 his 2022 Championship pick yeah before the playoffs and then you they were up 2 no

No no before the play yeah and then the Warriors his 2023 Championship pick last year you you picked him to defend the tile no no no you didn’t you pick the Suns that year but regardless listen they brew wants to believe in all these teams and at

Various times we’ll flirt with any one of them even though he really has his eye on the clippers but all of us know that these teams are fatally flawed to a degree to where they can’t win three let alone four playoff series next trying to Buck history for the Mavs trying can

Heliocentric basketball win for the Thunder can you be that young and win for the Timberwolves can you employ Rudy goar and win all of them have a resume or a bio that says you know what this team could show up in the finals but they have one glaring historical

Weakness going against them so if any of them make the finals they will be precedent breaking get through round one and regroup so the Bucks likely have to face one of these other two teams in round one wow it’s possible the team that doesn’t face the Bucks of the

Sixers and heat they’re reward is they face the Celtics now maybe one of these teams moves up to the six line but it is going to be difficult depending on what the Pacers do the rest of the way so it’s it is more likely than not that at

Least one maybe two of these teams are gone from the postseason after round one for the ones that remain you will have already been through a bit of a gauntlet not Gauntlet is the wrong word but a quite a test in round one you then regroup maybe have a softer matchup in

Round two before you get to the Conference Finals one more run in him question mark so another Milestone was broken yesterday that nobody cared about Oscar Schmidt who had you know LED all basketball and scoring for all of basketball history it feels his record was broken by LeBron James no one cares

Some on Pablo podcast yeah okay that’s good you’re the one um the there is the there Rivals I shots fired Pablo um all speaking of Records um how many people in NBA history have ever had a two game stretch where they average more than 30 while shooting nearly 80% from the field

90% from three just LeBron just the last two days and nobody cares so the question is this these are just facts just statistical facts it’s just what it is on at least 10 threes he’s not yeah nine of 10 pretty good um so here’s the question actually 10 of 11 um does he

Have one more run in does he have one more running him like so many alltime greats do when they are clearly not themselves anymore but find a way not necessarily to win the title but one more deep like oh my gosh moment Now Tiger pulled it off at Augusta Serena

Had one more great run at the US Open like does he have one more run in him or was that one more run last year I guess we’ll find out making history one way or another their record their point differential winning their conference by a dozen or more games they are going to

Be a historic team either because they bring the city of Champions it’s second championship in basketball since the fall of the Berlin wall or because they have one of the most disappointing postseasons of any all-time great regular season team that we have seen in the last 30 years and then lastly at the

Top of the tears get healthy Jamal because if we’re just being honest the nuggets at full strength do look pretty unbeatable yes and in the moment Jamal Murray’s gone they don’t just look like slightly vulnerable Brew they look like anybody could beat him in a series

Honestly and we saw by the way when joic was winning his MVP a couple years ago and they didn’t have Jamal they’re gone like and so and Jamal who’s good in the regular season but his 26 a game the last two postseasons he’s been healthy they need him back that is the latest

Edition of the NBA tiers that was good and quickly on Jamal he’s that rare player who if you know let’s say they have a nice run as a team Maybe win another championship or two he continues to do what he’s done in the postseason he’s that rare player who’s like on a

Hall of Fame trajector with no allar with no allar appearances I mean really like that’s what he that’s what he’s looking and his postseason numbers are bananas phenomenal so yeah that’s cool okay I am moving the Timberwolves who I’m liking a lot oh wow up to where the Lakers I’m

Switching them with the with the uh heat the Heat come down in fact I’m dropping the heat two levels oh and the Lakers joined the Timberwolves on that level so now there’s just a third level with the Bucks Sixers Timberwolves Lakers gotta and here’s why I like the Timberwolves

They’ve been nine Carl Anthony towns looks like he’s going to get back early they’re saying reports are that he’ll get back for the maybe toward the end of the regular season there were thoughts that he wouldn’t make it until the playoffs so I think that’s going to be

Big and without him Nick they’ve gone N9 and four well yeah nine and four without car Anthony Town your second best player and in those game they beaten Denver Houston upstart Rockets watch The Warriors the Cavs the Clippers and the Pacers so they beaten some pretty good

Teams they got the best defense in the league and it’s a versatile defense they got height they got sides but then on the wing Anthony Edwards is a pitbull defensively and Jaden McDaniels defense so they cover all the bases there they play well on the road they got the best

Road record in the west second best in the league and they play well against the top teams they’ve got the second best record in the league against winning teams so I think they cover all the Bas they are a tad bit silly but you got Mike connley and his veteran pres so

I just think they’re are dangerous team so that was a lot of the reasons mve the Wolves up as far as moving the Lakers down I understand you’re saying the Lakers should be on par with these other teams if I may make a CA the Lakers are

In a weird spot because yeah they are still the ninth seat and maybe they stay the ninth seat but they are they are also if the would you feel drastically different about them if they were the five or the six seed probably that’s that’s two wins you know what I mean

That is one that is two games that go a different way so there’s the Gap there is so small but more importantly is this since in honor of Punk’s Tony Phil I’ll just say since Groundhog Day sure thank you since February 1st they have legitimately been one of the best teams

In the the league and one of the best if not the best offense in the league and they are adding rather than losing players as the season goes on just added Gabe Vincent I don’t know how much he’ll help hope to have Vando as a real addition defensively and so to me with

LeBron LeBron the last two games I was you know being serious about the stats but he is appearing to a as opposed to the last couple years where it looked like at the end of the year slowing down or nursing an injury or just trying to

Get to the Finish Line he’s playing some of his best basketball which makes them a dangerous team yeah Nets Raptors Wizards tonight that certainly well you know what that’s the schedule the thing about the NBA is you everybody plays basically the same schedule it’s a nice little run I’m just

Saying yeah nine of 10 uh I’m moving the Bucks down I don’t know what you want to maybe have a separate category called too weird to win because just I’ve made a promise to myself after this whole Josh Allen Stefon Diggs Fiasco and that promise is this trust your gut wilds and

When you see something weird happening don’t be afraid to say you know what too weird to win and that was the case all along with the Bucks it was the case when when they lost and Yan’s like did we really lose or is it steps to

Progress well I think you lost and then you fire your coach you hire Adrien Griffin who hires Terry STS who then quits so you got a high dock meanwhile you’re fighting over a game ball with the Pacers we want the souvenir like really are you that locked in Dame does

An interview he says by the way I’m miserable all I do is watch Boxing on YouTube and last night you lost to the Wizards who no one should lose to we have a special segment in the show with just weird stuff happening to the Wizards we didn’t even get to do it

Because we had to do real news about the Bucks losing here’s how the stats look since doc spend there 15 and 14 the offense all of a sudden not good even though you have Dame Lillard and Giannis defense better so that’s something but overall Nick you have to admit although

I’m the king of you are my prince oh thanks buddy you can feel out the Vibes on a scale of 1 to 10 are the Bucks Vibes even no not even top I move them somewhere don’t think I I think that throughout NBA history if you have somebody who is in the legitimate

Argument as the best player in the league unless his Supporting Cast is atrocious they have to be on the top tier of contenders and so the it doesn’t mean they are the favor doesn’t mean they’re going to win it I can’t move a team with a healthy Giannis and a

Legitimate Supporting Cast down too far I just can’t everything you’re saying Wilds is accurate The Vibes are bad the data’s bad the eye test is bad all of it NBA history tells me having a guy an an apex guy like Giannis with legitimate wingman you know what I mean and not a

Disastrous or injured Supporting Cast that they’re viable in a way most other teams aren’t brw you agree with that they’re fine where they were thank you brw apprciate that brw didn’t want to support me there but he knows I’m right didn’t want to like damn Nick makes a good

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Nick Wright alongside Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes releases the latest edition of Nick’s NBA Tiers ranking the 30 teams in the National Basketball Association. Notable placements on the list include the Denver Nuggets at the top, followed by the Boston Celtics and Los Angels Lakers. Other notable placements include the New York Knicks who don’t have ‘enough offense’ to compete for an NBA Title.

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