2025 Playoff Predictions: Who’s the TOUGHEST OUT? | NBA Mailbag
Jason answers mailbag questions from the YouTube chat, including who the Los Angeles Lakers pair best against in the first round, how they’d fare facing the Houston Rockets in the second round, how dangerous the Golden State Warriors will be, and the possibilities for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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37 Comments
Warriors is the easiest opponent for Lakers. Shut down Curry you beat Warriors
MAILBAG- who has a higher NBA IQ? JJ reddick or Nikola Jokic. I saw joker coaching a little on the sidelines with a whiteboard and some people have said he's got one of the highest IQs in the sport so just curious your thoughts
So tired of the Rockets disrespect. Y'all put a lot on the lakers beating them recently. Rockets are 7-10 on the second night of back to backs. Even then, it was a close game.
I need these playoffs to get started so I can stop hearing these lazy takes.
Denver destroys the Lakers…
You really Understimate Houston rockets.
As a Warriors fan im just glad to be almost done playing bad teams. Its been annoying watching us show up and play our butts off against over .500 teams then completely lack any urgency at all against every under .500 team.
Houston no longer has anything to play for they locked for 2nd no reason to play their stars for the last two games
The Lakers only played the warriors once with Luka and he was cold and Draymond was Hot from 3! The scenario will completely flip! LAKERS in 5!
Luka had 45 points and Lebron had 27 points last night, they both are in playoff mode your fucked!
lol dude stay dickriding Steph n da warriors while Bron. He gonna say we ain’t got nobody to guard Steph as if we ain’t jus gonna pick on him on defense da whole series. We have da best 2 players n da best 3rd option in that series. N arguably da better supporting cast.
Home court, Clippers court, Divorce court, Lakers in 🖐🏿
Mailbag: people often say Tatum isn’t clutch and I believe in the past you’ve said you don’t really trust him in big time moments like other players. If you didn’t actually say this my apologies I could be thinking of someone else. But if you did say that do you still believe that?
Not sure if you know this or not but after the Knicks game Tatum is now the 2nd most efficient scorer in NBA history in game tying or go ahead field goals with under 24 seconds in the game.
Why do so many people say Tatum isn’t clutch?
Would you consider doing a Brian Scalabrine type challenge?
"He said Luka throws McDaniels like a ragdoll" 🤣😂🤣. Dude is an absolute DELULU lakers fan
Rockets aren’t gonna play starters much with the second seed locked up but that last matchup with rockets was rockets on second night of back to back on a road trip . Can’t wait to prove y’all wrong in the playoffs
This guy thought Suns were toughest out last season. Suns in 5. Lol.
Lol denver an “easier” match up with the lakers
Lakers can’t guard anyone
Disagree on randle take. Too many offensive fouls/ tos/ rough shots one on one. Can also stagnate whole offense. Kat better got any team
Boston is coming out of the East
Lakers or Denver out of the West
Warriors have to lose a game to avoid matching up with the lakers in the first round or else they’re going home in the first round.
Anthony Edwards – "limited play making abilities"? WTF!!
StephCurry 🐐
GS are frauds. Playoff jimmy doesn’t exist anymore
Don't forget to mention, you play 1 team 4 times atleast, unless you have tgeir number, lock, stocked, and cold the other team is gonna adjust.
Wow just write off the Rockets 🚀 Go ahead.
Rockets fans crashing out in this comments section… just like the rockets in round 2 at best lol
As a Timberwolves fan, I know the Lakers would be tough, but ya'll underestimate the wolves.
Brought to you by the same guy that had Suns as toughest out last season. Suns in 5. LMAO
🚀Rockets × 🍀Celtics 2025 Finals
They Wolves don’t have enough size?!?!?! Dude doesn’t watch basketball.
Just like last year we weren’t ducking now smoke. We ain’t ducking smoke this year either
Everybody talking bout lakers warriors thunder. Ok WELL be on the LOOKOUT for the HOUSTON mf rockets man they going all they way
Lakers would beat the Wolves in 5 unfortunately
BUCKS VS LAKERS FINALS 🔥
TWOLVES DONT HAVE SIZE? 😂REID,GOBERT,RANDLE, MCDANIELS, ANT CAN PLAY PG 😅
Lakers would beat Denver. Ok