5 Big NBA Questions: Will Shai & Thunder or Jokic & Nuggets win title? | Nerd Sesh x Hoops Tonight
The nerds are joined by Jason Timpf of Hoops Tonight to answer five big questions before the NBA season gets started, debating whether Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder or Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets should be the title favorite, diving into whether the Lakers, Clippers or Warriors pose a more substantial threat and discussing why teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks are among the NBA’s most interesting this season.
Timeline:
0:00 Are Nuggets or Thunder title favorites?
47:24 Which California team is the biggest threat?
1:18:57 Most interesting team in the West?
1:35:44 Most interesting team in the East?
1:49:55 Biggest superpower and biggest red-flag contender?
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No mention of Jamal Murray's new haircut… odd. Interesting how you okc glazers seemed to forget about the most important change for denver this offseason
Best trio in the nba
OKC fans act like they are the 17 warriors
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If Jdub is not injured in the Denver series if they play again. Thatâs gonna be a problem. I donât think anyone Denver has can really guard him. Cam Johnson might have the best shot, but idk if he has the athleticism
Also how is this Denver bench still not getting their butts kicked?!!!! They went from bottom teir to what midish there? OKC had one of the best benches in recent memory? They should still kick Denver's benches ass!
Ah my favorite collab is back. Keep up the good work gentlemen its a pleasure
I donât even have to watch to know Jason doesnât think OKC will repeat
Another NBA pod, another OKC glaze sesh
Jason hates Shai and Thunder
Dude on the right needs to seriously take a breath. This isn't my first time watching one of their pods and it's the same thing every time. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Let's make it more of a conversation and not 15 minutes straight of one guy talking non-stop. Sigh ….
Iâm taking Denver, they already look fluid in the preseason. Getting rid of MPJ is huge.
ATP Carson just call OKC the greatest team of all time. The throating is insane.
"Aaron Rodgers had me screaming last night"
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i think okc will end up making the same leap the 15 warriors did the next year tbh… J dub and Chet should be alot better offensively this year. in any case… it doesnt matter to me. i just hope houston makes a trade to fill in the FVV void lol
Been waiting for this
This guy is a certified OKC hater lets see how nerd sesh puts him in check
The OKC glaze is crazy out of control on this pod.
Denver was literally playing 4 on 5 basketball, Jokic probably wonât play that bad again , and what happens when teams start to figure out OKC defense
A lot of assumptions on both sides, âokc will be better offensivelyâ, âthey held Jokic to the worst series since his superstardomâ âif they shoot up to their levelââŠ. Seems like itâs a âletâs bank on what we like moreâ itâs gonna be tight, I tend to like hungry vets more than hungry athletic young guys, especially in the clutch.
Jason, we need to see you on DNVR!
Don't forget that some of the players from OKC stated that Denver was the team that they feared that they would lose to in the playoffs. The team that made them doubt themselves during that playoff series. They split the series during regular season. Let's say this, it's going to be one crazy year in the Western conference.
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Nobody mentions how they're going to have a full season under Adelman instead of a couple weeks also. I'm taking Denver.
They odds of them having an historic defense next year are low, they will still be a great not historical
Both Carson and Logan's arguments actually just made me more confident in the Nuggets chances lol All I keep hearing is how much Denver and Jokic struggled in that series and yet they still took it to 7 with a substitute coach, a 1 armed starter that looked like the worst player in the league, and were a couple blown 4th quarters away from winning in 5 or 6. Yeah I'm definitely taking a reloaded Denver this year.
MPJ shoulder, Aaron Gordon Hamstring and Russ hand injury that required surgery after the season. Denver had 3 real guys in their rotation and took OKC to 7. OKC was deserving of the title, they were the better team. Denver has counter punched in the off-season, got healthy, deeper, and have a new coach who isn't going to hold them back on either side of the floor. They are 1a and 1b in the West, I just think Denver has what it takes this season to get it done.
âDenver took OKC to 7 and they got better, so theyâre the favoritesâ is overly simplistic.
OKC proved theyâre a much better team over the ENTIRE season, winning 68 games and the title. They had the highest point differential of all time.
I like Denverâs offseason moves, but theyâre still a full tier behind OKC, at least.
lmfao this guy bitching about luka and shai foul baiting when Jokic was the biggest flopper of the playoffs. The meatriding is generational
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3pt shooting. OKC: 32.4%
3pt shooting. Denver: 31.3%
they always say muh 3pt shooting in the OKC series but don't acknowledge how Denver shot worse?
Jason dominated them. It's laughable how baffled they are that someone wouldn't pick OKC.
Season not even started, guys talking about Next season Conference final Winnerđ
I absolutely think OKC will not be as good as people expect. They definitely have a chance to repeat, but the truth is people have a bias to assume they continue to improve because of their youth. But I dont see garauntee that Chet gets much better, same for JDUB. We do this every year with the champion thinking that everything will go as perfect as it went for them the last year. I think OKC will shoot the ball worse and plateau in development some.
The Gap between a 7/10 and a 9.5/10 is bigger than the gap between the gpa between a 3-7, because as you go higher in rating, the diminishing returns get stronger and stronger.
If Kawhi stays healthy, the Thunder, Nuggets and the Clippers are very clearly the 3 best teams in basketball, and I don't know how anyone can debate that even with LAC's age. Lakers have a puncher's dance due to superstar upside, but they just don't have the roster depth or shooting on par with the 3 aforementioned teams. Luka is winning MVP this season, IMO.
LEEEEEEEEEETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO NUGGETS
The refs allowed OKC to hack Jokic and thatâs why OKC succeed to stop him..