Ranking Every Team in the NBA, Can the Cavs Make the Finals? Magic Struggles and More | Ep. 552
In this episode we rank every NBA team into tiers, analyze the Cavaliers ceiling with James Harden and dissect Paolo Banchero’s recent struggles.
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Timestamps
Intro 00:00
1. All-Star Weekend 1:09
2. NBA Expansion Destinations 12:15
3. Can the Cavs Make the Finals? 19:50
4. What’s wrong with the Magic? 47:22
5. Eastern Conference Tier Ranking 1:08:35
6. Western Conference Tier Ranking 1:22:25
22 Comments
Having this much confidence in a Harden Led Cavs team is HILARIOUS
Wash the Celtics? Joel you were the one saying they wouldn’t even make the playoffs, ya can’t talk.
What’s so hard to understand a bad harden playoff game clears a 0 minute injured garland game
Comparing Harden being number one option to being the 3rd /2nd is stupid
Insane paolo disrespect lol he is 23
Bucks disrespect. Won 5 of the last 6 without giannis, the two new players they got are looking great. With giannis back they can go on a decent run and make playin
Problem with the magic is paolo is the ceiling raiser and franz is the floor raiser, but not a fan of either as the centerpiece, also this magic team needs a stretch 5 to fit the current roster and a new coach but this team needs an entire rework
47 minutes in and y'all are still talking about the cavs?! Good conversation but there are soooo many other better teams to be talking about pleaseeee
I don't understand why the all stars can't just go at the same intensity do in off-season. No one is saying treat it like game 7. Play hard enough to where it's competitive but not too hard to get someone hurt. They manage to go 70% every year in meaningless runs but can't even give 10% for the fans
“Lebron passing in an allstar game 15 years ago ruined allstar games forever after that” some people shouldn’t be talking on pods 💀💀💀
james harden has proven he can win you 2-3 games in a series. he’s proven he can go to a conference finals. as long as the cavs play good defence and have donovan mitchell and evan mobley playing to their standard, they are the most complete team in the east. they’re the only east contender with versatility on both offence and defence. they have the most depth and firepower. they have everything they need to get over the hump even if harden ghosts for a couple elimination games
Saying the Cavs are a contender is one thing but to say after 3 games with Harden that they are gonna wash Boston and that they have no flaws is CRAZY work by Joel.
As a guy who only follows hoops and loves this pod, seeing the NFL be over got me doing the Vince Carter praise god meme
joel bro mexico city metro is bigger than nyc vegas doesn’t compare as a market
Just realized all star weekend is this weekend 😂😂
Let’s be real we need yall to talk about Kawhi more man he top 3 in the world and the clippers deserve to be in B tier and will be in A tier when garland returns
The take on the Orlando Magic is spot on all around. But the one thing they suffer from is no identity on offense. It’s time to move on from Coach Mosley
The As about to be in Vegas soon too
BRING BACK THE BUFFALO BRAVES!!
Nuggets not better than minny okc nor sa
The Thunder after the Chris Finch ejection feels a little different now. Their defense actually gets called as fouls now which was a huge part of the unbeatable aura they were exuding at the start of the season. I think the Thunder Nuggets and Spurs are all on the same tier now. But ig Spurs gets bumped a bit down since they lack playoffs experience.
Nuggets are S tier without a doubt
The Cavs are now all of a sudden the favorites all because they barely beat a tanking Kings team, they beat a terrible Wizards team and had a decent comeback against the struggling Nuggets. Because of that and having James (Choke artist) Harden. Give me a break