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00:00Well, let's head to the Western Conference, where it is going to be wild.
00:04Right now, Oklahoma City Thunder, minus 150 favorites right now.
00:09Lakers, uh-oh, 6.5-1, as long as Bronny don't play a ton of minutes.
00:13Golden State, 9-1.
00:15Denver, 10-1.
00:16Croaching change.
00:17Minnesota, 13-1.
00:19Clippers, 17-1.
00:20Houston, intriguing.
00:22Two-seed, 25-1.
00:24Memphis, just keep all the antics to yourself.
00:27And then Dallas-Sacramento, thanks for playing Drive Home Safely.
00:31Who is your thoughts on who is coming out of the West?
00:34First of all, that's hella disrespectful to the Rockets.
00:37I get it.
00:38I understand why they're down as far as they are on this list.
00:41But you've got experience, experience, experience, experience all up ahead of them.
00:45But it's still kind of crazy that a two-seed is that far down the list.
00:48And that the Lakers, I get that as well.
00:49You've got LeBron James and Lukas, two generational players.
00:52It makes sense to me why they would be considered the second favorites.
00:54For me, who am I going with this one?
00:59I think I was going to pick the Thunder.
01:01You know what?
01:01Because my potential upset to look at.
01:04So for me, I'm going to do Thunder because I don't want to go against them yet.
01:07Even though I am part of the group that's like, I'm not sure yet what to think of.
01:10But I do have my upset coming out of the West.
01:12And it's none of those top teams that you're looking at right now.
01:15And I do agree.
01:16I do have Oklahoma City coming out of the West.
01:19So let's get to it right away.
01:21If there's a team that makes a run that's outside of the Oklahoma City, Boston, Cleveland.
01:27So we're looking at 17 to 1 or worse.
01:31Who is your team that could make a run?
01:35I can't believe I'm doing this because I spent years, like when I was at ESPN, sort of mocking the jinx that the Clippers seem to live under.
01:42But my goodness, if I lived in a state right now where I could use my app, I'd be putting a couple dollars on that plus $4,500 for the Clippers.
01:48There's something about watching, and I want to knock on wood when I say this because I want Kawhi Leonard to stay healthy.
01:53This is 2019 Kawhi we're watching.
01:55And I, as one, you know, with my Spurs not in this, I just want to be entertained.
02:00And if we get the Clippers doing what they've been doing as of late, with Harden and Kawhi playing as if no time has passed,
02:05I think it could be an interesting run for the Los Angeles Clippers.
02:08And that is interesting.
02:12Let's just hope that James Harden performs like he did last night, like he does in Game 7s, where he kind of tends to struggle.
02:20My team is right above yours, and that's Minnesota.
02:25Okay.
02:26I look at this matchup, and spicy take of the day, I have Minnesota knocking out the Lakers in the first round of the playoff.
02:32I think you look at Anthony Edwards as someone that can take his game to another level on both sides of the ball.
02:39I think he's a sneaky good defender, and when he's engaged and dialed in, he can do that.
02:44You've got a guy like McDaniels, another person who can defend.
02:47Rudy Gobert is going to be a problem versus the Lakers, because what in the Alex Len, Rui Hachimura, Jackson Hayes are we doing?
02:56How are they going to stop them off the boards unless they put them all on the perimeter?
03:00So my team to look at is the Minnesota Timberwolves.
03:04Let's see if Julius Randle does something.
03:07But you made a good point.
03:08He's not in New York.
03:10Not in New York, baby.
03:10Could be less pressure.