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The Process is officially dead in Philadelphia

There isn't much more to this. The Process is dead. It is officially dead. It's over. Doc Rivers is gone a hundred percent. James Harden's gone a hundred percent.

The pairing of James Harden and Doc Rivers in a Game 7 does not look good on paper

If you have James Harden and Doc Rivers with their powers combined in a game seven, that doesn't look very good for the 76ers on paper.

The Denver Nuggets are currently the best overall team in basketball

The best overall team in basketball is the Denver Nuggets... They have an MVP candidate. They have a great point guard Murray. They have young players, Gordon and Porter... they have no holes.

The Celtics have home court advantage for Game 7 if they can win Game 6

Backs against the wall. This team is tough. This team has been there before. Just gotta win. And then you got a home court advantage for game seven. I love where we're at.

The Lakers won't beat the Nuggets

I don't think they're gonna beat the nuggets though [if the Lakers advance].

If James Harden scores more than 30 points in a playoff game, you should sit him the next game

I'm a big believer and if James Harden scores more than 30 points in a playoff game, you should sit him the next game. Give him a nice little sit and then it's back to Philly. I'm sure that James Harden will be great in game seven like he always is.

Jason Tatum is better than Joel Embiid in the playoffs

[Jason Tatum] is the best player on the court. He's better than Joel Embiid. I'm sorry, like in playoffs, Joel Embiid, he had a very good game, but the fourth quarter he looked like the most gassed person in the world.

The Warriors are nearly unbeatable when Klay Thompson scores 30 or more points

Klay Thompson, when he scores 30 or more points... 64 and 10. Pretty good. When he has, when he's the perfect amount of high for a game, when he takes his edible and times it out perfectly before the game and he goes off, the Warriors win those games.

The Denver Nuggets will beat the Phoenix Suns in six games

I still standby prediction Nugs in six. I think that KD and Booker are gonna have a couple of those games where they just go nuclear.

The Denver Nuggets will beat the Phoenix Suns in six games

I stand my prediction, which is Nugs and six, I think it's gonna be Nugs and six. And if their big three is cooking, then we're then we're in business.

The Bucks' season was a categorical failure

It's okay to say the Bucks season was a failure. Giannis isn't a failure. None of the players are a failure. Their season was a failure. They were the one seed they had the most wins in the regular season. They were odds on favorites and they got bounced in five games. Right. That's a failure.

Aaron Rodgers taking a post-season loss is another failure for him as a Bucks owner

You know who a minority investor in the Bucks is? Aaron Rodgers. Another post-season loss failure for Aaron Rodgers.

The Nuggets will beat the Suns in six games

I'm just, I'm calling it right out. Nugs and six.

Jimmy Butler is officially back to being the most underrated player in the NBA

Jimmy Butler is officially back to being maybe the most underrated player in the nba in the playoffs. It's playoff Jimmy.

I'm officially on the 'Lakers might be really good' train

LeBron proved that he's still got a lot of gas in the tank. And I am officially on like, Lakers might be really, really good watch.

Dillon Brooks is an all-time fraud and a fake tough guy

Dylan Brooks is an all-time fraud. He is a fraud. He's a fake tough guy. He decided that he wanted to be a villain... but you have to at least own up to the fact that not only did you touch LeBron James in the penis, but you also shot your team out... You are a complete fraud when it comes to this stuff.

Joel Embiid will play in the next series despite his knee injury

He'll be ready to go. I know Docs have given the whole 50-50 that he's gonna play. He's not gonna play. He's gonna fucking play.

You cannot win high-level basketball with Spencer Dinwiddie as a focal point

If you actually play with [Spencer Dinwiddie], you realize like, this dude, we cannot win with this guy.

The Kawhi Leonard and Paul George pairing is in the running for biggest bust of a dream pairing ever

The Clippers dream team is, they're in the running for like biggest bust of a dream pairing ever. Right?

Chris Paul's career will be a failure if he doesn't win a title this year

Chris Paul looks fantastic and it would be an utter disappointment if he didn't win a championship this year. Like complete, complete career defining disappointment... he's a 'Yeah but' guy at that point.

The Celtics' loss to the Hawks was just a wake-up call, they are fine

It was a good wake up call. They can't play defense like that to win in the playoffs. They got, you know, it was a wake up call. They, and now they're good back on track.

Diar DeRozan single-handedly won the play-in game for the Bulls against the Raptors

Diar DeRozan stole the story of the play-in game on Wednesday night. She single-handedly stopped the Toronto Raptors... She was screaming so loud before every free throw that the Raptors took in a dead silent arena. The Raptors went 18 for 36 from the free throw line. Ended up losing the game by what four? It was she won that game for the Bulls.

The Lakers are the scariest team to ever come out of the play-in tournament

But the Lakers to me are the scariest team to ever come out of the play tournament. Does that mean they're gonna [make] the finals? Of course not, but geez Yeah. LeBron James Anthony Davis. That's a pretty scary seven seed, don't you think?

The 76ers have the most 'legacy at stake' this postseason

Until we see it, you know, it's fair to hang that on [James Harden] a little bit and if there's one player and one team who has sort of a legacy at stake, this postseason... it's the Philadelphia 76ers. And the other one I would say is Doc Rivers is part of that. It's not just James. Doc Rivers hasn't been a great playoff coach in the last five, 10 years either.

The NBA was always going to figure out a way to get LeBron James and the Lakers into the playoffs

I think everybody out there with a pulse that's ever seen basketball or heard of the state of Minnesota before, knew that the Timberwolves were gonna give this up. The Lakers were gonna come back. The NBA, David Stern was gonna figure out a way for LeBron James to advance to the playoffs.

I won't respect the NBA Play-In tournament until a play-in team wins a title

I like it [the play-in] in theory because more basketball, more fun. These teams suck. These teams aren't gonna like... I need a play-in tournament team to win a title for me to start respecting the play-in tournament. Because the NBA playoffs like historically are the, you know, the top seeds are usually the teams that you see at the end.

The Dallas Mavericks made the correct decision to tank while still mathematically alive

The Mavs were still alive to make the playing game... and they're like, fuck it. We'd rather keep our own pick... I know that people are mad about the Mavs move, but if you're trying to keep your pick winning that game and potentially having a Hail Mary... and then having to win those games to get swept, like I'm not, if I were a Mavs fan, I'd be fine with it.

Joel Embiid officially clinched the MVP with his 52-point performance against the Celtics

Joel Embiid are like goldfish. It's just the last thing they saw. So he had the 52 point game against the Celtics on Tuesday night... I feel like that performance in a game against the Celtics was like, alright, officially Embiid is the MVP.

The Lakers are a legitimate threat as they climb the Western Conference standings

The Lakers... they are climbing up the west... Seeds four through 10 right now are separated by four and a half games. Damn. And Lakers are right there at eight. Are the Lakers back? They have LeBron and AD.

UConn will have two back-to-back blowouts to win the National Championship

I feel like we're in store for two Yukon [UConn] blowouts back to back... I get all I really need out of this Final Four is just one close game.

Every great tournament run includes a scary moment early on

It seems like every big run when you look at national champions, when you look at Final Four participants, usually out of their first four or five games, they had one really scary moment... Fortunately for us, we didn't have to bank in an 80 footer or anything like that.

Kevin Durant is having the greatest mid-range season in 25 years

Kevin Durant is... arguably having the greatest mid-range season in the history since we've been tracking this for 25 years and he's breathing life into it and it's beautiful to watch... Kevin's almost 60% right now. It's incredible.

Nikola Jokic is giving up more points on layups than any player in the tracking era

He's giving up more points per game on layups as the closest defender of any player in the player tracking era, which is now 10 years. And so I brought that up because it's in the heat of this... chance for the Nuggets to finally get out of the Western Conference for Jokic to be a three time MVP.

Zion Williamson's injury issues are annoying because he just won't play

I'm a Pelicans fan... followed them. And Zion just won't play. He just won't play. It's annoying. He's not fragile. It's a different injury every time.

Ja Morant will relapse if he plays poorly after his brief rehab

And the toughest part is the relapse where if he, if he gets back and he's not that good, you're gonna fall back in old habits and you're gonna be like, I need to, I need to have a gun in strip club again.

The 76ers have zero percent chance of winning the NBA title

The Sixers have no chance. So I will not be putting anything on the Sixers... I'm only betting things I actually think could win. I'm not gonna bet the Sixers have 0% chance.

It is ridiculous to think the Lakers are title contenders just because they beat the Mavs

I think it's ridiculous that everyone thinks the Lakers are gonna win the West because they beat the Mavs on Sunday.

The Celtics own the Sixers and it's frustrating

We would get smoked. The Celtics just fucking own us and it's so frustrating. I just fucking hate the Celtics so much.

Victor Wembanyama is going to be out of this world good

Charles Barkley has come out and said he doesn't know if [Wembanyama] will be good because he's gotta see him play the physical nature of NBA basketball. This means he's going to be out of this world good because Charles Barkley... is kind of stuck in the past... talking about the Golden State Warriors that went on to win four titles shooting jumpers.

The drama surrounding Brandon Miller will actually help his NBA draft stock

My other spin zone is I actually think this helps his draft stock. Think about all the attention he's getting. Everyone knows who he is and then after, you know, all eyes are on him, he drops 40.

Mac McClung is a legend and saved the dunk contest

Mac McClung has saved it. Philly finally has a championship shout out title town... Mack McClung, like it was legitimately, I watched it... The lead up to the dunk contest, he was guaranteeing that he was gonna put on a show and then he put it on and everyone's like, who the fuck is this guy? It's Mack McClung. He's a legend.

LeBron James will not play all 23 remaining games of the regular season

I like that [LeBron] said the 23 most important games as if he's gonna play all 23. I'm gonna just say right now I don't think he's gonna play all 23.

The Sixers will lose to the Celtics in the playoffs this year

We're gonna lose to the Celtics in the playoffs this year and it's going to be like the most devastating thing of all time.

The Kyrie Irving trade raises the Mavericks' ceiling but makes their floor 'lava'

This trade to the Mavericks raises their ceiling but makes the floor lava. And that's perfect... In a world where this all works out, you now added like... a walking bucket.

The Memphis Grizzlies are the hottest team in the NBA right now

I probably like Memphis even more than Denver... Memphis just has, has some shit to it where I'm like, man, I like these guys... Memphis is the hottest right now.

The Boston Celtics are the best 'health bet' to win the NBA title

I think Boston's so much. Cause I feel like they're the best health bet. You feel like all of their guys are going to play. And the one person that's the biggest question mark is, is Rob Williams who, you know, they can still probably be really good without him.

The Denver Nuggets will win the NBA title

I'm gonna go nuggets. This is my third year in a row picking the nuggets. I'm staying on 'em nuggets.

Hammer the over in the Toledo vs. UAB game

Hammer the over in the first game. Toledo plays up and down UAB Jelly Walker, we talked about it.

The Brooklyn Nets are not fixable

I don't think you get to worry about the Nets. And I know that what a sucks that Ime's gone because he is a very good coach. But the Nets are not, I actually do not think they're fixable. I really don't.

The Denver Nuggets will win the NBA Championship if they stay healthy

You've been saying for like, it feels like five years now that once the nuggets get healthy, [watch out]. Jamal Murray's back and I know he's looking really good right now. Michael Porter's Jr. back... It's gonna be the Nuggets year.