Brendan Vogt

Maybe the biggest swing factor in the entire NBA right now, heading into the postseason.

If Aaron Gordon is healthy, I think a lot of people will have a lot of interest in how the West might shake out.

And the Nuggets, in fact, might become a popular pick from some national media members, especially as the kind of it's actually really hard to repeat now thing seems to be descending on OKC, at least to some extent.

So I think people would be willing to consider Denver, you know, a real favorite to win the West.

One of the two favorites, definitely the biggest contender.

And if AJ is not healthy.

even from this perspective, it's hard to really think the nuggets can get it done.

I think it's maybe the biggest sex factor in the whole league right now.

Yeah.

And even if he gets the first round to be kind of like 80%, but is he going to, is he going to stay healthy?

I think is just officially a fair and unfortunate question that hovers over the season.

I agree.

I thought he looked much more like himself.

I thought it was really encouraging.

I thought it was a nice reminder that while he certainly got off to a slow start to the year,

We are really largely talking about an injury here, a significant one.

And so a guy whose game is predicated on his burst, excuse me, his athleticism, his quickness, his motor, as he said in his own words, he's just not going to be able to be quite himself if that's not right.

I think there are some through line questions that persist, right, in certain matchups, how our teams are going to guard Christian Brown in the half court.

Like, I don't think the way OKC guards him is going to change.

Nope.