Brennan Vogt

So this matchup has changed.

I think ultimately some of the core things that swing in Denver's way, the key things that swing in Denver's way in this matchup are still there.

I would like I would welcome a first round series against the Lakers.

Yeah, I mean, Minnesota has to be the sneaky dark horse.

They felt even a little bit overlooked two years in a row where they made the Western Conference Finals as a team that hadn't done that in a long time.

And when it looked...

Like maybe they weren't going to have the juice this year.

Like you just can't count them out.

They're still there.

They're still creeping and hanging around.

So they're definitely the dark horse in this.

I do think it is going to be LA, San Antonio, OKC, which by the way, when you say it out loud like that.

Yeah, this is my least favorite moment in podcast history.

I'm taking the Boston Celtics.

I just, I think, like, is it not going to be the Celtics?

You're buying the Pistons, which, look, they've been amazing, but the shooting thing in the playoffs might matter.

I know.

And they're, of course, in the honeymoon phase.

They look incredible right now.

But they might look incredible just because they are really talented.