Eric Wedum

I think what's funny about this is the Nuggets beat the Lakers and lost to the Wolves, and so we're almost projecting the history onto it, but they're both different teams.

I actually think Denver would handle Minnesota better

And it's tough because there is a psychological thing.

If you get down in that series, they will get physical.

But they're not as good, and Denver's better, and Denver can handle them.

And the Lakers are better.

They are different.

So I think the history part of this should be thrown out.

i honestly think denver i would pick denver to beat all three of these teams so it's not a matter of i think what they would lose to but i do think that houston would be i mean knock on wood relatively easy yes and i actually think minnesota we're projecting the old baggage onto it not beating with the regular season last year losing in the playoffs but they're just not as consistent as good and they're counting a lot i mean that series i will say this minnesota might be the most contentious of all of them

Because you get all the same cast of characters, you know, for the most part.

But you also throw in Bones Highland, who's sneaky, really important to him.

And it would be a crazy series.

He's playing it great too.

And they do less complicated stuff on offense.

They'll be physical and do these different things.

Minnesota has more of an impact, in my opinion, on Jamal than they will on Nikola, even though they have Rudy Gobert, who I think is tough.

Yokes just solved him.

The Lakers don't have anybody either, but they are going to fly around in a way that I just think, like you said, it'd be a shootout, and Yoke defensively would have had a really bad matchup against the Lakers, I think.

Yeah.

I will say this, though, about Minnesota.