Es Baraheni

Andrew, I have to ask you a question.

So the West is pretty interesting this year.

A lot of intriguing teams.

We've talked on this podcast about how they lost to the Spurs.

They haven't played the Nuggets yet.

Very intrigued by when they played the Nuggets.

They've played the Rockets.

Who are you afraid of if you're the Oklahoma City Thunder?

Okay, so your eyebrows are raised just a little bit for Houston, though.

And they have options.

I mean, they've, they've been trekking along even without Christian Brown and Aaron Gordon.

We just talked about that the other day, just the way they're like finding guys.

A single playoff series.

Yeah, look, they will take their bumps in the playoffs.

If you even think about, I mean, the youngest team that I can remember that really made a deep run was the 2012 Oklahoma City Thunder, right?

They made it to the NBA Finals, and even they had to take their bumps, right?

They had to lose in the playoffs in 2011.

They had to figure out how to win.

I just, I think most teams have to go through that.

Now, through...