Justin Verrier

So if we've diagnosed the East here, the West probably stayed in Pat, like virtually up and down the top couple spots there outside of like a Hunter Tyson kind of being dumped and Jared McCain going to the Thunder.

But apparently Daryl Morey was selling high on that.

So perhaps the Thunder being left with the bag.

Overall, do you feel any different about the title race, the top contenders than you did four days ago?

But I'm glad Isaiah kind of mentioned that because this is the Wolves' experience in microcosm.

It's true.

They project to a certain point.

There's so much talent on that team.

They ultimately always make the West Finals at this point, so they'll probably just do it for a third straight year.

But there's just like something just not quite right all the time.

And to Rob's earlier point, Rudy Gobert is complaining about guys not being locked in enough.

And he's right.

The door seems more open than it did before.

It seems like the Nuggets are dealing with injuries practically every week.

A new one, Cam Johnson, just came back, but I assume there's going to be a trade-off because that's just how it's worked for them this year.

The Thunder, once they get Shea back, seem like the ultimate trump card.

And I would assume if that one's not going to linger past March, then everything should be fine.

Other than that, I'm just seeing open doors in a way that I hadn't before.

Even the Rockets seem like they're taking a half step back every couple of days.

We talked about Cam Thomas possibly going to here or there.