Marcus Thompson

They can be really bad when they're bad.

Like some of these Lakers games are just like, Ooh, they can just look like the most unserious team.

I like,

What?

What are you doing, right?

Like, that was crazy.

But then they also could just, you know, catch fire and go crazy.

I do think, like, Minnesota, Houston, the Lakers, I do think they're a step below Denver and OKC.

Like, what Denver is doing without Jokic.

Like, not only are they getting the requisite reps, like, and people are feeling, people are being put in uncomfortable positions.

Like, it's going to help them when Jokic come back.

But they are surviving without the best player in basketball, right?

So I've always thought – I feel like Denver is the team that can beat – okay, see, I forgot San Antonio up in there.

Like, that upper crust to me is a little bit different.

But the highs – the best of Minnesota, the best of Houston, the best of the Lakers even –

I think they can knock out.

I think before Jimmy, I would have said the best of the Warriors can give any of those teams problems in a series.

Now...

Oklahoma City, Denver, and I don't know about San Antonio yet, but you could definitely see the building blocks are the teams that can put together – I'm going to put together three, four straight series of this.

I don't know if the Lakers can do that.