Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios in the Eastern Conference | Real Ones
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
What's poppin'? Real ones, they say I have to look into this camera, so I'm going to look into this camera to intro. My name is Logan Murdoch, and I am here with my esteemed co-host, Howard Motherfucking Beck. And from the pride of Oklahoma. Tyler Motherfucker Parker. How you doing, buddy?
Justice Tyler. Happy to be here. Honored to be here. Uh yeah. You know, just really excited to uh get down and dirty, you know.
You know, so we've been off for about a couple of months now and um, you know, that builds up nerves here, right? It builds up nerves here at Ringer Headquarters or when people come into Ringer Headquarters and by nerves. I mean one Howard
Who
who I feel who has been if you can vouch for me on this has been using the better part of the last three and a half minutes to ask, Is everything okay? Today what team are we gonna be doing? What's the order? What's going on? Who's having heart palpitations? I think we're gonna make this work though.
I think listener, what you need to take from that is the H B. He's not mailing it in. Okay. He's he's he's trying for you, he's working for you, he's there for you, he's still caring.
I just like to be prepared, look. Yeah. I want to be prepared. Yeah.
Yeah.
Is that wrong?
Okay, one last thing before we get to this, real quick. And you guys can edit this out if you'd like to. It's fine. I got a text yesterday. We're all flying in. I'm flying in from the bays, flying in from New York. And somewhere over Nevada. Howard Beck sends a text. Hey man. Do I have the right stuff here? Am I gonna have the right takes for this podcast? Am I gonna do good? I think I'm gonna do this, right?
Accurate representation of my question. But
but continue.
Can the Boston Celtics reach the NBA Finals without Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brown?
And then I'm like, dude, it's fine, bro. Don't pod before the pod. We're gonna be fine. So let's not pod before the pod. Let's get right to it. All right. Enough of all that. We are here to play a game called Best Case, Worst Case, where we talk about every team in the league and see. their best case scenario or the worst case scenario of their season. We're gonna make some predictions. So the first team on our list is the Boston Celtics. Do you have are you got a scroll? You good are you all right? The boss itself, Dick, what's the best case scenario, Howard, and the worst case scenario for them?
The fun part here is that that was already like the top of my doc here. So thank you. You actually made it easy on me after all that stress. Uh best case scenario is definitely NBA Finals. I I I don't think that's a question. I think there are multiple teams in the East, which we will get to, that I think you could all say in the best of all worlds are making the NBA Finals. That includes the Boston Celtics. Uh whether they'd win the championship or not against Spurs slash Thunder is a different question. But if you're there, you can win it. So best case scenario, you could even say championship. Jason Tatum, I'm presuming is a hundred percent all the way back. If they can win fifty six games or whatever with Jalen Brown and Mo Tatum for most of the season, and Tatum, better player of the two of them.
Tatum now we have Tatum but no Brown. Um and a te and a team that's a been a little reformatted around him. I don't think that that is is too high of a bar. NBA Finals is the bar for the Celtics.
I I think unless there's some sort of, you know, kind of injury bug that grabs a hold of the team, which is the case for all of 'em, then yeah, I don't see why they couldn't make it to the NBA finals in this, you know, new kind of revamped East. I think the Mitchell Robinson ad is like sneaky, really important for them. I think it's uh gonna do a lot for going up against the Knicks. Um And the Sixers. Uh, he's got just tons of experience going up against these big boys in the East. And so I think that'll bode well for him. And yeah, they made it work with Jalen and all these guys. I don't see why they couldn't make it work with Tatum and all these guys.
Yeah, I agree with you guys. I think There's something to be said about great coaching. And Joe Mazzula is one.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:15–1:53
2
Can the Boston Celtics reach the NBA Finals without Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brown?
1:53–10:40
3
What is the Brooklyn Nets’ best- and worst-case scenario this season?
10:40–15:43
4
Can the New York Knicks win another NBA championship, and how much pressure is on Jalen Brunson?
15:43–24:07
5
Can LeBron James, Joel Embiid, and the Philadelphia 76ers become NBA Finals contenders?
24:07–34:30
6
Could Kawhi Leonard make the Toronto Raptors contenders if the trade goes through?
34:30–38:20
7
Where do the Bulls, Cavaliers, Bucks, and Pistons fit in a stronger Eastern Conference?
38:20–56:18
8
Can Tyrese Haliburton lead the Indiana Pacers back to the NBA Finals?
56:18–1:19:17
Speakers
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