Chapter 1: What teams are discussed in the brightest future power rankings?
Hello and welcome to Group Chat. I am Justin Verrier and joining me, Rob Mahoney. No J. Kyle Mann today, but we were able to scrap together enough Ruples and Croners to get our guy Big Waz back on the pod. What's up, buddy? I'm good, man. I'm happy to be back on and be on Netflix. That's right. It's my Netflix debut, so I'm super excited. Let's not pretend you're not already TV zone, Big Waz.
Oh, well, come on. Come on. I just, you know, I only made my NBA TV debut with the association. Shouts to MJ and my guy, Coach Fizz, my new best friends. That was such a seamless promo. I was expecting you to do like the times as well, like 7 Eastern, 3 Pacific.
Chapter 2: What insights do the hosts share about the Denver Nuggets?
Who runs this time? I don't know the times or else I would have. There you go. But glad to have you back. Always. What's been going on? How have you been?
Chapter 3: How do the New York Knicks fit into future power rankings?
Man, it's crazy. Just working a lot. Like, our cadence is three shows a week, which is different from what we were doing. And also, like, I actually go into that studio every single episode, which, again, is a lot different from what we do. So it's like... So a normal job.
Chapter 4: What are the Boston Celtics' prospects for the future?
Yeah, exactly. Not even that. Three-fifths of a normal job. That's what I was about to say. I was just like, man, this is what the grunts do. But yeah, it's been dope, man. The team over there is dope.
Chapter 5: What makes Jayson Tatum a key player for the Celtics?
Paul and Danny are great guys. They're super professional and super courteous, and they still have a deep passion for the NBA, which is a lot of fun. And then, you know...
Chapter 6: What factors influence the Minnesota Timberwolves' future?
Let's just say talking to you guys about hoops is a little bit different from talking to those guys about hoops. You know what I mean? Like, Paul, NBA Central clipped us, I think it was two days ago. And Paul was like, yeah, Trey Young's just as good as Halliburton. And I was like, oh, my God.
lord have mercy when i saw clips of you for a live show i guess you did during all-star and it was with like fabulous i was like a little different when we did the the live shows with like yeah meeting jim jones and mayno and and dave east yeah that's that was a little bit different than our white uh american player draft in indy so yeah it's just a little uh
Different in tone, but honestly, if anything, I've grown an appreciation for the shit that JV was doing up here with me and Rob.
Chapter 7: How are the Detroit Pistons positioned for future success?
Amen. In terms of trying to wrangle the different guys. Where I'm just watching Danny jump in and cut Paul off in the middle of something. Like, no, I had just set him up to do something. So I've gained a certain appreciation for JV. Even reading... doing my little exercise for today. I was like, you know, this topic is a lot more interesting than I gave you credit for.
Chapter 8: What potential do the Charlotte Hornets and Indiana Pacers have?
Look at this, point guards loving point guards. Unfortunately, I don't think Rob has gotten there yet, but maybe when he goes and does his podcast with Maino, he will come around. One of these days. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, for sure. It certainly does. Likewise, Waz. And, you know, we've had to grow and change, too. We haven't done a white American players draft.
I couldn't tell you why. I don't know what changed around here, but we can't really do that anymore. I wholly disagree, especially with the way things are going in our society. You got to love yours, guys. Stick closer to the ones that you love. Well, we wanted to bring you back for one of our tried and true formats, which is the future power rankings.
And I knew something was different when we were talking about it beforehand. You're like, oh, so we're doing all 30 teams. I was like, no, no, no, we're only doing five of these. But I appreciated the effort. We actually did our flip side of this, the no power rankings last week with Kyle, which you typically do. Did you want to weigh in there before we get to the good teams?
Did you want to sift through the shit with us just quickly? I mean, for me, the team that comes to mind is the Bulls. And it's because I was talking to my buddy, Scott, who, you know, he does like a lot of independent sports media. But now he's kind of just focused on, he's a Chicago-based guy. But now he's just kind of focused on the Bears.
And what he said to me, how he described his fandom, he said the Reinsdorfs have turned me into a casual. And I was like, God damn, man. That is the state of affairs if you're a Bulls fan, just the rudderlessness of that whole situation where it's like, what are they doing? What are you doing?
And it seems just like the thing that kills it is just the apathy that it feels like their management has. They don't care. It's not like Dolan who used to meddle and be like, let's get the most expensive, splashiest name. This is definitely going to work.
You could tell that he actually cared and was invested and was willing to overpay the hell out of Larry Brown and Phil Jackson and all of these figures. Whereas with the Reinsdorfs, it's just like they just don't give a damn. Which is, that to me is the saddest, sad sack situation in the NBA right now. Yeah, you can't be cheap and uninspired. It's just not going to get you really anywhere.
And that's why the Bulls consistently go nowhere at all. Also, you know, it's crazy to watch Charlotte do this as soon as MJ leaves. It just kind of shows you like ownership is probably the most underrated advantage slash disadvantage in the NBA.
Having competent ownership or ownership with some level of a vision and some commitment to long-term success and a willingness to try to see it through is so invaluable and it's something we don't talk about enough. Just having ownership that isn't horrible. And yeah, MJ is gone and this thing just... It's out of here like a rocket ship. Seriously.
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