Chapter 1: What teams are ranked in the No-Power Rankings?
Hello and welcome to Group Chat. I am Justin Verrier and joining me, Rob Mahoney, J. Kyle Mann. What a glorious Thursday it is to talk about some shit teams in the NBA.
I do feel like you step up for these moments, Justin.
Chapter 2: What is the current situation of the Los Angeles Clippers?
Just when we get to peer into the void, really examine our own inner darkness, but also the darkness in the league. Like this is where you shine more than anyone.
That's right. We're doing the no power rankings. You've heard about it probably on the street, probably on TikTok.
Chapter 3: How are the Golden State Warriors handling their aging roster?
All the kids are talking about it. I love Googling the topic that we're doing or putting it into my search bar on Gmail because then I get to see how long we've been doing this. Yeah. At least since 2021, my friends. This is the fifth annual no power rankings, a half decade of ranking shit.
Well, Kyle, this is your maiden journey with us doing the no power rankings. How have you felt really descending into the true madness of the NBA?
Chapter 4: Why is Zion Williamson's situation in New Orleans concerning?
I kind of feel like, I don't know, I feel like Jabari Smith when he talked about how great it felt to get on the floor with LeBron or maybe I'm like Christian Leitner with the Dream Team. I kind of just feel like I'm on the floor and I'm looking around and I'm like, wow, that's Rob, that's Justin. Look at me, I'm in this great event that I've always dreamed of. So I'm pinching myself.
I'm going to try to just keep up and move the ball. That's just how I'm feeling. I'm trying to just not sink. I'm trying to swim.
We think about it more as like a successful prestige TV show where it's like the Sopranos all of a sudden get a new big bad. Kyle, that's you. You're just like, you're joining in and you just have a different energy in order to fuck things up.
Can I be Feech LaManna? That was my favorite for a season, right? The guy who stepped on the dude's arm and broke his... Rob just shook his head.
Chapter 5: Can the Chicago Bulls successfully rebuild after recent trades?
He's not too that season. I just spoiled something really great for you. A graphic for you. Good luck.
I assure you the name Feech LaManna will not stay in my brain long enough to actually spoil it. So I think you're in the clear right now. That's your problem. That's not my problem.
Yeah.
All right, so no power rankings.
Chapter 6: What challenges do the Milwaukee Bucks face moving forward?
If you listen to the podcast, you probably know how this goes. We are ranking the five worst situations in the league, five worst organizational situations going forward from this point forward. Any quibbles or anything, Rob? I feel like you like to throw in a little wrench here now and then. Oh, thank you. I appreciate it.
I appreciate you seeing me for the quibbler I am. I don't have any wrenches to throw, but I will say I did find the number five spot this year harder to place than most. I thought there was like a clear four teams that I knew were going to be represented on this list.
Chapter 7: Why are the Sacramento Kings considered hopeless?
And then there's kind of a grab bag of, I want to say like no one is feeling great in that next group up, but they all have kind of something going for them and sifting through to figure out what you valued the least. I found to be an interesting exercise, but also kind of an exhausting one.
The Quibbler sounds like the lamest Batman villain possible. He just sort of like argues little details with Batman and delays him. I was going to say... I know we all like branding. I know you name things, and we try to slap a marketable thing on things as they go out the door. What about the powerless rankings? Would that work well? What do we think about that? Are we just so far in?
I mean, it's only year five. Are you going to change Nike to, like, Nuki or something? I mean, yeah, that's one-to-one.
You're right. You were doing so well, Kyle. You know, you were saying all the right things out of the gate, and now you're trying to fuck with our bit, and we don't appreciate it.
I'm like that Foo Fighters drummer that got ejected after a year. I had it going so good. Yeah.
It is the no power rankings. It's the strongest brand out there. This way that nobody could steal this bit because I know that happens in NBA podcasting these days. I'm seeing you out there. I noticed what's going on out there in the world. We've been doing this spot for so long. I know what you're doing. Just saying. Name names. Yeah.
No, at the very least, you could change the name of your bit if you're going to take from the world-renowned group chat podcast. I'm just going to say that. Okay, relax, dad. All right. So we're going to go five to one, right? Rob, do you want to start since you were saying five was a difficult spot for you? Yeah, I ended up going with the Clippers at number five.
I actually have the same thing. Yeah, I mean, they've got one more season of Kawhi and then what? And that's assuming they even do have one more season of Kawhi. Maybe he gets traded in the offseason. Who knows what direction this team ends up going in. I just look around right now and...
In a way, they've jump-started the next version of their team by getting Darius Garland in the door, an all-star who could grow with the Clippers for years to come. But he has his own lengthy injury history.
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