NBA Rundown: Lakers Rise, Heat Rally and Wemby Dominates

Okay, so right now, I always got to start with, you know, the teams that we love, right? I know you're a Lakers guy. I'm a Heat guy. The Heat are starting to find their rhythm after an 0-4 start. A little bit. They're 4-2 in their last six games, so they're 4-6 right now. But, man, what went wrong? Now, people are starting to throw other people under the bus. Doc Rivers, the former coach of Giannis Antetokounmpo. I don't know. That guy is sus, bro. He is sus. He's totally sus. He's always like, nyeh, nyeh, nyeh, on their teams, dude. I don't think he's a coach that maintains chemistry within his team. So whatever he says, brain of some. So they, well, you know what? I mean, players that play for him now and in the future are going to see what he's saying about his former player. And, but he is making a point. He says, you know, Giannis likes to play point forward. When you're 6'10", 6'11", you know, and you've got to, you've got to go down low. And, and I think the Heat are having trouble finding their, their consistency. They're also supposed to be a really good defensive team. They gave up 138 points to the Lakers, but I still think they're going to make the playoffs. Playoffs now. The Lakers are proving me wrong. Luka is in pace to be the new MVP of the league, as we all knew. He just needed a little bit of space for him to be the captain of the team, the general of the court. And now we can see why Luka is the best player in the NBA. He's the best offensive player in the NBA. Look, I got to tell you something. The numbers are with us right now. I'm going to look at this guy. Yeah. I got to just show. My Lakers pride, I'm just loving it. Yes. So the Lakers are playing really good, but it's not only Luka. Austin Reaves is stepping up, dog-facing a fan on the staff, like right there on the front court. And he was like, what's up? Shoots a three, comes back, waves him. Austin has a great game. Los güeritos están con todo, papi. Los güeritos, that is right. I will say this. Offensively, they're both amazing. Mechanically, they're both amazing. They can shoot, they can pass, they can dribble, they can do all that. But when it comes down to playoff basketball, you know, are they going to be putting up 138 points a game in the playoffs? I don't know. I don't know. But let's move to the defensive side. Wemby continues to be a threat for this league. He's the most dominant defensive player. Spurs are going up. I think that Spurs is the other team that I think can have an easy path to the playoffs. He's amazing. How many blocks? Do you have his blocks? I'm assuming he's leading the league in blocks or something like that. He's definitely leading in blocks. Right after him is Chet Holmgren. Yeah, that makes sense. And then the Lakers' new kid, dude, that is in third place in blocks. Kessler. Kessler, yes, correct. Now, Humberto, you know what? Let me pull the standings. I think the people want to know. And the 76ers, my friends, are in first place in the Eastern Conference, right behind Boston Celtics, Pistons, and this looks like standing from 1996. Yeah. With those teams right there, my friends. Oh, my God, you're absolutely right. Philly, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, New York Knicks. Look at these Hawks. Wow. Is that the Dikembe Mutombo I see there? No, no, bring back Larry Bird. And then Cavaliers and Miami, probably both teams very sad that they didn't get LeBron back into their roster. And that's why they're so low. And then at the bottom, the bottom feeders, Milwaukee Bucks, my friend. Well, the team that Giannis left. Maybe that's why Doc Rivers. We take Giannis out, and that team collapsed completely all the way. Chicago Bulls, a team that has been struggling for a long time. Maybe because Milwaukee's doing so bad is the reason Doc had to unload on his former player. I don't know. No. Sauce behavior. But let's go to the West. What? Let's go to the West, my friend, because the Lakers topping. The charge, baby! That's right! Are we gonna see Philadelphia 76ers against the Lakers in the NBA finals? The 76ers will be... The 76ers versus the Lakers... That would be an amazing final. That would be an amazing final, and it will be the most watched, and the Lakers fans are gonna eat LeBron alive if he comes back to... I'm gonna call it Staples Center, because I don't care. Freaking crypto. Uh, Oklahoma City... We were thinking that this is a team to beat. Of course. Unfortunately, a lot of injuries in that team right now. That team is out. Half of the team is out. You lost Jalen Williams, and I believe Chet Holmgren is also out for a little bit of time. Patellar tendon tear right there. Cason Wallace with a torn labrum. And Jalen Williams with a fractured leg. For the old guys, Golden State Warriors. Golden State Warriors coming back. Yes, they're playing really well. We were talking about it in the Coaching Corner last week. The chef. Steph Curry playing at a really high level with a supporting cast now that understand. And a few young players, the new rookie that is playing there, I don't even remember his name. So amazing. Now Jimmy Butler is going to be coming back from injury. And then you're going to have a very strong team. And then Houston, Memphis, Portland, Denver. It's sad to see Denver all the way down there. But they still have a winning record. They have a winning record. They can always have a surge. And as soon as Nikola plays at the level that we know him, A different story. And then at the end, Utah. Sacramento Kings is a team that I did not expect for them to be so poor this season. They used to have one of the most exciting teams a couple of seasons ago. And now we see that if the teams are not investing consistently, you get out of the mix very quickly. The problem with a lot of these small market teams is that they try to hit the sweet spot of having young players on rookie contracts that they can afford. As soon as they seek max contracts, they unload them. They trade them for younger players, and it takes time to gel.