NBA West Dark Horse Candidate
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00:00 The NBA is starting to kind of take form.
00:03 We can see the teams that are at the top.
00:05 We can see the teams that are maybe struggling a little bit.
00:08 And then there's just teams in the middle.
00:09 Who is your dark horse in the Western Conference?
00:12 Well, you know, we'd like to start really focusing
00:14 on the NBA right around Christmas, right?
00:15 Yeah.
00:16 With the brooms up.
00:17 That's why we have the tree in the background today.
00:18 We're getting in the spirit of the NBA.
00:20 Dark horse team.
00:21 So we knew they were kind of getting better last year.
00:24 We thought they would get better this year.
00:25 But they've taken not tiny steps, a huge step.
00:28 And that's the Oklahoma City Thunder in the West, right?
00:30 With Chet Holmgren, who was the number two pick last year,
00:33 set out here.
00:34 So he's kind of a rookie, even though he's
00:37 had a year more development.
00:38 Yeah, absolutely.
00:39 And he's got the beard, which changes his look.
00:41 It changes his--
00:42 It changes his game a little bit.
00:43 It changes his vibe, doesn't it?
00:44 I mean, he doesn't look as skinny and frail.
00:46 He's like, oh my god, he's a seven-foot mountain man.
00:48 And then you've got SGA, who of course is an all-star.
00:51 They just have got a team to beat.
00:53 Not a team on the rise, a team that's here.
00:55 The dark horse on the rise are Houston Rockets.
00:57 Ooh, absolutely.
00:58 They've got tons of talent with Jalen Green.
01:01 And I mean, I think they're off to a 500 start when last year,
01:05 they could barely win a game.
01:07 So they're kind of where Oklahoma City was maybe
01:09 a year and a half ago.
01:10 So dark horse, and then getting to be a dark horse.
01:13 OK, you have two picks.
01:14 I like that.
01:15 You came prepared today.
01:16 It's Christmas.
01:16 Come on.
01:17 Bring gifts.
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