00:00 No one in the West. Nah, I'm fine in the West. This was wild to me
00:04 What's going on guys today
00:14 We're gonna talk about the revamped Western Conference after the trade deadline and John Moran's freezing cold take before the end of last year
00:20 Before we do that make sure to LIKE this video and tell me in the comments who you think will be the team that comes
00:25 Out of the West this year
00:26 Alright, so right before Christmas job was feeling pretty confident about the Grizzlies and where they stacked up in the West and rightfully
00:32 So they were 20 and 11 at the time and seemed to be poised to take that next leap forward as potential title contenders
00:37 But since Moran's bold interview with ESPN's Malika Andrews things have taken a turn for the worse
00:42 The Grizzlies have gone 10 and 13 since then and 6 and 8 against Western Conference opponents
00:47 And if it wasn't bad enough to already be moving in the wrong direction
00:49 Then the trade deadline hit where now the Western Conference seems a whole lot scarier than it did 72 hours ago
00:55 You've got the Mavericks acquiring Kyrie Irving the Lakers trading for D'Angelo Russell
00:59 And then of course the midnight madness that sent Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns to team up with CP3 and Devin Booker
01:04 Now whether the Lakers prospects of making the playoffs have changed all that much your guess is as good as mine
01:09 But John Moran and the Grizzlies will most definitely have to worry about these new look Mavericks and Suns squads
01:13 That's before even mentioning the NBA surprise team of the year in the Sacramento Kings
01:17 And you've also got dangerous teams like the Pelicans
01:20 Timberwolves and the Warriors seem to be comfortably flying under the radar despite being the current reigning NBA champion
01:25 Then of course you got the Nuggets who currently have the top spot in the West and then the cherry on top is the Clippers
01:30 Who for whatever reason can't seem to get things to go their way
01:33 But they have a lot of talent and could easily make a push in the playoffs as well
01:36 But I think I've made my point by now this Western Conference while maybe not loaded at the time of the interview was certainly very
01:42 Competitive and it just got even more competitive with all these new additions
01:45 So I definitely didn't agree with what he said in a lot of ways. I respected his borderline disrespectful confidence that he showed in that interview
01:52 It served as an on-the-record form of shit-talking that he now has to back up or fail trying
01:56 Not a lot of guys seem to be willing to do that in the league today
01:59 And while it's certainly a risky move at the very least it'll be entertaining to watch him try and back those words up in one
02:04 Of the most talent-loaded conferences we've seen in a really really long time
02:07 And if he does we could be looking at the next superstar of this league
02:11 But what do you guys think?
02:12 Will he back up the talk or is he gonna find himself watching the finals back at home this summer?
02:16 Let me know in the comments below and as always don't forget to Like subscribe and hit the notification bell. So you never miss a video
02:21 *Outro Music*
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