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Locked On NBA – Daily Podcast On The National Basketball Association

BEST In The West! | Can the Denver Nuggets DETHRONE the Oklahoma City Thunder Next Season?!

Locked On NBA – Daily Podcast On The National Basketball Association

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4.3915 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Locked On NBA Game Night, hosts Danny Cunningham (Locked On Cavs) and Swipa (Locked On Nuggets) provide a comprehensive analysis of Western Conference power rankings for the upcoming NBA season. The duo examines top contenders like the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, and Houston Rockets, discussing their championship potential and key players. They explore mid-tier teams such as the Clippers and Timberwolves, debating their defensive capabilities and regular-season prospects. The podcast also covers the positioning of the Lakers and Warriors, considering factors like star power and roster depth. Danny and Swipa assess rising teams like the Spurs and Mavericks, weighing the impact of new additions and uncertainties. The episode concludes with a broader discussion on the Western Conference's intense competitiveness, noting that 12 out of 15 teams believe they have playoff potential.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On today's show, let's take a deeper look into what the Western Conference should be this upcoming season. That's right. We're going to do Western Conference power rankings. One to 15. Is OKC at the top? Who's at the bottom? We'll discuss all that. And so much more on today's edition of Lockdown NBA Game Night. When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for a locked on NBA game night. All the postgame reactions to every game across the league.

0:03.7

Every season. Final buzzer rings, you know it's time for Locked-on NBA Game Night.

0:25.7

All the post-game reactions to every game across the league, every single night.

0:28.9

With insights only the hosts that Locked-on can provide. It's the true NBA fans one-stop for all the actions.

0:33.8

Every game, every night.

0:36.0

It's Locked-on NBA Game Night, tipping off now. What's up, everybody? My name's Danny Cunningham, and you might know me from Lockdown Caves, and you might know my co-host, swipe up from Lockdown Nuggets, and thank you for making today's edition of Locked on NBA Game Night, your first listen. Thank you for making the show your first listen every single day. you can find us anywhere you get your podcast, Apple, Spotify, or anywhere else. And the best way to support the show is make sure you are subscribed to this channel on YouTube, hit that thumbs up button for this video and hit that notification bell. So you don't miss the latest videos from us here at Lockdown NBA. And of course, today's show brought to you by Fandul football season right around the corner.

1:12.7

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1:17.6

Basketball season, maybe not quite right around the corner.

1:20.2

We are getting closer.

1:21.4

We're less than two months away from every team having played a regular season game.

1:25.3

We are roughly five-ish weeks away from media day and

1:30.1

the start of training camp it is actually time to start looking ahead and saying hey what is this

1:34.0

season going to look like look like look man i am so excited danny for this upcoming NBA season

1:42.0

i think there's going to be so many cool storyline so many so many cool narratives. I'm like, I really like, we're two months away out now from Kevin Durant, becoming a Houston Rocky, but I think that's going to be like such a fun story to be a part of for this regular season, even for the Phoenix Suns. Like, hey, like, they're not going to be competitive to like a playoff level, but like, that's still going to be a team with good players on there. I want to see how Malawks plays. I want to see how Portland Trailblazers now with some veterans on the roster. Donovan Klingin taking a step forward. And then on top of that, you get shaded and sharp. They got Scoot Henderson, maybe taking them Denny Advia. They have a lot of really good talent. And then you obviously got the San Antonio Spurs taking a leap now with Carter

2:20.7

Brian and Dylan Harper and Spahn Castle and Jeremy Sohan and obviously the great

2:25.8

Victor Wemagnama.

2:27.1

Even teams that are in the bottom five-ish of the West, they all got played in really

2:32.9

good teams to put on the four. Danny, I think that this

2:36.7

is going to be a spectacular NBA season. I couldn't agree more. And as you mentioned, there's a lot

2:42.6

of talent in the Western Conference. And that is where the focus of today's show is going to be

2:46.8

tomorrow's show going to focus on the Eastern Conference. But today we're going to talk a lot about the West and where every team falls in the power rankings. And I do think that this is a very challenging exercise because I think there are a lot of really good teams in the West. I think it's going to be so funny. And I will be on tomorrow show as well, which is why I can confidently say what we're going to be doing on that show. But I think it's so funny what like the bottom of the power rankings on one conference looks like compared to the bottom of the power rankings on the other conference. Because in the West, it feels like in, of course, as you get to the bottom, like Utah, I don't know that there's a lot of reason to be excited about what they're going to look like. They've got some young players, certainly, but they're not going to be a very competitive team, I don't think. And in the Eastern Conference, you've got like four or five teams that are like that in the West.

3:07.5

You just don't think. And in the Eastern Conference, you've got like four or five teams that are like that in the

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