Northwest Division Preview (with Adam Mares & Andrew Schlecht)

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The NBA's Northwest Division is home to some of the best teams in the NBA. Wes Goldberg and guests Adam Mares (DNVR Sports) and Andrew Schlecht (The Athletic) dissect the key offseason moves and most interesting players for the Thunder, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers and Jazz. 00:00 – Intro 02:00 – OKC Thunder championship run & offseason outlook 10:00 – Denver Nuggets moves 18:00 – Can Minnesota stay in contention? 30:00 – Portland Trail Blazers outlook 40:00 – Utah Jazz rebuild & the Ace Bailey factor 50:00 – Most impactful newcomers in the division 56:00 – Breakout players to watch 1:09:00 – Predictions: playoff teams & final thoughts RealGM Radio is powered in part by North Station Media (CLNS). For advertising or media inquiries, contact info@clnsmedia.com 🔔 Like, comment, and subscribe for more NBA insights and analysis! Follow RealGM Twitter: https://x.com/RealGM Follow Wes Goldberg Twitter: https://x.com/wcgoldberg PrizePicks: PrizePicks is the best place to get real money sports action. With over 10 million members and billions of dollars in awarded winnings, PrizePicks has made daily fantasy sports accessible to all. You just pick MORE or LESS on at least two players for a shot to win up to 1000x your cash! Run Your Game all season long on PrizePicks. Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! Gametime: Take the guesswork out of buying tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code CLNS for $20 off your first purchase.

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0:00.0	three two one all right really excited to have both of you guys here for our northwest division
0:09.7	preview i consider both of you guys two of the very top authorities on the teams that you
0:17.5	cover two of the teams that we're about to talk about probably the most important teams in this division that we're about to talk about. We have, of course, Adamatas from DNVR
0:24.6	Sports. You cover the NBA and Denver Nuggets. And then Andrew Schleck from the athletic,
0:29.3	City Thunder, and the NBA with the Athletic NBA Daily Show. And Schleck, I want to start with you because you're coming fresh off of this championship run.
0:41.0	And like I said, you are number one authority on your team, in touch with the pulse of the fan base.
0:47.0	What's it been like coming off of the franchise's first championship?
0:51.8	It has been such a fun experience watching not only the players win and the
0:59.6	coaching staff and seeing Sam Presti, you know, like be so excited after winning it.
1:05.7	But man, just knowing that like this fan base had been through so many iterations of the thunder that were so that had these lofty expectations that they never actually got there.
1:18.4	Watching the confetti fall.
1:20.3	Like I'm standing at mid court.
1:21.8	Like I'm a few rows up.
1:23.5	I'm like out of my media seat immediately.
1:25.2	And I'm like, I just want to soak in all of this.
1:27.3	And so I'm, you know, standing kind of in the middle of everything and watching the confetti fall.
1:31.1	It actually happened.
1:33.2	Like this really happened.
1:35.1	And just, you know, seeing the guys on social media taking the Larry O.B.
1:41.0	Across the world has been really cool.
1:43.1	But, you know know just seeing everything that
1:46.9	you know presi's been able to accomplish throughout his entire career and finally getting the thing
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