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Southwest Division Preview (with Keith Parish)

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RealGM NBA Radio with Wes Goldberg

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4.7627 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

The Southwest Division is STACKED with storylines heading into this NBA season. Wes Goldberg (RealGM Radio) and Keith Parrish (Fastbreak Breakfast, Grits & Grinds) break down every team—Rockets, Spurs, Pelicans, Mavericks, and Grizzlies—and make predictions for how the division will shake out. We cover Kevin Durant joining the Houston Rockets, Victor Wembanyama’s year three leap, Zion’s health, Cooper Flagg’s impact in Dallas, and Memphis’ tough decision to move Desmond Bane. 00:00 – Intro & why the Southwest Division is fascinating 02:00 – NBA division realignment talk & rivalries 08:45 – Houston Rockets: Kevin Durant trade, roster fit & concerns 20:30 – San Antonio Spurs: Year 3 of Wemby, Fox pairing & depth chart questions 30:00 – New Orleans Pelicans: Confusing offseason, Point Zion & Jordan Poole fit 42:20 – Dallas Mavericks: Cooper Flagg’s role, Kyrie injury & roster imbalance 49:30 – Memphis Grizzlies: Trading Desmond Bane, Ty Jerome & KCP additions, leadership void 59:45 – Predictions: Who wins the Southwest Division? 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

What's up, everybody? Welcome to RealGM Radio. I'm Wes Goldberg. Today, Keith Parrish and I are breaking down

0:04.5

the Southwest Division. The Rockets are the clear favorites at the top, but it's pretty open after that.

0:10.4

Most people, I think, are picking the Spurs to make a leap this season, but Keith and I make the case that

0:16.0

you shouldn't overlook the Memphis Grizzlies. It's a fun, in-depth conversation.

0:21.5

Let's jump in.

0:32.9

All right, it's Real GM Radio.

0:33.9

Thanks so much for tuning in.

0:36.9

The best way, as always, to support the show is to hit that subscribe button on YouTube.

0:40.0

Make sure you follow us on your podcast app to get this show every week. This is our Southwest Division preview. I'm here with Keith Parrish from the

0:45.5

Fast Break Breakfast and Grits and Grinds and Grind Podcast. We've known each other for a long time.

0:52.0

Have not potted together a ton, I would say, but I've also, this is my fault because since I've taken over Real Gym Radio over the last year, I feel like I've barely talked about this conference. Not that it doesn't deserve it. Like I, you know, I talked about the Houston Rockets during the playoffs. A little bit of Wembe. I think we did a segment on cooper flag in the dallas mavericks but this

1:12.1

is a fascinating conference for a lot of different reasons especially after this offseason

1:15.8

um so this is our chance this is our chance to get into it uh southwest division preview i do

1:22.2

think it's one of the more interesting conferences in the league yeah absolutely i um i am excited to talk about it. It's good to podcast with

1:30.9

you again. I know you were on fast break breakfast back in the day. Yep. But it's it's definitely been

1:36.8

a little bit. Yeah. No, the Southwest is great. It's also the, I think the most absurdly named

1:41.5

division. It's interesting.

1:44.1

The Southwest, if we're using a U.S. map from like 1820, yes, absolutely.

1:51.9

A Tennessee team, a Louisiana team.

1:57.7

So yeah, no, I'm excited to talk about it.

2:00.0

That's a great call.

2:02.6

Our divisions are not,

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