I love today's podcast. We're at the halfway point of the NBA season, a deep dive, the

contender list and the write-offs. We're going to spend some time on it. Burger McFarland, we're talking

playoffs, we're talking coaching changes, and some draft stuff and life advice. We're at the halfway point in the

We're at the halfway point of the NBA season and I wanted to

enter in to the contenders conversation. I have a contenders list. The concept is simple.

If at the end of all of this in June, one of these teams is holding up the NBA championship.

You wouldn't be like, how the fact did that happen

I didn't want to swear so soon but I just felt like that was the best way to describe the concept so my contenders list is this as of right now Boston Milwaukee Philadelphia

Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver obviously the clippers and I'm keeping Phoenix in this list.

Does it feel like I'm doing them some favors?

Yeah, it does.

I don't feel great about it.

And look, if you very simply want to say,

Phoenix isn't winning the title, that's ridiculous,

you're probably right. but I was trying to

compile the list where if it happens you know that's that's the point if it happens

in the confetti's coming down you know like all like, all right, you know, Phoenix figures some things out,

you know, maybe somebody adds something and then there's kind of the write-off list of some other

teams that I'll get to. So the point of this is let's talk about the good things with each of these teams and also the bad things

This is coming off of last night's win for Philadelphia against Denver at home and bead was incredible again.

I think that win meant a lot for Philadelphia and you know you start watching the

match-ups play out and you're like could this actually be an NBA final so

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