West's Elite Teams & Future of the Grizzlies (With Keith Parish)

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets are separating themselves from the rest of the Western Conference. Wes Goldberg and Keith Parish (Fastbreak Breakfast, Grits & Grindz podcasts) talk about what makes these teams elite, Nikola Jokic vs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Part 2, LeBron James' role with the Los Angeles Lakers and what comes next for the Memphis Grizzlies. #nba #lakers #okcthunder #nuggets #nikolajokic #shaigilgeousalexander #alperensengun #houstonrockets 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	Welcome to Real GM Radio. On today's episode, I'll be joined by Keith Parrish. One of my favorite guests I have here, you know him from the Grids and Grimes podcast, Fast Break Breakfast podcast, and he's on here to help me go through the Western Conference. We talk about a bunch of the top teams in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Denver, the Denver Nuggets, the Houston Rockets. Can the rockets really push the Nuggets in the thunder? Can the nuggets really push
0:21.7	the thunder? We talk about that. The brewing MVP race between SGA and Yokic part two, where
0:27.2	Luca Donchich fits into all of that. And we also talk about LeBron and his role on the Lakers
0:31.4	after his season debut this week. So we get into all of that. Plus, I get Keith's opinion on what
0:36.7	the Memphis Grizzlies should do now and going forward with all of that. Plus, I get Keith's opinion on what the Memphis Grizzlies
0:37.8	should do now and going forward with John Morant. Plus, I pitch him a fake trade that he's not a big
0:43.4	fan of it first, and then I think I start to convince him towards the end. This is a fun one. You're not
0:48.4	going to want to miss it. Let's jump in. Last night, Rockets, Cabs was the headliner, the big ESPN game.
1:02.1	Alpern, Schengoon, Kevin Durant, they combined for 48 points.
1:05.6	Shangoon was awesome.
1:06.8	10 of 17 shooting, 11 rebounds, 7 assists.
1:09.9	I want to start with Houston because I need help with them.
1:14.7	I don't think that they're as good as the Thunder.
1:17.4	I don't think they're as good as the Nuggets.
1:20.5	And I really don't have a reason for that other than the fact that I just know the Thunder
1:26.6	and I know the nuggets more.
1:28.0	I'm just more familiar with those teams and I'm more familiar with Nikola Yokic.
1:31.4	But the pace that Shangoon is on right now, you could even argue right now he's Houston's best
1:37.8	player already, even with Kevin Durant added to the roster.
1:42.1	Oh, so you started with very calm, reasonable opinions pointing out that
1:48.1	you think the thunder and nuggets are better than the rockets. And I was like, well, of course,
1:51.9	you're using your eyes and your brain and data. This shingun good than Durant I wasn't prepared for.
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