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With the NBA season days away, Jose Salviati and Steve Purciello put every team in its place. Steve’s latest 13 Rules: Random NBA Thoughts column sorts all 30 teams into six tiers, from definite title contenders down to “there’s always next year,” and the guys work their way from the bottom up in 24 minutes.
Steve explains why Sacramento is the bottom feeder he’d most want to run, why New Orleans has more raw talent than anyone in the “fun but flawed” group, and why a healthy Jimmy Butler could make the Warriors a playoff nightmare out of the play in. Plus: what stalled the Magic, why the Pistons need a second scorer, how deep Boston really is after beating a full strength Sixers team with its reserves, and why Steve is taking Oklahoma City. The episode closes with a look at which conference is deeper and why the end of tanking could shrink win totals across the league.
In this episode:
00:00 Welcome to the Shot Clock Pod
01:30 Steve’s six tiers explained
02:45 There’s Always Next Year: Grizzlies, Nets, Kings
05:45 Fun but Flawed: Mavericks, Clippers, Pelicans, Bucks
10:00 Play In City: Blazers, Jazz, Warriors, Suns, Hornets, Wizards
14:15 Stuck in the Middle: Hawks, Pacers, Magic
16:15 Close but No Cigar: Nuggets, Heat, Pistons, Lakers, Raptors
19:30 The top two tiers: Celtics, Timberwolves, Rockets, Cavaliers
22:45 Steve’s title pick: Oklahoma City, plus the Knicks, Sixers and Spurs
24:15 East vs. West and why nobody is tanking anymore
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