Surviving the wild West (Conference Preview)

All Hoops

All Hoops takes a look at the top Western Conference teams and who will challenge the Golden State Warriors. We'll give our sleeper pick to make the playoffs as well as who won't break into the bottom 4 playoff teams in the West. We also look at some of the changes in the All-Star game and NBA draft lottery. 00:53- Who could challenge the Warriors 01:03- New-look Thunder match up well with GSW, here’s why 02:00- Thunder’s history of good bench players 03:20- Steve’s case for the Houston Rockets 04:15- Why Chris Paul will help Harden get deeper in the playoffs 05:30- Pursuit of the best offensive team ever: Score more than the other team 06:15- San Antonio Spurs … don’t sleep on them 06:45- Chris accidentally gives Kawhi a new nickname 08:30- Chris’s sleeper team to make the Western Conference: Utah Jazz 10:00- Steve’s love for LA: Clippers make the playoffs and Griffin has a big year 11:00- Milos Tedosic - the truth 12:00- Fighting words: Clippers' passing won't lose a beat with Tedosic 13:00- Big year for the Suns and Devin Booker? 14:00- Memphis Grizzlies will not make the playoffs (CB) 16:00- New Orleans... will struggle and will trade one of their bigs (SI) 17:00: Where could Cousins land if he’s on the trade market again 18:00: Who will make the playoffs in the West 19:00: S: Clippers, Trailblazers, T-Wolves, Grizzlies and Jazz are West's bottom 4 19:40- Chris picks Minnesota, Denver, Utah and Portland 20:10- Steve is believer in the Blake Show 21:00- NBA changes its All-Star Game format 22:00- Steve doesn’t like it 23:00- Could lead to playoff seeding changes 24:00- NBA Draft changes; C: “there’s no way to solve it” 25:00- Steve’s solution for tanking is an old remedy 26:00- Give fans credit, they understand “The Process” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allhoops/support