2025 Western Conference Odds: Surprises and Favorites

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00:00Well, let's head to the Western Conference, where it is going to be wild.

00:04Right now, Oklahoma City Thunder, minus 150 favorites right now.

00:09Lakers, uh-oh, 6.5-1, as long as Bronny don't play a ton of minutes.

00:13Golden State, 9-1.

00:15Denver, 10-1.

00:16Croaching change.

00:17Minnesota, 13-1.

00:19Clippers, 17-1.

00:20Houston, intriguing.

00:22Two-seed, 25-1.

00:24Memphis, just keep all the antics to yourself.

00:27And then Dallas-Sacramento, thanks for playing Drive Home Safely.

00:31Who is your thoughts on who is coming out of the West?

00:34First of all, that's hella disrespectful to the Rockets.

00:37I get it.

00:38I understand why they're down as far as they are on this list.

00:41But you've got experience, experience, experience, experience all up ahead of them.

00:45But it's still kind of crazy that a two-seed is that far down the list.

00:48And that the Lakers, I get that as well.

00:49You've got LeBron James and Lukas, two generational players.

00:52It makes sense to me why they would be considered the second favorites.

00:54For me, who am I going with this one?

00:59I think I was going to pick the Thunder.

01:01You know what?

01:01Because my potential upset to look at.

01:04So for me, I'm going to do Thunder because I don't want to go against them yet.

01:07Even though I am part of the group that's like, I'm not sure yet what to think of.

01:10But I do have my upset coming out of the West.

01:12And it's none of those top teams that you're looking at right now.

01:15And I do agree.

01:16I do have Oklahoma City coming out of the West.

01:19So let's get to it right away.

01:21If there's a team that makes a run that's outside of the Oklahoma City, Boston, Cleveland.

01:27So we're looking at 17 to 1 or worse.

01:31Who is your team that could make a run?

01:35I can't believe I'm doing this because I spent years, like when I was at ESPN, sort of mocking the jinx that the Clippers seem to live under.

01:42But my goodness, if I lived in a state right now where I could use my app, I'd be putting a couple dollars on that plus $4,500 for the Clippers.

01:48There's something about watching, and I want to knock on wood when I say this because I want Kawhi Leonard to stay healthy.

01:53This is 2019 Kawhi we're watching.

01:55And I, as one, you know, with my Spurs not in this, I just want to be entertained.

02:00And if we get the Clippers doing what they've been doing as of late, with Harden and Kawhi playing as if no time has passed,

02:05I think it could be an interesting run for the Los Angeles Clippers.

02:08And that is interesting.

02:12Let's just hope that James Harden performs like he did last night, like he does in Game 7s, where he kind of tends to struggle.

02:20My team is right above yours, and that's Minnesota.

02:25Okay.

02:26I look at this matchup, and spicy take of the day, I have Minnesota knocking out the Lakers in the first round of the playoff.

02:32I think you look at Anthony Edwards as someone that can take his game to another level on both sides of the ball.

02:39I think he's a sneaky good defender, and when he's engaged and dialed in, he can do that.

02:44You've got a guy like McDaniels, another person who can defend.

02:47Rudy Gobert is going to be a problem versus the Lakers, because what in the Alex Len, Rui Hachimura, Jackson Hayes are we doing?

02:56How are they going to stop them off the boards unless they put them all on the perimeter?

03:00So my team to look at is the Minnesota Timberwolves.

03:04Let's see if Julius Randle does something.

03:07But you made a good point.

03:08He's not in New York.

03:10Not in New York, baby.

03:10Could be less pressure.

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