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🔥 On ESPN, the latest NBA Power Rankings reveal a significant shakeup as the Los Angeles Lakers climb higher following their blockbuster deal for Deandre Ayton, while the Boston Celtics experience a sharp fall after a challenging free agency period.  The panel breaks down how Ayton’s addition makes the Lakers a scary title contender and what Celtics fans should expect moving forward. From roster changes to team chemistry and future outlooks, get all the expert insights on how these moves impact the Western and Eastern Conferences.  🔖 Hashtags + Keyword Tags (Inside the Description) Hashtags: #ESPN #NBAPowerRankings #Lakers #DeandreAyton #Celtics #NBA2025 #NBAFreeAgency #NBAAnalysis #BasketballNews  Keyword Tags (Inside Description): ESPN NBA power rankings, Lakers Ayton impact, Celtics free agency fallout, NBA team rankings 2025, NBA Western Conference contenders, Boston Celtics roster changes, Lakers title contender 2025, NBA offseason analysis, ESPN NBA update, NBA conference power shifts

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00:00...

00:30For the defending champs

00:31And so is this just built on last year's success?

00:35Yeah, absolutely

00:35And the key phrase there is no subtractions

00:38I mean, this team is built for long-term success

00:41And if you talk about a team that just won the NBA title

00:44This is the youngest team in the NBA

00:46I mean, they were the second youngest team to ever win the NBA title

00:49So it's not like, oh no, they need to make some changes

00:51Bring in some new pieces

00:52Like, all these guys are getting better, right?

00:54Jalen Williams is an all-NBA player

00:56He's only hitting the cusp of his prime

00:59You've got a guy like Chet Holmgren

01:00Who only has a handful of NBA games under his belt

01:03He's only going to get better

01:04And then, of course, you talk about the MVP

01:06The league's leading scorer

01:07The finals MVP

01:08Shea Gildress Alexander

01:10Oh, hey, guess what?

01:11He turns 27 next week

01:12He's not even in prime yet

01:14So this team is built for success

01:17I don't think you really have to worry about anything

01:19In terms of, oh no, they didn't change the roster

01:21They have the formula

01:23It's the all-world, all-historical defense that they have

01:27Coupled with Shea Gildress Alexander's absolute majesty on the offensive end

01:32They have a system that's going to continue to win regular season NBA games

01:37You want to talk about the playoffs?

01:38Okay, they were pushed to a game seven a couple times

01:40Who knows what happens if Tyrese Halliburton doesn't get hurt

01:43However, the regular season

01:46This team is going to be an absolute juggernaut again

01:48I don't think you have anything to worry about if you're an Oklahoma City fan

01:51Yeah, scary thought for the rest of the NBA

01:53And Colin, so much of that Thunder roster built through the draft

01:57With an embarrassment of first-round picks

01:59That the franchise has acquired over the years

02:02The Knicks got roasted pretty good

02:04In what seemed like a directionless search at times

02:07For their next head coach after firing Tom Thibodeau

02:10Now they've hired former two-time NBA coach of the year Mike Brown

02:13You have them third overall

02:15That's up a couple of spots

02:16What do you like about the Brown hire

02:18And, of course, maybe the addition of a guy like Jordan Clarkson

02:21Yeah, I think, you know, Mike Brown

02:24You mentioned the search was kind of hilarious at times

02:27They kept asking for permission to interview other teams' head coaches

02:30And, of course, they were like, no, we're not doing that

02:32But they ended up with Mike Brown

02:34Who, you know, I've spent a lot of time around Mike Brown

02:37He was a Golden State assistant

02:39I'm out here in the Bay Area

02:40And then, of course, the head coach of the Sacramento Kings

02:42Led that incredible turnaround

02:44Where they made the playoffs for the first time in 16 years

02:47It obviously went south after that

02:49But, you know, I think a lot of people around the league

02:51Think that the firing of Mike Brown was really unjust

02:54So for the Knicks to get a guy like him

02:57You talk about a 180 here

02:59Tom Thibodeau is this doom and gloom

03:02Kind of dark cloud walking into every room

03:04Mike Brown's the exact opposite

03:05You won't meet one person who has talked to this guy

03:08I've met this guy

03:09Who has one bad word to say about Mike Brown

03:11Incredibly upbeat

03:12Incredibly positive

03:14And I think that's kind of the change that the Knicks were looking for here

03:17Clearly the attitude

03:18Maybe he had lost that locker room a little bit

03:21And talking about Tom Thibodeau

03:22So to bring in a guy who's kind of a player's coach

03:25An upbeat guy

03:26Is maybe the change they're looking for

03:28And then if you're talking about X's and O's

03:29You mentioned Jordan Clarkson

03:30They want a guy who's going to use their bench a little bit more

03:33They also added Gershon Yabousaleh over the offseason

03:36So those are two pieces

03:38Proven bench players who can come in and contribute

03:41And I think Mike Brown will make a little bit better use of them

03:43And also a little more creativity offensively

03:46Mike Brown was the head coach of a team

03:49Sacramento Kings team

03:50That had the best offense in the league a couple seasons ago

03:53So not just Jalen Brunson pick and roll every single time

03:56We're going to mix things up

03:57We're going to have a little more player movement

03:59A little more ball movement

04:00So I think those are the reasons that they went with Mike Brown

04:02And in terms of the Knicks being number three

04:04It's really addition by subtraction

04:07The Celtics are out of there

04:08The Pacers are moving down because of injuries

04:10So I think the Knicks, you know, number three spot is legit

04:13But it's also because of some injuries in the Eastern Conference

04:16Yeah, a couple of reasons right there

04:17Why a lot of people are saying the East feels wide open

04:20Although I know you have the Cavs

04:22One spot ahead of the Knicks in your power rankings

04:25One of Mike Brown's former teams, the Lakers

04:27Made a move to fill a need at center

04:29By signing DeAndre Ayton this week

04:31LeBron opted in

04:32Luka is looking slim

04:33But LA is sliding in these rankings

04:36Why?

04:36Well, I mean, if you look at the teams around them

04:40And what they've done

04:41The Houston Rockets added Kevin Durant

04:43Stole Dorian Finney-Smith from them

04:45Got a couple bench pieces

04:46You look at a team like the Minnesota Timberwolves

04:49Coming off another Western Conference Finals run

04:51The Lakers are fine

04:53But it was proven last offseason

04:55That they simply just didn't have enough pieces

04:58To compete in the playoffs

04:59And when you look at what they've done this offseason

05:01Look, DeAndre Ayton

05:02It depends on how you want to look at it, right?

05:05Glass half full, glass half empty

05:07Former number one pick

05:08A guy who was helpful on a Phoenix Suns team

05:10That went to the NBA Finals

05:12But also a guy who basically got run out of town in Phoenix

05:14A guy who the Portland Trailblazers

05:16Just decided to pay to leave

05:18Because they didn't want him around

05:20He's kind of like, you know

05:21One of those streaming shows that you watch

05:23And you watch the pilot

05:24And you're like, oh my god

05:25This show's amazing, I love it

05:26And then episode two's like

05:28Okay, it's not as good as the first one

05:30And then by episode four

05:31You're like, why am I still watching this?

05:33That's what DeAndre Ayton has been throughout his career

05:35So I think the first 20 games

05:36Are going to be great for the Lakers

05:38You know, he's super athletic

05:39Totally skilled

05:40But 10 tends to lose that effort

05:44As the season goes on

05:45So we'll see how that goes

05:46And then of course

05:47There's the LeBron James thing

05:48That's just hanging over everything

05:49He opted into that contract

05:51That $52 million

05:53He didn't extend

05:55A lot of the Lakers moves

05:56Reportedly they're operating

05:58They're saying we don't want anything

05:59That's more than two years out

06:01This team is building around Luka Doncic

06:03And LeBron James

06:04Has never been in this situation in his career

06:06He's never been on an expiring contract

06:09He's always had extensions

06:10Or long-term contracts

06:11So word around the league

06:14Is that there's a high likelihood

06:17That the Lakers are going to look around

06:19In terms of trades

06:20For LeBron James

06:21Which sounds crazy

06:22But if they are building towards the future

06:24If they looked around and said

06:25Look, the Western Conference has gotten better

06:27We haven't been able to add any meaningful pieces

06:30Maybe a LeBron James trade

06:32Is really the only way to go here

06:33And build around the swimmer

06:35Luka Doncic for the future

06:36Man, even age gets the greatest of the greats

06:39At one point or another

06:40All right, Colin

06:42The Celtics might look more different

06:44Than any other playoff team from last season

06:46Holiday and Porzingis are out

06:48Anthony Simons is in

06:50And of course Jason Tatum

06:51Could miss all of next season

06:52With that Achilles injury

06:53Where do you have Boston

06:54Considering all of that

06:56And some apparent uncertainty

06:58With guys like Jalen Brown and Derek White

07:00Yeah, it's crazy to see the Celtics drop

07:03I mean, they're perennially number one or two

07:05In these power rankings

07:06For the last few years

07:07And suddenly they're down in the teens

07:09Just because

07:10Not only Jason Tatum's injury

07:13Which obviously would have knocked them down

07:14A few pegs

07:15But we thought the Celtics

07:17Were going to make some moves

07:17Right?

07:18Maybe trade one of Drew Holiday

07:20Or Chris Taps

07:20No, we're getting them both

07:21Out of the door immediately

07:23Luke Carnett's gone

07:24Who knows what the future holds

07:26For Jalen Brown and Derek White

07:27If those guys are on the team

07:29They're still going to be really competitive

07:30They're well coached

07:32They're a really good team

07:34But losing those pieces

07:36Obviously takes them out

07:37Of the top of the Eastern Conference

07:39In terms of contention

07:40So that, you know

07:41Opens the door for teams

07:42Like the Cavs, the Knicks, etc

07:44So, you know

07:45Adding a guy like Anthony Simons

07:48I think that's a good piece for them

07:49I think he's a good player

07:50Might thrive in their system

07:52But when you talk about the losses

07:54That they had

07:54In terms of Holiday

07:55Porzingis

07:56And possibly Tatum

07:57For the whole season

07:58Adding Anthony Simons

07:59I just don't think

08:00Is going to be enough

08:01Yeah, and I like Simons

08:02Maybe more than others

08:03Who just call him a gunner

08:04Or a scorer

08:05He's a really good young player

08:07Alright, if there's one team

08:08That is ultimately banking on health

08:11Being the big difference maker

08:12Between 2024 and 2025

08:14It may very well be the Sixers

08:16And Philly

08:17Is your biggest riser on this list?

08:19Well, they have to be

08:21It's not fair

08:22I have to do these power rankings

08:23You know, guessing

08:24What's going to happen

08:25At the beginning of next season

08:26Of course, if they're healthy

08:28There's not much to say

08:29About the 76ers

08:30You know, they have

08:31Joel Embiid

08:31Paul George

08:32Tyrese Maxey

08:33They just added

08:33B.J. Edgecombe

08:34They might have a healthy

08:35Jared McCain

08:36If those guys are all on the court

08:37They're going to be great

08:38If not

08:39It's going to be a lot

08:40Of what we saw last season

08:42So it's hard to gauge

08:43What the Sixers are

08:44But you can't forget

08:45That if all those guys

08:46Are healthy

08:46If Joel Embiid

08:47Can play 60 games

08:49And be healthy

08:50For the playoffs

08:51They're going to be

08:51A really competitive team

08:53Well, that's a big if

08:55But it's a fun if

08:56Because you're right

08:57Philly could be a real power

08:58In the East

08:59If fully healthy

09:00All right, Colin

09:00Thank you so much

09:01And you can find

09:02Colin's full NBA power rankings

09:04On CBSSports.com

09:06Right now

09:07Here's a look at the odds

09:09To win it all

09:10Next Sunroker

09:12In align with what Colin says

09:14As the Thunder being

09:15The number one team

09:17In all the NBA

09:18At plus 260

09:20Followed by the Knicks

09:21Nuggets made a lot of moves

09:23In this offseason already

09:25As have the Rockets

09:26Both tied there

09:28At plus 850

09:29Both rooting for the Knicks

09:31Of the究章

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