The Biggest ISSUE With Every NBA Playoff Team This Year... (West)

In this video we identify the biggest weakness with every Western Conference playoff team in 2024!
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[@rektz2457]

I love how luka is still getting the no help excuse. He literally has another superstar on his team

[@G3N3R4LZz]

and good role players around him

[@andros1400]

i’m a mavs fan and i agree, even with injuries kyrie has been elite this season. With pj and gadford there’s no excuses anymore

[@kennylynch8575]

same as LBJ but that's been threw out LBJ's whole career

[@mr.kopdabest1572]

Y'all hate context, you can have stars that are playing like crap in the playoffs as your teammate, if you carrying you got no help

[@joshuaharris53]

@@kennylynch8575You can say for a lot superstars Kobe Steph KD Giannis James Harden it’s just not LeBron a lot of players got that

[@moralesglitxhh27]

The biggest problem for every team in the West is that Jokic is in the conference

[@cliffordgibbs9839]

Got that right 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bigfan2452]

The Celtics have no answer for Jokic.

[@abdullahjaved1500]

@@bigfan2452nobody does

[@davidwashington5066]

Please we will eat them. Mavs will win the championship

[@bigfan2452]

@davidwashington5066 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 laughing alot. Clippers will deal with Mavericks.

[@imsleepyzzzzz]

The T-Wolves one is ironic seeing as how Ant struggled in game 2 and Jaden McDaniel and Mike Conley carried the offensive load

[@fisayoemmanuel6551]

Yeah, but can they do it consistently?

[@Fuceril]

Luka has no help every year, apparently, even after getting another superstar and solid roleplayers

[@branislavlukic3919]

Except for Kyrie and Luka, everybody is trash. PJ was a 12 ppg scorer on one of the worst teams in the league. Gafford also, 10ppg on the worst team in the league. And people here mention those guys as good options. Those guys wouldn't be in a Lakers rotation at all.

[@Frozenfrog18]

To win both luka and kyrie need to score over 30 pts.

[@knowmekingsquad9898]

@@branislavlukic3919 yall must not have watched last night 😂😂

[@JonHalal]

What do you mean another superstar???. This is the first time he's had genuine help

[@cawffee-rh1lf]

Luka still doesnt have help?

[@nikobellic2515]

Really, Luka has no help? I thought PJ and Gafford put them on par with Denver? That’s all I was hearing

[@wavvyjones9349]

Who said that? Luka got all the help he needs. Whoever said that there clearly not watching the games

[@joaquinjose3332]

Most of you guys are reading the thumbnail with the "Luka no help" without watching the video. In the video it says "Secondary playmaking" behind their star guards. They basically don't have a back up ball handler. The other concerns I'm hearing are the Daniel Gafford and PJ Washington are great role players for Lukai. The concern being mentioned in the video is that, besides these four guys, most of the other guys don't impact as much which should be fine. However they are very inconsistent. If even one of these four mentioned guys were not performing well, they could barely rely on the other guys. THJ has been on a slump, JG has missed rep and is just getting back into the rotation, Maxi Kleber is really struggling being consistent. DDJ hasn't been too impactful, and lastly Dante is not playing as spectacular as he was in the beginning of the season. D-Live is just being a rookie making normal rookie mistakes. However I still do see them going a long way in the playoffs.

[@kylerogers6811]

That’s still dumb! Most teams have just 2 primary ball handlers and every team has good role players that struggle with consistency. Why’d that an excuse for Luka but not everyone else? Look at Embiid! He got maxxey as a ball handler (doesn’t even really have a second one) and Tobias and the whole rest of that team is nothing but inconsistent. Yet all we hear is how Embiid is overrated and a choker. I’ve grown to learn over the last videos where he NEVER blames Luka for everything that this guys just a casual Luka fan. He needs to change his KZbin name

[@deasyyy2063]

Shai went to the poff in his rookie year too

[@jdand12]

literally says that in this video if you would listen

[@lebronjamesburner7535]

@@jdand12he also said shai has no playoff experience outside the bubble

[@emanmaddenstreamz]

Wolves take aged like milk

[@daredevil350]

Want to know what's funny both 8th seeds Pelicans-Heat lost a key player (Zion-Butler) in the play-in to enter as the 7th seed to get hurt in a crucial point of the game to enter the 1st round as the 8th seed. Tbh I wouldn't be surprised both 8th seeds don't make it passed 5 games.

[@TheFrostyMan21]

Bro just stop talking about the wolves. You haven’t been right in a video yet about them. How you gonna post this video and say that after mcdaniels and Conley carried the offense last game

[@jaydencomer3048]

Conley always has carried on offense so overrated, but he ain’t wrong yall barely are beating a beat up and old suns team playing absolute best yall can and barely winning not a good look homie 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jaydencomer3048]

Teams like nuggets that they can’t bully with size are going to be tough for them

[@TheFrostyMan21]

@@jaydencomer3048 barely? We are barely winning? Are are you even watching the games😂 nah bro your basketball talk privileges are revoked don’t ever talk on basketball again. First I’ll remind you suns were favorited going into the season and second we have beaten them by double digit point in both games. Plus you know what’s funny that same argument could be used on the nuggets and then some because the nuggets almost lost to a beat up old team😂😂 nah that’s so funny the more I think about how casual your take is

[@TheFrostyMan21]

@@jaydencomer3048 honesty out of all the teams wolves match up with the nuggets better than anyone. You be way to much of a casual rn. Like what are you on😂 we have the size to defend jokic and the perimeter defense to be able to switch on all their guys. Now I’m not saying we beat them because stopping jokic is easier said than done but if you think we don’t match up well with the nuggets you are not just wrong but also ignorant. The fact you thought “you only killed them because your best player played like your best player” like how does that make sense in your head? That’s like saying oh the nuggets only won the ring last year because jokic played out of his mind…like uh yeah no shit Sherlock they are the best player on the team for a reason. You gotta know that was a silly thing to say right?

[@jaydencomer3048]

@@TheFrostyMan21how in any world do you guys match up well with the nuggets the same team that almost swept you last year if not for ant’s crazy game? Yall won by 12 last game after going 11-0 in first 5 minutes of 4th quarter. 1st game won by 20 thanks to ant’s insane game! Stop acting like yall raping the suns.. yall are beating on an injured and old team and no surprise winning cause of that.. yall struggle as they fight hard until 4th cause finally run out of gas then yall pile on for the big “score at end” calling me an casual and not even paying attention to the actual game 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tribalypredisposed]

The league ain’t that balanced, one of the top three teams in the West is going to the Finals and everyone else is delusional. In the East it is either the Celtics, the Knicks, or the Heat.

[@Reese1882yw]

No way you’re saying Luka doesn’t have help😂🤣

[@Pearsonchristopher227]

Oh man here we go again zion injured again does anyone else think zion should've been lower in draft he was in when he got drafted

[@cheap272]

Luka could get put on the 96-97 Chicago bulls and people would say he doesnt have any help

[@darealsavage3472]

Thunder: no experience at all btw almost lost game 1 to a Zion less pelicans😂 Nuggets: target on their back for being the defending champion and no bench Timberwolves: low experience( not as bad as thunder) Clippers: burnt out superstars Mavericks: lack of size and supporting cast Suns: no true point guard Lakers: questionable lineups Pelicans: no Zion Williamson

[@davidworman6489]

Inexperience is a cop-out answer physicality is the real issue

[@JigsawBell-rx9yb]

Update: Kawhi Leonard is ready to go. You must have recorded this early yesterday.

[@kyleharcek7633]

I got clowned in a your take not mine video because I said the Mavs didn’t do enough in FA to get over the hump and help Luka. Guess my take was right 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Reese1882yw]

Stfu with that 😂😂😭they literally have a good team that excuse won’t work

[@SuperFenixTV]

I'm a Mavs fan and your take is right (backup 3&D point, stretch big), but from watching so many games it comes down to Luka and J Kidd. Luka is the star player but he has gotten to where he feels he's entitled to every shot and plays lackluster defense. His effort is half-assed more than it should be and Kidd doesn't seem to say anything.

[@kyleharcek7633]

@@SuperFenixTV yeah I’m a pistons fan and we just legit have no one for Cade to score with

[@tazzy2778]

Didn’t have anything to say about okc let me just say they’re inexperienced

[@TBCLINQ]

dont ya be blaming to the mavs .

[@jbischmann]

Booker gotta hit the weights (like Steph ultimately needed to so he can grind). Ever since Jrue ripped him like a man-child in the finals, Booker still looking thin all around, and Phx still getting bullied. He gotta lead by example.

[@user-ny4hm3ho4z]

Thunder's problem is absoultly rebounding

[@202_Reek]

Sga actually made the playoffs with the clippers

[@hellcatsfuryfilm]

YTNM

[@dimitriclarke4296]

Lakers biggest issue is lebron terrible defense and closing out games

[@davidwashington5066]

Luka is the best player in the world

[@cashmoney2009100]

First

[@frostso2231]

first 😛