We Power Ranked Every NBA Playoff Team | Ep. 84

Who are the best teams in the NBA playoffs? Today we rank them!
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0:00- Intro
4:38- Comment of the day
13:19- Mo-ment of the week
16:17- 16-20 rankings
33:06- 11-15
50:43- 6-10
1:03:53- Producer corner: chicken tier list
1:14:53- Top 5 teams
1:28:14- Tiktok time

[@mugiwara7339]

MO’s logic: Watching movies during day = loser Staring at basketball reference for hours = real man

[@Blakey500]

lol

[@goldlion9066]

W bro

[@caml1720]

No shot you guys didn’t mention the immense pressure on the bucks equipment manager job. Georch Wilpes is in the hot seat

[@thedeep3pod]

Lmaooo is that his actual name? 😭

[@el1tefire252]

Trevor Poulson was the name I got

[@caml1720]

@@thedeep3pod no

[@mrmicdrew9542]

Mo saying watching movies is lame when he watches Carlos Boozer highlights is crazy

[@thedeep3pod]

Boozer highlights will get u right- Mo

[@envy1372]

THE CHICKEN TIER LIST WAS OUT OF FUCKING POCKET IM CRYING 💀💀💀

[@christianlopez5]

Where was it

[@drewbutler5555]

Producer corner

[@tje5631]

Cherry on top would've been chicken tacos to make an appearance

[@TheProswagonist]

Knicks at 15 is some NASTY work from Mo. Turned Issac into a Knicks fan for a second 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jak1165]

I dunno how you can look at the way the Knicks are playing right now and the Bucks are playing right now and think the Bucks are better. The East is kinda wack but they're literally the 2 seed as of this comment. There aren't 14 better teams in the NBA

[@rik80280]

if you listen closely don says "I'm a christian" he was ready to cuss mo out

[@el1tefire252]

Mo just casually asserting his dominance over his TD3 beta male cohosts by not watching movies during the day

[@LincolnAKAVenox]

I just got back from a movie during the day and I come to find mo indirectly roasting me in this video 😂

[@Joswag]

Y’all are legitimately the best Basketball pod out there You guys have a variety of views and opinions and have actual basketball discourse and knowledge and you also don’t let the biases change your takes Add the humor and y’all are the goats Also the intro 😂😭

[@DitkoBit-in3lh]

They ain’t even fucking close 😭😭😭

[@nomorepartiezz]

NOTB clears

[@fullfradi95]

yeah all they need to do stop the Lebron's D ride and they are legit best

[@drewbutler5555]

Naw TD3 is the funniest

[@JaHames5467]

Watching Klay go scoreless and the warriors getting stomped out like draymond did sabonis is hilarious

[@TranquilKr]

Guys, DO NOT EVER CUT OUT CONTENT LIKE THE CHICKEN TIER LIST. Good vibes, coming up with a take and not dying on that hill & in general messing around, is what this show is all about! Awesome idea, Nikhil!

[@matthewhinton2960]

Mo won’t watch a movie but will watch 2006 highlights of a role player he considers nice

[@cucumberrich8295]

Mos not about to grind, but he probably on grindr

[@Oliver_Skipp_is_the_GOAT]

Isaac looking scrumptious today😋

[@Extra_Muscle1572]

you’re looking just as good baby… 🤤

[@Okay_buddy0824]

Bruh

[@nateduffy2872]

Oliver lemme oil you up

[@sugargay7168]

Oliver Skipp mid Pape Matar Sarr better

[@cmo0324]

You guys are men your not supposed to look at another man

[@Saka_is_overrated]

Isaac looking so handsome, cute, mysterious, drippy, hot, sexy and beautiful at the same time😫

[@Yanks299-io2qp]

Chill bro

[@Xavier-hx7lr]

Wtf

[@liangyugao2178]

facts but he is MY sweetheart😍🥰🥵🥵🥵🤤🤤🤤👌👈💋👅👅👅

[@danbam8560]

ayo💀

[@rickyricardo2006]

Stop

[@wonderkiidprimetime6688]

It’s not spoken enough how important Nikhil is to this world 😂 my man came through with the chicken tier list! Cookout Invite never rescinded

[@sweenster07]

Idk how Mo go thru Ramadan lookin like A SNACK!!!

[@vianhoho19]

He be devouring food every time he broke fast 🤣

[@jakobtanner6109]

Issac saying Dallas in WCF but then remembering they are gonna play the Nuggets in the 2nd round.

[@fate8718]

Not anymore lmfao Denver did not want that smoke

[@Thomasfrommygirl]

Spurs just changed the whole playoffs from the last seed 😂

[@rossmcewan7204]

not anyone they will play the thunder since they will play dalles who have nothing to play for now because they lost to the pistons but if they did take that game seriously they coud of had a chance at the 4 seed if the clippers lost on the final day

[@embracedsilence9926]

Lmao the part where they're like "oh yeah the Suns will definitely beat the hospital Clippers" is really funny in retrospect

[@senoreverything6366]

Mo was the only one who didn't cheat in the non-shooting draft 💀

[@ScammertronVGC]

Mo really said get yo money up not yo funny up.

[@soup4622]

I saw Mo wearing the shundies on public transportation 😮

[@AlphaQ-jscgev1]

I love how the fist like 5 minutes had nothing to do with basketball ☠️☠️

[@Belden_7]

When im watching my other basketball channels i keep seeing your advertisments whenever they play real game footage and it baffles me how quickly yall have grown. Good job have a 🖍

[@freshc9240]

This Clipper hate is getting out of hand... putting the lakers or warriors above them is straight up disrespectful lmfao

[@einderdhillon6231]

Is it really disrespectful? Lebron and Curry are battle tested veterans. Who besides Kawhi on the Clippers has that kind of championship pedigree? And that dude is barely ever healthy for the playoffs. You think Harden, Westbrook and PG13 are playoff risers?

[@fate8718]

@@einderdhillon6231 To be fair LA doesnt make it out the play in They said "Oh but the Kings dont beat the Lakers due to pedigree" but the Kings in all likelyhood squeak out that win However on your note The Clippers are a first round exit However on that very same note 80% of that is because they face Dallas r1

[@Kawairze]

Agreed even if they gotta deal with luka, Lakers gotta make it past the play-in and have to face either the nuggets or the wolves idk how don and mo came to that conclusion smh

[@mrgingu8004]

@@fate8718 bro i kind of hate how everyone has so much faith in the mavs because if they get first rounded then that’s gonna be hella embarrassing even though we were a play in team for most of the season

[@fate8718]

@@mrgingu8004 Over the past month yall have had a better net rating than the damn Celtics all year best defense top 3 offense Yall have a team now, yall aint the same team from January

[@minguel1195]

the grilled chicken being in b is a war crime💀

[@Bowst3r]

True

[@NotGord]

48:59 Craziest statement uttered this episode

[@Timo_Werner16]

Issac sold me fent behind a Taco Bell

[@ChibiMalzahar]

Mo saying only losers watch movie in the day is so crazy. I know yall are a group of men with a podcast but can we NOT

[@avinashpatel6181]

@@ChibiMalzahartbf he got cooked by everyone lol

[@carterround4600]

Hilarious 🙄

[@EA-ps4wc]

This podcast is so unserious and I love every bit of it😂

[@nicke5487]

This is hundred times better than Players choice. They just yell at each other and have bad takes. Here Isaac, Mo and Don have laugh and great opinions and don't have yelling competititon😂

[@saltstorm4189]

don't cap now, these mfs have bad takes 😭

[@nicke5487]

@@saltstorm4189 of course but these are more entertaining too. When someone is wrong or right players choice guys starts yelling

[@JDubs1464]

A new movie gonna drop and Mo gonna be like “Damn, I heard that movie is good by unfortunately it ain’t Ramadan so it’s gonna have to be a few months until I can see it” Anyways, if the Celtics face the Heat in Round 1 and the Bucks face the Sixers, do you think it’s possible both of the top seeds get dropped in round 1?

[@SlumberJackalope]

Here’s my comment/hot take: Steve Nash 1000% deserved both MVPs. In 2002-03. The Suns had ROTY Stoudemire, Starbury, Joe Johnson and Shawn Marion. They won 44 games. Next year, they brought everyone back, and imploded. Traded Starbury midway through, fired their coach for Mike D’Antoni 20 games on, and won 29 games. Their off-season acquisitions were Steve Nash and Quentin Richardson (who shot below 40% from the field for that season). They won 62 games, tied for franchise best at the time and a 33 win turnaround from previous season, only surpassed by the Big 3 Celtics, and the Spurs twice when Tim Duncan and David Robinson joined the team. Nash averaged 15.5ppg, 11.5apg 50-43-89 shooting splits. His biggest rival for MVP was Shaq who joined the Heat after a 42-40 season and elevated them to a 59-23 record, a 17 win turnaround. Shaq averaged 23ppg 10rpg 2.3 bpg on 60% shooting. His costar wade averaged 24ppg 7apg and 5rpg. They also added free agents Christian Laettner, Damon Jones, Shannon Anderson and past-their prime All-Stars Alonzo Mourning and Steve Smith over the course of the season. I don’t think it’s crazy to suggest that Shaq would have been deserving of MVP this season but I do think it’s crazy to just dismiss Nash or frame it as a robbery. Shaq was on the decline at this point and, whether fair or not, superstars usually don’t get MVPs after they’ve started to regress, even when they’re still very good. Furthermore, Shaq was joining a solid team with Dwyane Wade, and flanked by strong reserves and role players. Nash also had good costars and roleplayers- many of whom were unproven at the time. Nash was the only noteworthy addition - the coach and players were all otherwise returning - and he generated a historically great offense and a win improvement almost double of what Shaq did. Again, Shaq was a deserving candidate, but I don’t think it’s crazy to pick Nash over him, unless you’re only looking at ppg as the metric for MVP, in which case it should go to Wade or Stoudemire. In 05-06, the Heat added more past-their-prime All Stars in GP and Antoine Walker along with Jason Williams and James Posey. Shaq’s production decreased slightly to 20 ppg 9rpg 1.7 bpg and the team’s record slipped to 52-30. Pat Riley took over partway through the season and the team as a whole dealt with injuries, including to Shaq but was held aloft by Wade averaging 27.2ppg 7apg and 6rpg. I hope no one seriously thinks that Shaq deserved MVP this year, the year that he himself says he told Wade that he needed to be the best player for the team to succeed, culminating in Wade winning FMVP. Honestly, I’d be way more swayed if people argued that Wade deserved MVP over Nash but they don’t. Instead they argue for Kobe, whose numbers were RIDICULOUS. 35.4ppg 5.3rpg 4.5apg. The thing is, the Lakers sucked. It’s not Kobe’s fault, but they were 26-26 at AllStar and finished 45-37 after a 5-game win streak to close the season - their longest of the year. Good for the 7th seed. Never in NBA history has a player ever won MVP on anything lower than the 6th seed, which had only been done once since 1979 at the time of this season from Kobe (has since been done twice more by Westbrook and Jokic). You might dislike this criteria or how much winning is valued but it’s been fairly consistent. Bill Russell never had better numbers than Wilt but he won 5 MVPs to his 4 (and this was back when players voted for the MVP). All this to say, if you believe Kobe should have won, I don’t think you’re wrong but you should take it up with the entire history of the award rather than Nash. And what did Nash do? He averaged 18.8 ppg 10.5 apg 4.2rpg on 51-44-92 shooting splits and led the Suns to 54 wins - after trading Joe Johnson to the Hawks for Boris Diaw (whose career high to this point was 4.8 ppg) and 2 picks and trading QRich to the Knicks for Kurt Thomas, with Stoudemire only playing 3 games all season and reserves Barbosa and Kurt Thomas missing about 30 games each. So 2 starting players were traded for reserve players, Nash’s costar played 3 games all season after fracturing his knee and two of their valuable bench players also dealt with injuries and Nash STILL led them to 54 wins and the 3rd seed, only an 8 game drop off. I don’t care if you come away from this still thinking that Nash didnt deserve this MVP, please just acknowledge how impressive that feat. It’s good for your health. Lebron was actually the closest to Nash in MVP votes and his case is pretty unreal. The Cavs were a 4 seed and he averaged 31ppg 6.6apg 7rpg. I’m honestly surprised how much people talk about Kobe winning MVP this season when LeBron was doing this (Kobe was 4th, also behind Dirk). I don’t have a great argument against Lebron winning over Nash, but what Nash did was impressive and it doesn’t seem like anybody cares beyond discrediting what Nash did so I’m safe. People who say “it doesn’t make sense that Nash has 2 while Kobe and Shaq have 1 each” are making a nonsensical argument because that’s not how MVP works. It’s not about voting for which player we’re projecting to be better all-time. And the best player in the world doesn’t always win MVP, or else Lebron would have a dozen of them. It’s who contributes more to their team for a season. You might measure that differently, but the idea that it’s impossible for a player to contribute more in a 2-3 year stretch than a declining superstar and a historically unlikely candidate just because those two are overall better is just lazy. How often in the GOAT debate do we just say, well Kareem has 6 MVPs so he clears Lebron? No one believes that more MVPs automatically equals a better player and no one is arguing that Nash is a better player than Shaq or Kobe. Those latter two can be much better AND Nash can still deserve his two MVPs. Why do all these people who are so worried about Shaq’s legacy never bring up the 1998-1999 season? A geriatric Nasty Man took home his second MVP averaging 23ppg 9rpg 4apg and leading the Jazz to the 3-seed. Meanwhile all Shaq did was average 26ppg 11rpg 3apg 1.7 bpg on 57% shooting and leading the Lakers to a 4-seed. Why don’t people caping for Shaq talk about this season’s MVP? Do they think Nasty Man is better overall? Do they think he deserves 2 MVPs over Shaq and Kobe’s 1 apiece? It’s just easier for people to push agendas with Nash since he’s not an all time player and he was never a traditional scoring number 1 option. But so what? Again, nobody is saying Nash is the best player of the crop. But there were two years when you could argue that Nash contributed more to winning than any of them. Were there favorable circumstances? Sure, but there always are. Were the criteria used exactly and unequivocally the most accurate and precise measurements of “value”? No, but they never are. Nash played a fun and incredibly influential brand of basketball - and he won a lot of games while doing it! If you haven’t already, watch some of those Suns highlights from that era. Even if you don’t agree with me, it’s a lot of fun to watch and you shouldn’t deprive yourself of that. Anyways, if you made it this far through this stupidly long rant, thanks for reading. Peace✌️

[@CalumNba]

fair play if you did that yourself

[@SlumberJackalope]

@@CalumNba yeah, it’s my work/opinions. I put it on the TD3 live earlier in the week but I figured it’d get more mileage here so I deleted and reposted

[@g8x2keeper]

@@SlumberJackalopeif you can type this in just a comment you should get a mic, turn this into a video essay and make a KZbin video. It would get some traction

[@Joswag]

Respectfully, they aren’t reading all that

[@SlumberJackalope]

@@Joswag you probably right lol

[@raizertrak9942]

Mo putting the Knicks at 15 and putting the WARRIORS at 8 is one of the dumbest things I've seen on this pod.

[@CountFisco]

9:58 He just described the English football pyramid

[@spacepegasus376]

Legendary start to the podcast

[@natthefitnessguy15]

This has to be the funniest podcast ever 😂😂😂

[@dakodasmith2127]

Bro...maple syrup + hot sauce + fried chicken = GOAT combo. Introduced to this concept by the one and only Roscoe's Chicken and Waffle.

[@CharlieSZN]

Producer corner is so crazy I love it

[@vedanthbalaji]

evan mobley is actually crazy underrated on offense now, im a sixers fan and during the cavs sixers game he hit like 2 threes. He doesnt need to be a stretch 4 like a guy like keegan murray, he just needs to be able to hit maybe 1 or 2 wide open threes in a game. He's also a solid finisher. the passing isnt there but I think he should get more love for developing his game. cavs a first round exit tho

[@nooby2907]

LMFAO the last sentence just watered down everything else you said

[@Oliver_Skipp_is_the_GOAT]

Isaac is my favorite Taco man😊

[@QaIeb]

Bruh 😂

[@raihansarker1384]

Movie talk goes crazy 🗣️

[@samsaxena6659]

Hey Deep 3! Here is a Question: If you were the GM for your Favourite Teams, what would be your First Few Moves during the Off Season? (trades, coaches, roster changes, etc.)

[@tje5631]

Would you guys consider an after dark type channel for even less serious streams and more eater segments like the holy chicken tier list? Just a suggestion from someone who loves the pod

[@LUC4Z3]

Also, Donnovan should have a quote in the opening theme as well

[@s_vallellanes]

Love the podcast ❤

[@crayoneatereveryfriday]

1:50:05 peter griffin ah laugh

[@user-ht1kr6hg2p]

Love the chanel i watch all yhe videos keep it up

[@el1tefire252]

“Let’s ask the experts” Issac you will never beat the allegations 😭😭

[@moonfxst]

Are Isaac and this producer brothers like nah these dudes look damn near identical

[@LUC4Z3]

Incredible intro

[@conmankershaw]

TD3 talking about hard cream on a celtics jersey is wild.

[@sweenster07]

Early asf, we out here for TD3!!! 😂🖍️🖍️🖍️

[@caidencruz5410]

Best intro I’ve ever seen

[@Extra_Muscle1572]

4:10 I’m literally eating CTC while watching this Donovan, if you want to say something, say it to my face. I’ll fight if you’re that willing.

[@Music-Man69_]

The intro was so funny😭

[@calebbecker4773]

yall just love chicken

[@DONDAESTALEOMESSI]

Mo’s shirt be dripping

[@CountFisco]

The debate at the start felt way more loose and way more real than the usual jokes

[@lohanmicahtv6684]

0:10 the extended cut is good. also aquaman and wonder woman are fire.

[@piepie444]

Mo my man. I got ya for the warriors love!

[@CaptainRandom69]

Nah yall forgot how cold Danny green was in the 2014 finals

[@kurttite6099]

No current klay? Bro builds a brick house every game 😭

[@nathanielthrush5581]

Nah those Costco 5 dollar rotisserie chickens are genuinely the greatest thing on earth. U can’t tell me there’s a better way to spend 5 bucks

[@palashgupta2513]

Isaac got a FIT on today

[@jakobtanner6109]

Damn, I was hoping Mo-Ment of the week would've been Shai dropping 40 and OKC coming back down 20 to beat the Kings.

[@XuQifei]

The name/category is fun, but for better flow the category should be a bit more specific for better guesses, but there should be more leeway given to the answers kinda like family feud.

[@Wabbajaxe]

The Kobe logo is the snake shape when you're lookinf directly at it

[@lohanmicahtv6684]

channel quickly became one of my favorites. love when yall drop man

[@dantelewandoski]

I am now waiting for Nkeal(sorry if I didn't spell right) to send pictures of him in a reclining chair watching a movie eating a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch

[@dannydalcantar9889]

Listen, listen. Rotisserie chicken after grocery shopping one day and the next day you take left over chicken and make some flautas shit is fire

[@crownregis]

1:49:45 According to BrandCrowd "Kobe has a geometric logo design that has been around since the beginning of his partnership with Nike in 2003. The abstract illustration is composed of six shapes that form an image of a sword sheath. Kobe explained in an interview that his talent is the sword and his life experiences stand as the sheath."

[@legomaxter4622]

@The Deep 3 I love the podcasts!!! Do you respond to comments???

[@TheHappySaturnian]

Isaac, the jacket is tough

[@poprock2056]

I do love Isaac but Moe’s arms look so big in that shirt🫣

[@jasonkim86]

Don quote was fire

[@g8x2keeper]

Hot take. AD is the main reason lakers aren’t considered mid or worse right now

[@williamcallawaydavis8845]

2:01:35 being from Oklahoma I really loved the red dirt city jerseys last year. For me the best city jerseys should encapsulate where the team is from. I think that those and the native jerseys do that really well.

[@tevster1316]

Congrats Donovan!! Only the best for you and your future wife 🎉

[@FlashFreeze68]

Does this mean Don might have little crayons eaters of his own?

[@brysonmcknight2296]

BI is back against the lakers mannn

[@lohanmicahtv6684]

nah that’s crazy mo got no seasoning

[@lohanmicahtv6684]

2:15:25 this has been one of the funniest pods of all time

[@requiemforameme1]

2:04:00 “Stop spreading lies on my name.” (10 seconds later.) “You know who I am! Cream City me! 🥴”

[@gardenpop]

Ah yes staying up late and missing most of the day to watch movies isn't being a loser but watching movies during the day you're otherwise msising is loser behavior.

[@jetfour07]

I would just like to inform you that Nashville hot chicken is coated in a hot oil, not a hot sauce And I think more random food tier lists is fun

[@cooper8653]

Can we have an oiled up Isaac video next???

[@parkerblackinton4340]

Are there any niche parts of the nba that no one talks about that you guys enjoy but never gets talked about.

[@LucasDurgan-pt7tc]

I need Isaac to respond to this in the best pod

[@allin4508]

That chicken list got me starving bruh my food not here yet

[@FinneganMurray-pb2ej]

Built an all time great nba team with no good shooters, but all the players have to have played AFTER 2000

[@CaptainRandom69]

Cane’s chicken is a hide bona fide F tier

[@quiksandd9949]

I need y’all to talk about the Kendrick Drake and Cole beef

[@rainbow-leaf8400]

Don don't forget bout that sofa

[@johngill7635]

The fact that yall didn’t know what Kobe’s logo was breaks my heart

[@tevster1316]

Petition for Cereal Chat Part 2!

[@siler22]

Lu Dort and Dillion Brooks shoot most bricked like shots, thier shots are so heavy as if they learned how to shot with medicine ball in thier childhood

[@owenmcanuff7549]

I feel like they could drop the basketball thing and be a regular podcast

[@SpIcYsOyS]

What would a clippers ring mean for the legacies of kawhi, pg, russ, and harden?

[@tartarm]

Do you foresee any major trades in the future and what players would be traded

[@Bowst3r]

11 curse words in 30 seconds at tick-tock time

[@lohanmicahtv6684]

mo unironically said cream city me