Name: Matt Barnes after Paul George's 'All the Smoke' appearance: 'He's in his head right now' | The Jump
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I'm Rachel Nichols taking you through the first half of the MBA schedules with Mr Matt Barnes, Mr Paul Pierce, and it's time to play one of our favorite games.

Let's start, gentlemen in the Eastern Conference, where the Miami Heat are looking to reach the finals for a second consecutive season.

Two of their biggest threats in the East, though the Bucks and the Celtics.

Boston plays Miami January 6th on ESPN Philly on ESPN on January 20th and proceed.

Significant date in general will take a look at some other matchups between these teams, but Paul, who is a bigger threat to the Heat bucks or Celtics Celtics, showed that.

I mean, I looked at the Milwaukee Bucks even though they had a great record.

I mean, simple is that they're a different team this year.

And so I think the Celtics have a better upside, and I think they're gonna learn they're gonna get better from their playoff experiences on.

They're gonna be the bigger threat this year between these two teams.

I'm picking the Celtics for every reason that Paul just said, but I think the overall bigger threat is the Nets.

Like I said, I'm really excited about seeing what Katie and Kyrie can do with that already, you know, explosive cord that they have.

So if they lose, those two could stay healthy and be on the same page with their teammates.

To me, like I said, they're my team in the East.

But the Bucks or that much of a prove it team for both of you guys that you wouldn't pick them between.

If you're just doing bucks Celtics, you wouldn't pick the Bucks.

I wouldn't pick that with what I've seen the last two years.

I would love to be wrong, but like, to me, it's the Celtics.

He's been proven people wrong his whole life.

I think this challenge ahead of him he'll be ready for.

Yes, it's certainly true you mentioned the Nets Of course, they visit the Rockets on March 3rd.

We don't know which of those two teams James Harden will be playing for.

I assume one of them, Rockets head coach Stephen Silas said yesterday.

Of course, sources previously told ESPN that Harden wants to be traded to Brooklyn while the Rockets plan to enter the season with him on the roster.

So, Paul, what team do you think James Harden will be playing for in that March?

I think he's going to play with the Houston Rockets.

Yeah, next year if he ends up on the Nets and it's gonna be hard for me to see that trade going down in Houston allowing that what do you think?

Uh, I think you'll be in Houston as well.

I think if they could get him to buy into what they're trying to do now, obviously they're moving pieces around picking up people.

Um, he was unhappy with management, you know what I mean?

So can management proved themselves to him?

They, like I said, they've made some solid move thus far.

But like I said earlier in the show, if he doesn't buy in, if he stands his ground, the last thing you want is an unhappy superstar, right?

You have a very smart front office led by Sean Marks there in a closed bidding situation with the Rockets, right?

Especially if James has said that's where I wanna go.

They know that if they start the season well and you guys have been up here extolling the virtues of Kevin Durant and Kyrie and if both of those guys stay healthy, they might not need to pay the price that Houston is asking for.

James Harden Now, by the way, will need to go for that price for the Rockets.

So they're going to need to keep their price up.

But Brooklyn just might not be in a position where they need to pay it.

And that's why that trade might not happen.

I mean, if you think they're gonna take all their young core out, then witty Levert Allen, you know you name it because anytime you give away a superstar like that, you have to get least there's another star.

I mean, they have solid young players, so it's gonna completely wiped that team out from that standpoint, and it's really gonna be a big three.

All right, well, you guys both played for the Clippers.

Your old team has a number of built in rivalries this season.

Things got spicy gentlemen between Dame Lillard and the Clippers this past summer in the bubble.

Mac used to be like I didn't play for the Knicks?

It's just completely went former Clippers head coach Doc Rivers.

He now finds himself with the Sixers after changing teams this offseason.

The Blazers face the Clips on December 30th, while the Clips won't face the Sixers until the second half of the schedule.

So, Matt, what's the spicier matchup for the Clippers?

Considering what happened in the bubble or Philly with Duck, I think it's always fun to go back and play another coach and beat them.

But I think the more spicier matchup is the one that's gonna be on the court.

All the talking to Patrick Beverley was doing and all the tweet and they were doing.

And dame is not someone to really be played with.

So, you know, uh, Patch is gonna have to shut his mouth and show up and play because, you know, Dave is gonna be out there.

Yeah, they gonna see Doc twice this year.

This has the potential to see to the spicier than ever.

I'm talking about Louisiana and I'm talking about hot pepper spice because these two teams have the potential to see each other 10 times three times in the playoffs.

I mean, three times in the regular season and seven times in the playoffs.

So this is throw some extra spice on this gumbo, right?

And it's not just the patch of barely stuff.