LeBron James feels like just yesterday we watched him hoist another Larry O Brien trophy after the Lakers knocked off the Heat in the finals.

Now there, that chasing another LeBron two championships away from Equalling Michael Jordan's six and despite looking flat and their opening game against the Clippers.

Our friends at Caesars Sports books have the Lakers as significant favorites to win the championship this summer, followed closely by the Nets, the Bucks and the Clippers.

And so let me bring back everybody's favorite tag team duo of Kendrick Perkins and Zach Lowe and Zack.

I'll start with you because we talked about it earlier this hour.

You have the Lakers on their own tear.

If someone is going to beat them this year, who is that someone going to be Zach Lowe?

I think the Clippers are still the best chance of beating the Lakers despite how bad they looked in those last three games against Denver and the bubble.

I love Serge Ibaka.

For them, he has a dimension of three point shooting and rim protection.

I didn't have and I think Paul George is gonna come back and have a little bit of a revenge toward this year.

He heard all the noise about Pandemic P and Playoff P, and I think he's got a good season in a.

After that, it's the Bucks just because they're the Bucks, they have the two time reigning M v P.

The Heat deserves the benefit of doubt.

And don't sleep on the Nuggets.

The Nuggets were really what they did in the bubble was really have to legit offensive superstars and Nicole Leo Kitchen, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter is coming on.

They're going to be impossible to guard.

Can they play enough defense?

We'll see.

But I'm not sleeping on them.

I like that one.

Kendrick.

Let me come to you on that.

If LeBron and a D and all of them are healthy, give me a team that could beat them in a seven game series.

Well, first of all, Granny, it was none of those teams that Zach Lowe name.

And here it is.

This morning I thought that Zack was speaking the gospel, and all of a sudden he went back to his usual self.

It's only one of my very eyes.

It is only one other team out there in my eyes that could beat them.

And that's the Brooklyn Nets.

They have the second best duo in the league and K D and Kyrie Irving and those guys are on the mission.

If you watch how they've been playing in the pre season, the Nets are locked in on the defensive end.

They are playing boxes and elbows.

Kevin Durant is the underrated defender.

He's committed to the defense event, and, like I said, they have one of the most deepest rosters in the league.

You add a guy like you looking at guys like Spencer deal with Joe Harris, who could shoot the lights out.

They have anchors and DeAndre Jordan and Jared Allen.

Death Green Told you, Prince Caris, Levert.

All those guys are pretty good wing players on both ends of the floor.

The Brooklyn Nets are the team that watch the defeat the Lakers to take their throne.

I agree with that.

At minimum, I think, to get to the final Zack.

If I if I made you betting amount of money that matter to you on who wins the East this year, is it Brooklyn?

Who do you have?

If you're forcing me to bet bet in Brooklyn, I just I trust Kevin Durant in the playoffs.

What else can you say?

Before his injury?

This was a guy who's on pace to be one of the 10 best players in the history of basketball.

A two time finals M V P.

Everything purchased said about their depth, their flexibility.

I trust Steve Nash and his staff.

So I would I would bet that's a little bit over bucks and heat.

Okay?

I like it very much, guys.

Ah, very merry Christmas to you both.

A happy holiday season.

I will see you both in the next few days as we get rolling with the N Batou today being Christmas Day.

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