NEW NBA Power Rankings: Spurs & Nuggets rising, Lakers falling + Warriors & Kuminga latest

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1. So your take is that by not playing kuminga any minutes that the coach is not the problem. Ok then it's the front office. Move him if he's not what you want

2. The Kuminga situation is very interesting. My only critique would be that the front office didn't move him in the off season, packaging him with some picks and another player to get a big man that fits their scheme. With regards to the power rankings I have a hard time placing the wolves in the top five when they have to rely on Gobert in the playoffs. I believe he is one of if not THE most overrated players in the league.

3. This isn't NBA Power Rankings, it's betting odds. This is a gambling video and a commercial for Hard rock betting or whatever, call it what it is

4. Warriors 6-1 in the last 7 and still can’t make the power rankings😭

5. You can do a quick Google search and look at the standings, warriors beat up a bunch of bottom feeders during this stretch and most of their losses were to the good teams.. this take is disingenuous by Jason and means nothing. The warriors have failed to develop or just picked wrong year after year and this continual "gotta go all in" is diminished return after diminished return..

   Should have traded kuminga when his value was higher not that it matters cause they aren't beating anyone deep in the playoffs..

6. Appreciate the Beringer praise, a note though, Joan is pronounced (Yo-ahn). Good video as always

7. lol why are the lakers on this list 🤣

8. The biggest criticism I’ve heard about Kerr the last few years has been about all the 4 guard lines ups. lol

9. Ant really is going to be an absolute monster at this rate.

   As you stated, we often see people be good shooters but not overtly athletic and vice versa. But here, Ant is both and he does both extremely well. He's only 24! Once he perfects his craft and simply becomes consistent, bro is going to be unstoppable. He's one of the most athletic/explosive guys in the league. He's one of the best shooters in the league. And he's been one of the clutchest players at the end of games this season statistically. He's defensively good but not quite great yet but if he continues to take steps as he has every year, Ant is already a problem, but his prime is going to look crazy.

10. Finally someone with some sense. Thank you 🙏

11. Jason wassup bro , I’m one of your biggest fans I love your videos I feel like you don’t get the credit you deserve but it’s come coming brother.

12. I have a question for anyone willing to answer. Do you think, given the Situation, it would be a good idea to consider using Kuminga’s contract to get the splash brother back together?. I think, even at this stage of his career, Klay is much better in the warriors system than Kuminga.

13. But literally not playing him even in garbage time minutes or even when Steph, Jimmy and Draymond being out is just bad. Why and I mean literally why are you hurting his career by making it out like he has bad character. Not only does Steve go on interviews discrediting Jonathan Kumínga basically saying that he is a hazard to the team while he is just a pure on professional not doing anything. Not leaking things out, not using media as leverage. And what does Steve do to him. He is basically destroying the Career of Kumínga. If he really wanted Jk to succeed he at least should be able to showcase what other teams will be able to get when trading for him maybe in garbage time or games when the stars are out. Jk has become the scapegoat of the incompetence of the front office and the pettyness of the couch.

14. Joan Beringer didn't start playing basketball until 15….

15. Let’s go SPURS

16. Warriors can trade for mpj, or wiggans, and it still wont get them over the hump… not enough. Their best bet is giannis WANTING to go there, but thats not even a thing I see happening. They dont have enough to get giannis, and he hasnt officially asked to be out so NO. Lakers are cooked at least until Lebron’s money comes off, cant defend or hit 3s as a team…Minnesota is interesting but the lack of bench doesnt impress me… spurs are still too young and I dont see them winning a 2nd round series that goes 7 because i think they’ll shot-chuck eventually to their demise. Rockets are a laugh, and the whole KD trade looks better for the suns at this point. Denver too injured for right now, so who knows. OKC can win but their 3pt shooting is laughable as a group, and who knows what happens to Williams. Suns are tough, but tough ain’t enough. And the east is trashy so that makes me laugh…So the fact that the east is wide open, and west will have the tops devouring each other, it’ll come to who is healthy, hitting 3s and defending the 3, seems to be the key.

17. Drew timme!!!!😂 yeah! Keep playing him, I love how desperate the lakers are and think Timme is gonna make noise for them. How about you overpay for a player that can shoot and defend; everyone and their mother knows what the lakers need, and dont be surprised when they fall on their face in the playoffs. They dont even own the tiebreaker against the suns!😂 The league better hope the nuggets stay injured because no one is messing with them, if the guys ever get the band back together and healthy.

18. Love the show, but you're wrong. The Warriors' front office is a failure. Other than 'elite' retreads (Butler, Heald), who have they added? Quintin Post, Podz? And Kerr has blown dozens of games over the last several years with his three-guard and four-guard line-ups. Greene is not a center. Neither Butler nor Kuminga is a power forward. In the 11-4 run, Green has left or been ejected multiple times. Kerr was ejected. The assistant coach proved that playing Post or TJD with Santos (or Green) is a far better option. Kuminga will be a Top 50 player in the league as demonstrated by his playoff performances last year. You have a blindspot for both the Lakers and the Warriors. As I do for OKC (only OKC wins consistently without manipulating its players).

19. Spurs at 4 having the 3rd best record in the league is criminal

20. You can say that Kerr is right to bench Kuminga, but his reliance on running 3-4 small guards at the same time while playing Draymond at center is objectively killing the warriors

21. WOW… This guy really believes that the Kuminga thing just started over the last 15 games… This is unreal. Again its not Kerr's beliefs its Mark Jackson beliefs. NOTE: I am not saying Kerr is wrong for what he is doing, I am saying its wrong for him to take credit for someone else work and now hurting this young man's career because he cant coach and have no idea how to get the most our of his players.

22. What is the difference between Championship Wiggins and Kuminga's game?

23. Steph will retire with 4 rings. Period. Y’all want Steph to win so bad but forget he got those 2 rings from KD pulling that weak move to join a super team.

24. Kuminga had been given countless chances and he has failed to develop in any meaningful way. He doesn't box out, can't set a screen, doesn't switch on time, leaves his man on defense, and has an atrocious shot selection while constantly driving into double teams.

    He's a losing player and he plays losing basketball. He's had hundreds of games to show some progress of basketball iq. Anyone saying he deserves more playing time either doesn't watch him play or doesn't understand the fundamentals of the basketball. I can't wait until he's traded, he does not know how to play the game.

25. I totally disagree they get ahead most of the time when they get away from small ball. Kerr is too quick to switch players and go to a small line up when things are not going well thus furthering the Warriors defensive problems.

26. Completely agree with Wolves at 5, can’t lose Cleveland Houston and Spurs same week and expect anything higher

27. Dubs not in Top Ten. ???