NBA Over/Unders, Part 1: The West |

LoweI think, you know, the buzz on Dusty May is all good. There is a learning curve. No question about it. They drafted one of his players in Merez Johnson Jr.

LoweIt's not my biggest concern. I think a coach is a coach is a coach. I mean, you're going back way, way back with some of those names that, that failed transitioning to the NBA. It has been a while since john beeline remember the story about john beeline calling his naming his plays after animals and the and the players laughing at that zebra zebra and panda bear uh i don't worry about the dust to make vector i worry about derrick

Lowelively and i worry about the the a lot of the supporting cast you mentioned i like a lot a lot of them play more or less the same position and the shooting is iffy and just like we like the top two guys a lot the drop off to the third best guy on the team is like pretty severe and so that's the that's the downside of all the depth is like who's the third guy uh i think this is

Loweactually a really really tough line i i was a little bit surprised how much i struggled with it so where'd you go i'm gonna i think zag um from you guys and go under by this teeniest teeniest teeniest of hairs i don't feel good about it i wouldn't bet it uh 33 and a half it feels it feels low to go under you i think you actually nailed the tanking incentive i think they actually are incentivized not to tank

Loweto try to get their pick into the best possible position to be the one or two pick and keep it but i think i just have to hedge against some possibility of a kairi sell high trade to a contender at some point in the season i don't know if that'll happen i don't think there's any plans to do it currently it just feels like something that's going to be potentially in the ether so i gotta hedge against that i'll

Billtake the under what do you think patrick dumont wants to do but as he's assessed this and analyzed it one

Loweof the more awkward looking owners to ever just populate the nba sitting courtside i was proud of him for giving an interview i think to the athletic this week in which he just did not embarrass himself i thought that was a step in the