The Fatal Flaws of the Eastern Conference Contenders! Plus, Awards and TV Talk!

Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 50m · take 41 of 47

Kirk Goldsberry·58:14Off the boardOpen
The Timberwolves have the most room to collapse of any good team.
“I would say that Minnesota Timberwolves have an uncapped downside scenario.”
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Goldsberryi have an answer to this i want to ask you which nba team coming into the up this upside uh this upcoming season has the highest uncapped downside scenario you know there's

Loweonly one answer to this question. I hope you have the same answer as me. It's been the answer for 17 of the last 25 years in the NBA and it's the Sacramento Kings who might as well change their name to the Sacramento uncapped downside scenarios. But did you have a different selection? Well, I was looking at quality teams like the Mets had real high hopes coming into this season.

LoweSo I will reframe the question

Goldsberryas, so with that understood, I would say that Minnesota Timberwolves have an uncapped downside scenario. There's a lot of personality.

GoldsberryThere's less Nas Reed.

GoldsberryThere's more LaMelo ball.

GoldsberryAnd there's a bunch of potential, what is it, uncapped downside? That's a hard thing to remember, Zach Lowe.

From the episode transcript around 00:58:14. Speaker names are recognized by voice.

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