The Zach Lowe Show

The Most Confusing Teams in the NBA!

Oct 12, 2026 · 1h 26m · take 7 of 38

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MahoneyAnd then there's another part of my brain where the alarms are going off and saying, wait, you're telling me a team with Giannis, who is still one of the five or six best players on the planet and bam and good defense and enough shooting and Eric Spolstra, that that team is going to be a play in team.

MahoneyAnd it's like the war that is constantly happening within me as far as trying to understand what the nature of the East pecking order is and where the heat fall in it. That is what is loudest in my mind at this point. Well,

Lowethere's going to be, I mean, all of us are going to be confused about the East throughout the season. There are going to be teams where like in one week, it's like Detroit's eighth. How did that happen? And then there'll be fourth a week later and everything will be fine.

LoweI think this is a great pick. I didn't have them just because I, I mean, I can't, it would be hard for me to see them winning fewer than like 46 games. And it would be hard for me to see them winning more than 50. Like, I think they're just going to be a very good team.

LoweI don't know where that places them in the East.

LoweGiannis has looked great in his limited action already. They're going to have to figure out some spacing with him and bam, the lack of like pull up off the dribble shooting as you and I have talked about is a little bit worrisome. Definitely. And I'm glad that you brought up the heat because I don't know if they are aware of this in Italy.

LoweI think we should be famous in Italy because you and I are the president and vice president. You can be the president of the Simone Fontecchio fan club. And he's still kicking around. I don't know how much he's going to play, particularly if Nikola Jovic transforms from a theoretical player into a real player.

From the episode transcript around 00:25:35. Speaker names are recognized by voice.

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