The Deep 3 Podcast - We Picked The Best & Worst Case Scenario For NBA Teams This Year | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: October 20, 2025

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First off, the Golden State Warriors. What's the best-case scenario? They make the finals? Yeah, best-case scenario is everything we saw Post-Mee Butler Trade? All that shit is real. We win 60 games. We're contenders again. We might have a 20-22 run in us.

you think they could best case scenario they can win the finals well obviously in this best case scenario some shit gotta break their way with the other contenders but I guess I'm gonna scale down a little bit and say best case scenario they stay fucking healthy

and they maintain like the three seed that best case scenario is the old man don't break their hips yeah exactly best case scenario these guys are on their resistance bands and just stretching every day daily as soon as they wake up do I think they actually

can win the title not really it's hard to they're the hardest team to write off because I don't think they're good enough on paper and you look at the teams I compare them to in the standings those aren't championship teams per se but we know what happens with Steph Curry and Remong Green if they catch a lightning in a bottle

I yeah I guess like since we've seen since we've seen 22 I guess you can't write it off so okay best case scenario they can win the champion very unlikely which is wild worst case scenario they're old as hell get injured a lot nobody wants comming good none of the young guys take a leap

and we're looking at you're kind of just wasting the last years of step Curry being mid Yeah, worst Okay, so worst case scenario would be 11 seed You missed the plan Yeah, and lokey, nobody talks about this Steve Kerr is on the last year

of his contract Worst case scenario, you're bad You missed the playing Steve Kerr walks And you have a new coach in here With Steph Curry for his final years Your team loses identity The entire band is broken up

And you're just kind of nothing Until Steph Curry retires There is zero chance in my mind In which where they don't decide To match up Steve Kerr's contract With Draymond and Stephs Zero change You gotta listen to the TV's better

Then because there is a real chance everything Steve Kerr is saying there's a real chance he leaves he's a free agent he's and a test the market we know they're on the last leg is dynasty the ownership's a little iffy there's a real chance that would be so sad nobody's talking about it's super possible when he talks about it he's like yeah man we'll see this might be a last dance he's so I mean he's really done with everything too because I mean he's he's not the head coach for T USA anymore like he might just be done exactly like he it's so clear if you listen to him talk about it there's a world where he's gone after this year comeiga broke him

Next up, the Orlando Magic. Best case scenario, they are like the third seed in the NBA in the Eastern Conference. Well, best case scenario, maybe a little higher than that. Best case scenario, they're the one seat. Yeah, best case scenario, this is the new powerhouse in the East. If Palo becomes a top team player, people want him to be, and Franz is a shot, so now he is just like German Paul George. But let's be realistic, though, because like we can't say best case scenario for everyone, like, they are like 10. I don't know.

I'd be very, every Magic fan obviously would be happy if they were like the third seat firmly. and this two, these two guys, like, were firmly All-Stars as well. That's a realistic-out scenario. That's not the best case. I don't know, man. That's like the 70th percentile. I'm talking about 100th percent off.

Then they win the championship. No. No, they're not. The roster isn't that good to do that. But they can be the best team of the East and I think if they make the conference finals, that would be huge. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

No one's going to win. But if Palo is the eighth best player in the world and Franz shoots 37 and a half percent from three, that's crazy. They can be the one seed. Yeah, that's crazy. That's crazy. That is league average.

Crazy. Coming from him. 36 these days, catch up. From him, though? Shit, that's crazy. Yeah, that is kind of tough. Worst case scenario, none of that happens. And this team, the fit doesn't work.

And we're looking at a duo that kind of has to be broken up one day. If they're the sixth seed, that would be such a disappointment for me, personally. Yeah. That's worst case scenario. If the bucks are ahead of you in any shape, way or form. Worst case scenario, though, is Franz who's 29% from three. and we have to just like look ourselves in the mirror and say these two can't play together.

Having to break up this duo would be the worst case. Yeah. Next up, the Rockets. Best case scenario. Fred of Miracocally comes back. I don't know, sometime in March with a whole new ACL.

He gets that Jason Tatum surgery. Yeah. He comes back. Best case scenario is a man Thompson could play point guard full time. He can shoot a little bit, the handles there. So Fred Van der Leet doesn't even fucking matter.

Championship is the best case scenario. Yeah, you build a lot. off of what they did last year and Kevin Rant elevates them. Yeah. And with KD's, with KD's singular, like, I can just go get a bucket and your defense, you you punch, scratch, and claw, maybe literally your way to a championship, that would be best case. Maybe literally.

Yeah. Worst case scenario. Katie gets hurt. Amend Thompson doesn't develop his jump shot and they're scratching and clawing for like an eighth seat in the Western Conference. I feel like their worst case scenario is kind of high though. Like worst case scenario, they're like six and they're still like a good playoff team, but they're just not making the leap they wanted to.

too for this for this specific season yes i think everything that you're saying is like the long-term best-case scenario and on top of that like it read whichever doesn't put on two pounds of muscle this year then like that's also worst-case scenario yeah if he's unplayable and you wasted number three pick that would suck yes lakers best case scenario west and hoon the MVP and they win the finals when the finals is when the finals is tough with his roster with how stack the west is i don't even know if that's a realistic scenario per se but they can make the finals i guess like if you tell me they get their way in their way the same way the Mavericks did when nobody expected it? We've seen a little good do it before.

Best case scenario? I don't think best case scenario is winning the final. They can get there though. I do agree with that. Well, if they get there, that means they got through the crazy west at the East's cake. So if they get there, I suppose they can win it. He thinks it's sweet. I think that shit is charming. If the Lakers get out, oh, I'm going to be fucking insufferable. That'll be

cinema for this fucking podcast. If they can beat the thunder, they will throttle the Knicks. That'll be cinema for I'm pretty God that fucking happens That would be the best day of my life Because they beat the fuck out of this It'll be the best day in the NBA's life Cat You got Lakers Knicks finals

And you get that is true And you get highlights of Luca Doing Kat on the perimeter Oh my God You kill him But our best case scenario is Luca's the MVP And we have the best player

In the world In our team for the next seven years We established that That we have the new guy That's all that matters The roster isn't quite ready this year I hate Rob Polinka So, LeBron James be able to come in and grab that fifth ring, solidifies the status even more, too.

You know, the NBA is up. Solitify. Yeah. It's a debate. All right. Worst case scenario, though, is that LeBron barely plays. He leaves a free agency. We have no way to replace him.

And the roster's kind of buns. And we're worse off with Luca than the Mabbs were. And Luca loses the tummy tuck, too. Yeah, Luca, yeah. And if DeAndre Aten scams you guys and they're playing really hard gets you in, Roblinke, it pays him like a 25. million dollar contract and he's just like all right i'm chilling out yeah if we're just stuck with a mid-supporting cast around this guy and he goes out sad for the next four years yeah how do you feel about that scenario because i do feel like that yeah that is very realistic they pay him

yeah yeah i gotta see what it looks like i mean if he puts plays well and they reward him market rate i can't be too mad but i don't have him back in my head like fuck is it gonna last without the contract your diet because like year three of whatever four-year contract is like i don't think they give him a four-year contract i don't know if we have the leverage unless he goes stupid it makes an all-star game i i think he's looking at like a two-year 25 million each deal right i don't know i don't think anybody's going to be jumping to give him a long-term deal regardless of what it is you guys are going to be first up to potentially accept the bait and he's going to be over here just like coming up with the most disgusting excuses ever

the la head the other l a he's getting to me the traffic was so bad i can't do it i can't make it to the stadium guys yeah if he's good i won't be mad at keeping him in general is that general rule we'll see what the numbers look like next up the grisleys oh worst case in errors that you are picking in the top five because everything falls apart everybody is hurt once again and you look at your team and you look at John Moran and you're like

he can't be the face of our contract. Yeah worst case scenario is John Morant is on the Trailblazers and you're drafting AJ DeBonsa. Best case scenario. It's not a bad worst case scenario. Loki is the best case scenario too. Loki is just a scenario.

It's not awful. Best case scenario you are able to gather up all those picks that the Atlanta Magic gave you. Trade that boy Zaw to the Milwaukee Bucks and you have Janice on your team. Jared Jackson Jr. team. Zach Eadis are one of the biggest big trees. We're not entertaining any world in which they're just

good with who they have. The best case scenario trade. Worst case scenario trade. The best trade in some money. It's sad but like the best case scenario is you finally win a playoff series for the first time in three years. Yeah. Who would they even be? Like you beat the Clippers in the first round as the eighth of the five scenes. The worst

would have to happen to. Yeah. The worst that happened. There's very few range of outcome for this team. Yeah. Atlanta Hawks. Best case scenario, you're back in the conference finals, I guess, just to get stomped out by either the Cavs or the Knicks. Hell not. Best case scenario,

Trey Young improves that efficiency. Jalen Johnson, All-Star, Chris Sauts, Brazilian. So I'm talking about 19 points, 41% from the three-point line. Zachary Richie say cool little like 14, 15 points a game showcasing that elite three. This week-ass best-case scenario, you're just probably in a second round exits. Dyson. Daniels taking a leap as a secondary ball handler. This is the most vanilla.

And we win the M.B. For who? For Dyson in his ball handler leap. Four. You just described the coolest 52 win team, second round X that I've ever heard. Wow. Best case scenario. That.

My happiness is available again. Wow. Worst case scenario, Tray Young's traded because his team goes nowhere fast. K.P's hurt. Jalen Johnson's hurt again. The same shit as always. And Trayong is looking at different. Oh, no, the worst case scenario genuinely is, like, regardless of what happens with Trey,

if KP and Jalen Johnson get hurt, then that just mucks up everything for us. Yeah, another year where you learn nothing because your team is not going to do. Hey, best case scenario has nothing to do with our team. Warren's Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks are fucking ass cheeks and we get another number one overall pick to save us from despair out of nowhere. Y'all script writers. Not only will they have the worst number one pick of the last 15 years. They'll somehow find a way to ruin whoever they pick.

have two of the words number one fix in the last 15 years. If you think Boozer's a can't miss prospect, not until he touches Atlanta, he's not. Bucks, best case scenario? Second round appearance?

No. Best case scenario, you make the playoffs and you lose in the first round again like you always do. You don't think that then is, is there any world? John would be pissed if that happened.

If they, if somehow everything clicks, five seed. Okay. And they're playing the Hawks in the first round? They play the four or five matches. Yeah, like let's say, let's say Detroit,

who I picked to go. number three and then got the got a notification that jaden ivy got surgery if detroit drops to six and then you have milwaukee atlanta in the first round they beat them get to the second round then get clapped i think that's best case scenario okay sure best case scenario is you win one single playoff run and you convince yon and say hey we won one series in our roster was buns stay one more year we'll fix it a little bit better good we get two okay i guess that's the best that's the best that's the best case scenario worst case scenario isn't even that bad because worst case actually No, that is bad because you have no picks.

Worst case scenario is you're terrible. You're not tracking to make the playoffs. Yannis request a trade in February. You don't have control of your picks. And now you don't have Yannis, and you're kind of just a black hole for the next five years. Yo. Milwaukee, hit me up.

I know people in Atlanta who will solve things for you. Alan Johnson, he's from your streets. Let's talk. 76ers. Best case scenario is Joelle and B. plays 70 games and has one more run in them. And that's the only scenario, honestly. There's nothing else to hang out on.

Best case scenario, Joel and Beat is a hell of him. healthy. Worst case scenario, Joelle and Bede is not healthy. Pick your poison. It's really just the same story. It's every year for the season. How good Tyrese Maxe ends up being next year. It doesn't matter how good Vijay Edgecombe is or if Jared McCain's able to capitalize and build off his next, his last, his rookie year. None of it matters for Joe Embed to start and to finish. Yeah, I guess best case scenario is Vijay Edgecom is Donovan Mitchell and it doesn't matter what happens because now you have two All-Star guards. Now you need to be able to be healthy. Yeah, you need him be. We can figure it out though. If we have Tyre's Macon

and Donovan Mitchell for the next few years, we can pivot. I guess. Not really well, though, because we still have Paul George's money, and we still have Joelle and B's money. Yeah. And we still have nobody else, but do All-Star Guards. Let's trade and B. For what?

No one's training for him. For what? Who's training for Mb, the Nets? For what? Come on out. No, I don't know. Nobody's straight for him B. Boston?

Cleveland Cavaliers. Best case scenario is you win the championship. The worst case scenario is you go outside once again and everything's that you're soft. Yeah, so obviously you win championship. They're in the running every year now. Worst case scenario is you go out in a way that people say this core can't exist and we've got to trade one of the core for.

Yep. Which we've been flirting for for fucking years. Yep. And that is directly correlated to Darius Garland and also potentially Jared Allen too. Both maybe, yeah. That's definitely the worst case scenario. Yeah, you're going to blow it up and you just never get to see this beautiful core you put together kind of fruition.

Like if they lost to the bucks, if they lose to the bucks in the first round, worst case scenario. We got to throw them in a meat grind. if they lose to the bucks oh no i'm actually like driving to cleveland myself and i'm throwing tomatoes at their stadium i'm throwing fucking dynamites they're screwed dude i would hate this team they lose to the bucks dude that can't that'll be doing laser beams that'll be one of the most embarrassing playoff losses in the last like five years it would be so funny if the patient made the play in and they beat them again in the one eight dude no no so yacrum just kills them

take them out of this nightmare man no no See how come average is 40? New York, next. Best case scenario, you win the title. Best case scenario, this east is four of the pickings. You get in there. Whoever comes out of the West is a little bit unhealthy and you strike with the iron's hot

and you take them down. Worst case scenario. Mike Brown changes nothing. And this is a first round exit. And you got a trade cat. First round exit. That can even move. I mean, there's absolutely,

unless everybody gets shot in their leg, there's no way that they like missed the playoff. But like, so like they'll be there. So if you, but if you lose in the first round, the leg what's going on man are you from the future what's going on

everybody's leg one by one with a gun yeah I don't know man oh my gosh the city of demons you know yeah

yeah he did go outside and his court can't work baby scheming worst skier we find out you can't win with a 1-5 combo

that's this bad defensively and somebody's got to go and his name the car Anthony towns damn yeah

and at that point in time the market for Carnes, any challenges, it's actually not that bad. No, be terrible. Because that be two years in a row where you lose because the defense is bad? Who's going to want to say, bring that to me? Milwaukee.

I guess, yeah, I guess you better hope the bucks kept you honest and they're... What the fuck would they give you? Miles Turner and some stuff? Miles Turner and Coosla, I guess. Such an ugly ass NBA trade. Great, we're getting Miles Turner and AJ Green for Carleton's Towers.

Timberwolves. Best case scenario, Anthony Edwards elevates the top three player in the world. This is Dwayne Wade. he is MVP we can build off of that for years to come I don't think like finals is the best case scenario in this year I don't really see that but it's possible they make it to the conference finals I think so

again and they don't lose in five games can you win two games in the conference finals instead of five instead of one yeah if they're always in the conference finals I guess it could be the year they push through but yeah I'm more focused on best case scenario Anthony Edwards elevates to being that guy and your championship window like opens up

because he's good enough to lead you to a window you know that's the case and that guy looks like him pulling up from like the three point line and shooting like 41% from the field while also having that post game that he's been talking about worst case scenario is a three point shot regresses that wasn't real rudy gobert old as fuck bald as fuck balled as fuck washed his fuck he's got to go bald as fuck nazri can't be your starting center your defense is going to be terrible suddenly you have julius around making a lot of money you're not really in championship contendo because gobert's gone it could get stinky real fast these young guys

aren't good julia starts smoking weed again oh my god Yeah, like maybe if Dillingham doesn't hit He's just not playable Oh, then you know what that means to Dillam doesn't hit That means that future bed that you gave To the Spurs, useless Oh, and this could get

This can go south real fast It's where to go bear sucks This organization Is on the shoulders of aim right now They really are. This could get bad But it probably won't Clippers

Best case scenario, you win 52 games Worst case scenario You come back next year And try to win 52 games again Nothing will change Yeah, best Best case scenario is you win 52 games

you get cleared of all the allegations and Steve Balmer gets to dance in Adam Silver's face that's the best case scenario yeah and you guys

get to put Pablo Tori in a guillotine a town square yeah worst case worst case scenario everything that Pablo said is true

you guys losing the first round and he does five more podcasts about your downfall oh my god and then you want that's the worst thing that happened

and you know what they do because of that they run your owner out of the league and you once again to get at the cell somebody else and then on top of that too

you'd lose your draft picks for the next 10 years to make an example out of you. You're in the gutter. We're describing relegation. They're going to send you to the fucking Australian basketball league. It's cooked, buddy. Let's do that.

They're going to make a new league in Abu Dhabi. You're going to be playing there. If we put the Clippers in the G league, if we put, okay, so who's the words? If we put the nets in the G league, are they winning 50 games? Yes.

Probably. Yes. 60. No. I don't have a game to play. I don't know. I'm just thinking about it. I don't know.

But yeah, they're clearing. What? Can anybody... Cam Thomas is being Michael Jordan there. The process sixers might not win the championship. That's what I'm saying. Who's the worst team that you could put in the G-League and they would like win 50 games?

2013 Sixers. Can the Thunder go 82? Yes. Kings. Best case scenario or worst-case scenario, you suck and you got to blow it up and go a new direction. No good players left. That's not. Best case scenario, you suck.

You got to blow it up. No good players left. Listen. That's actually not true. What's up? Worst case scenario. You are who you are and you stay the same. And you are subjected to this mediocrity.

You're in and year in and year in and you're out. Best case scenario, you suck and you blow it up. It's a bonus demand to trade. That would be the best thing for this franchise. Rip the goddamn bandit off. Please. Send Sub bonus still trailblazers. Send Zach Levine wherever he wants to go.

Tank, tank, tank. Your jerseys are too nice. Your fans are too good for y'all to be this trash. There is no best or worst case scenario. you're just a king there's just there's just inevitability yeah and that's the last one okay ah the fucking kings man they're the most despaired franchise right now them jerseys though

nice they're fine they fire bro they just gave keegu mary a hundred forty million dollars yeah I didn't want to say anything but it's a crazy contract dude player's going worse offensively every year of his career 140 yeah they're going nowhere fast man maybe money is crazy it's berserk