The Deep 3 Podcast - We Reacted To Your Craziest Predictions For This NBA Season | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: October 13, 2025

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And we're going to rate it, giving these guys a W or an L take, seeing how well they did in the assignment. What are you that before you think is be bullshit? No, nothing. Let's see what you guys clicked up for us, predictions for this year. First off, Derek White finally makes the All-Star team. Maybe. If this happens, I will stop watching the NBA. Damn, why?

Derek White. Stop, don't hate on Derek White. No, no, it's not about him. It's about the Eastern Conference. If the Celtics get two this year, that would be shocking. They better be a goddamn three seed. What if he's the one? He has to say the same.

He has to say, like, what if Jaylon Brown is shooting, you know, tour dates? I think he'll probably translate well to a one seed. So I would sooner believe Jaylon Brown gets the All-Star Nod. they got to be really good to get two All-Stars And that'd be shocking They gotta win like 54 games They have to be a top four seed Easy

And that I can't consider it And like And the East got to be good That's like a good four seat Like they can't just be like Technically or fourth Because the East sucks And I don't know if I foresee that

But I do see Derek White Getting a lot of usage obviously this year So there probably will be more combo than there wasn't years past Because somebody's got to take these goddamn shots It's gonna be a 21 and 6 year For Derek White Hey Sengoon got in on that

We can get Derek White on the All-Star game. This is an injury replacement. Oh, Le Mello Ball, we can't let this shit happen. Yo, we cannot let this shit happen. Trey, we can't let this happen. Brunton, we can't let this happen. Yo, we cannot let this happen.

You better let this happen. You better to shoot the ball well. God damn. Jalen Johnson will let it happen. Scotty Barnes and let it happen. Please. Next up. Owen says Aaron Wiggins will save basketball again.

I mean, of course. I don't really like the premise of this though because I don't know why we would say he stopped saving basketball. Where's this again come from? This is his legacy. This is what he does year in and year out.

Is he not still actively saving basketball? Hell yeah. Is he employed? Is he an NBA player? Correct. Okay, so he's saving basketball. I agree. Yeah.

I did hate I had to show it so we could laugh at you, but I hate when y'all come up here and be disrespectful to legends that are in their primes. Exactly. Like you forget after one off season that these guys are still doing it. Every single day that ends with why I just know Aaron Wiggins is saving the day with hoops. Dumbass. Come on now. Brady Wasman said,

The Clippers get the three seed and go to the Western Conference Finals, but lose to the nuggets. Disregard the second part. Can the Clippers make the conference finals? I mean, okay, so like we're going to start the season and like mathematically they are going to have a chance, but we know that they have no chance. We know.

I think it's very, it's possible. They can't make the conference finals. I find it hard to believe they can win enough playoff series in a row with enough health and two strong performances to get past the conference finals. What if you told me they get there and like win a tough second round series, someone gets hurt, James Hardin,

plays bad, but it's okay because John Collins is kicking. kick an ass. Sure. Yeah, John Collins is going to lead him to the conference finals. I love that, man. Shut up. No,

their ceiling is conference finals if things break well. But that's like, it's their ceiling, but it's not something I'm confident in or anything. I just, I'm not picking a team that's under investigation to make the conference finals. I'm not picking it either.

What are we talking about? The feds are watching. No, I'm not doing that. But as far as both predictions go, you could get bolder. This is possible. I think it's possible.

Also, he said loose the nuggets. I can super believe that in the comments. Yeah, I think the biggest actual basketball talking point for me is if their defense can improve on what it was last year, which is pretty good. Top five. Yeah, like, and with Chris Dunn now being relegated to a starting role, and it makes a little bit harder. But they're a bench roll, yeah, it makes a little bit harder. But if Brooke Lopez's defensive presence makes things harder, which is not just being a backup big because they didn't have one, John Collins being there as well, I could see, I could see this happening for sure. I think they got marginally better.

John Collins gives them a little bit more, like, just like versatility in the big man room. And like you said, Brooke Lopez is a reliable backup. I don't think I feel any different about them in a playoff context. And I felt last year, but end of last year, I thought they could get the conference finals. If they make the conference finals, and especially in this scenario, they lose two the nuggets in the conference finals. That means that you are probably beating the thunder in the... Assume the nuggets with the thunder. Oh, okay.

They take them out. They're beating the Lakers. either the Lakers or the Rockets or anything. If they play the Rockets, they're getting it thrown around like a ragdoll. Or the T-Wolves. That's still hard. Yeah, that's still hard for them to do.

Hey, man, the Western conferences is so crazy every year. We're talking to all these teams. My damn this is tough. Shout out to the east, man. Y'all caught your life so easy. Tuck jumps says, now that they have dead for the first time ever, the Nuggets will break the single season wins record.

Whoa, now. That's a lot of dip on your chip. The Nuggets Glaze has been crazy. Y'ez Valchunus is moving these people's needle. Can they win 75 games? Do you think Yolka's is going to care For every single one of those games Play 100% hard?

Yes, I do But I just don't think that they're going to have to win 74 games Maybe 64 on the high end Even then I'm like damn to calm down I could believe that this is like an all-time Nuggets team For sure Yeah, all-time Nuggets What is that mean?

Like the best thing that they had They might break whatever their personal winning record Is a franchise record With the Caval win last year, 64? something like that yeah something crazy they're not any more than the fucking cast

they were amazing last year I don't know they're a good team but yeah I think you guys gotta relax a little about this whole depth thing

they have some depth it's not like they built the strength of numbers warriors they're so down bad last year that now that they have

a couple guys who are just like you're just like you still yeah so I understand so I understand it yeah

I appreciate the glaze a little much Shepard says the Pelicans will have a top six seat in the west do you see that vision for them with the skinny zion no uh only because they can't guard anybody

yeah and like in the west you got you have to guard somebody and they don't guard any got a lot of body if he took out the word seed and said offense i'd be like yeah we are cooking now top six offense in the west okay yeah i could that's tough still but i could believe it for sure yeah because he says i believe in skinny zion i do as well he believes in the jordan pool redemption arc i do as well all of that leads to good offense none that leads a good defense yeah i see what you were cooking but come on man the west is too nasty if there was every year where Herb Jones was going to have the case

laid out in front of them to win DPLI is this one. This will be a very fun 41 one team though if the NBA did their expansion 41 would be dinners maybe a little bit too much maybe a little bit too much what did it less 40 games and stuff you gotta suck ass

the West in the West though the West is a stuck they might win 35 what do they like what do they 10th or 11th you get last year oh do we think they're going to be worse than that The 10th seed, maybe... The 10th C won 39 games last year. Damn. Maybe they can with 30.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'll go 38 for them. When Adam Silver goes ahead and fixes the conferences and moves them to the Eastern Conference, then, hey, you got to talk to, we're making runs. Yeah. Boat says the Trailblazers can be the Rockets of this year. It's not ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous. Well, okay, in the sense that, like, that they're going to win for the games, that is ridiculous. but to say that like their defense is going to be elite from start to finish I do believe that yeah and just like seed highly like obviously it sounds ridiculous now nobody thought it would happen with the rockets either it's ridiculous until it's not I don't mind the Blazers as you're like dark horse they're gonna be a good team pick yeah that's as good as any of the teams that we don't see coming yeah like if you have any

superstar walk in there are an all-star level player and they have the worst night of their fucking life I can believe it and a lot of players did have not a good night at all over there in Portland who's gonna be their shangoon though who's gonna be the all-star guys it's like the engine. Maybe Denny. Denny. Maybe you get a little bit from Shaden Sharp, Scoot Henderson, like,

maybe it's a combination. Shaden Shadden Sharpe is Jalen Green. Denny, Shangoon. Jumani Kamara. Good defense. Listen. He's a men. Great defense.

Drew Holliday is Fred Van Vleet. Klingin is clinging. Okay. Great defense plus all lives matter offense. Mm-hmm. We can get to high 40s. Yeah. Foreign Star, averaging 20 and

I can see them winning like 43 games That's a lot I can see 43 I mean I can see 43 I mean I think it would make sense to me if they're shockingly good You gotta Again You can tell me this for it For any Western Conference team I'd be like

That's a lot man Yeah yeah I see but if you tell me that they are shockingly good And that means 43 to 45-ish I can see that somebody every year it happens Somebody vaults themselves in the playoff talks We don't see coming Yeah Like people would assume it's like the Spurs now

Because it wouldn't be so good If you tell me they take their spot and they're actually the surprise team i don't understand that i'll believe it yeah yeah that would be based on a jump from somebody but i would believe it yeah i agree maybe yang hansen is like amazing right away and like super true yeah literally like i forgot about yank last year when we did our i can't do that our season predictions never again no one put this houston rocket team as like a top five team in the west i put them 10 and i think it was the highest yeah you were the highest i was i was the playing team you guys like what yeah i was the absolute lowest on them and now they were

the two seed very true you guys are like jailing green sucks fuck you I was like, I think they can barely make it There's so much better Yeah Next up, Jay says If healthy, Jaylon Brown will lead the league in scoring Scoring what is he going to average? I think he could average 28

That's not gonna do it Oh no, no, he's not leading scoring Yeah, it's a different conversation now What do you feel like he's actually predict his scoring average? 27 28, yeah sure That's like not that different than the way he did before though

What was he last year? I actually know the past couple years They've added a lot of pieces But he's average 26 before Okay, yeah Before they added KP and all that. We could see 28. 29.

I'm going 27. First full year without Jason Tatum. He got so many opportunities to do what he wants. I think he averages at least 26, like bare minimum. 29 on the high end. Okay. Can he scale up that high or is he just going to be Jalen Brown regardless? I feel like he, low-key he might not play that different.

He already does a lot of ISO and shit. Yeah. It's not like Jason Tatum was like setting him up. Like he might just more ISO. 29. I think he's going to get 29, shoot 43% from the field. though. Sounds about Jaylon Brown.

Next up. Hey man, I'm not reading all that. Jenny says, that's so rude. Yon has requested trade and is sent to the Hawks for Jalen Johnson, Rees-Ashe, and the first from New Orleans. I see you guys on my burner. If he does request a trade, this would make sense.

It's a pretty good package because that New Orleans pick could be a top five pick on top of a number one pick and a Jalen Johnson might be a young star. He's from Milwaukee, too. don't care as much about that It's a cool story So basically two top five picks And Jalen Johnson for Yannis That's not a bad

That's not a bad deal at all I think they probably want like a bunch of other picks Too, a bunch of small picks You might have to load up a couple other It's got a three team trade then Yeah we don't got that Yeah Spurs got that shit

Yeah we could do a three team trade But if I'm giving you Jalen Johnson And the New Orleans pick Call somebody else I'm keeping Richie Sheet really yeah i think if you if you trade you wouldn't be that good after that trade if you trade for yonis and you give up these two wings like your depth is because you'd start you'd have trade dyson

who'd be the three now um we have trade dyson yeah who's your wings now we got to kill Alexander walker okay yeah dyson's big you can do that you can start to kill us under walker as a two dyson defends as a three who knows what happened with kp kp starts the center to stretch the five for yonis Yeah Can I give you On Yucca instead of

Zachary Shichet? Can I pull that? Can I give you Dyson Daniels instead of Zachary Rissusay? I'd rather do that That sounds like a negotiation

But I don't think they If the Malky bucks are dumb enough Sure Go ahead Look that's like a trade package Jalen Johnson Could Blasen to an All-Star

For them Dyson's a good running mate And a potential Top 5 pick That's not a bad package Hey man Because Jaylon That's worth two or three

First-on picks Yeah he The potential Allside this year You can say two For now solid two Two first on picks Yeah

turn into three play yeah i wonder if who would actually i don't know if there's been bain's going for even you're right you know if he makes the all but it's different but like if he makes the all-star leap and now we have like a young a young all-star that's that's that complicates it makes it different like it's so hard to think about because most these trades are picks but jalen johnson is worth a good amount of picks yeah yeah well this is a real estate i i wouldn't i wouldn't hate this package we have to we have to actually i would hate this package but we have to tinker a little bit but we can get there. This is a solid prediction.

I do, though, think if Yannis requests a trade, I imagine he probably, like, forces his way to destination. What if he just wants to go to Atlanta? Maybe, maybe, maybe it's, I'd fucking doubt it, but maybe. I don't know. If he wanted to go somewhere, where, like, where in the league would he? Want to go? Yeah, like, nowhere.

Let's see him in Miami. I don't know. Why would you want to do that? Timberwolves? It would be hard for them to give us the ammunition, but I can see him trying to force himself to play with Ant. I'm sure he'd love to play with Ant. That would be.

fun. Send me to Houston. But I don't know if he can, I don't know if he can successfully force his way to Timberwolves. The bucks want to tell him to fuck himself. Yeah. But if he wants to go to the Golden State Warriors and play with Curry, get some shit off. I can see that. I mean, that's pretty short-sided since Curry's 38, but I can see that. Caves. I mean, they Mobley trade? Mobile? I don't want to. They'd win a type of.

You don't think he wants to play with DeMitch and Dary's Garland? I don't know. I don't know. You could do a lot worse. I mean, you can, but I don't think he'd want to do that. Knicks. So there's always the New York aspect. I don't know if he would want to do it I don't know what he wants Clearly he wants to be Milwaukee So who knows what else he likes for a city

I love this trade Maybe he wants to go to Memphis So that's the case He just loves tiny cities Next up Diego says Every single team this season Will win more than 20 games

We'll get no terrible tank jobs I disagree I think that the jazz and the nets Are both on They're both on team Teen Win Watch Or wins in it in the team I don't know how to say it

Without It's kind of crazy You know, we've recorded for hours No, the Brooklyn Nets are on There's a world You can stop immediately Yeah, I don't know I'm dead

We're still here calling The Nets on Teen Watch And that's what I was gonna say At first and I was like Yeah, team win watch I was like Brady No, there's a world for the Brooks

I said, no, no There is certainly a world where the Brooklyn Nets with nine games that's in the cards. Yeah. Yeah, I think they will certainly win less than 20. I'll be shocked if they surpass that. If that happens, Michael Ford Jr. is an all-star.

Yeah, I agree. Rockets finish as a play-in team. Huh. Okay, so, like, it sounds crazy, but considering that, like, two through eight last year was separated by, like, three games, it wouldn't be the craziest part. I think this happens 100%

if someone like Katie goes out with an injury, then they're left with, like, if he misses, like, 10 games, five games here in there. You get some misses games every year. Who? Kevin Durant. You're,

fuck, man. It's cooked. Yeah, with, it'll be hard to win without Fred Vanvely and Kevin Durant. They'd have so little just professionals in the room

to set up the halfboard offense. It would be a hell for Singgoon to try to get a fucking regular ass post-entry pass. At that point, we're playing three bigs. Like, I'm playing Sing-Goo, Stephen Adams,

and Clint Capella. We're getting every rebound possible. We're just fighting. Yeah, I don't think they'll finish to the playing team, but that if you tell me that happens,

it wouldn't shock me because everything bad happens to Kevin Durant in the last five years everywhere he goes and disaster happens I can see this he shouldn't have went to the Warriors in 2016 this is what happens

I wish he went to the Warriors last year I wish he would have let that trade happen nah that would have been really fun leave the X alone man it would have been cool as fuck I mean he agrees he would have still got his ass with

by some other teams but when Minyama becomes a top two player in the world this year top two is tough 29 seven and six that's a lot of assistant I think he can do that Do you think you can get into like

Shee Yannis Luka convos? Yeah, I think he can. Luca convo, okay, the back end of that. But like, I don't know, one of those guys would be in the finals probably. Oh, yeah. And we think Webby's gonna be above them. Top two players is tough.

And like, Shay's like in Yolkich combos. Like, he's not a distant second in the world right now. Also, I understand that, listen, seven rebounds is ridiculous. You are seven, six. If the average is seven rebounds. You just see seven. Yo, get your ass in a pay.

Yo, what I'm mad about theoretical, lack of rebounds. You're seven, six. Talk about him getting 22. 22.29. Six assists is insane. Mind you. He didn't even do seven rebounds. Theory.

If the rebounds comes out and there's seven rebounds a game, I will be frustrated. Did he average like nine last year? He was more. So if he's rebounded and dropped, you're getting worse. You get it worse I don't like that I can't have you turn into Jaron Jackson Sockfish says

Luca becomes Luca becomes clearly The best player in the league And averages 3410 and 10 again I'm sorry you can't do that Until you win The only way that he can have Like best player in the league

Is if the MVP and the title Go to the Lakers this year What do they make the finals And they lose again But he's MVP Sorry Sorry I'm sorry

That would mean that was that would mean Yokish doesn't make the finals though So it's not like the best player in the league has some crown Hmm losing to the eastern conference is so damn I mean that's what it is you can't lose to the east You can lose to shit you could lose to like I don't know the clippers or the rockets Are you losing to Jalen Brunton that's you're losing to Jared Allen? You're not the best player not my goat you're the best one you're gonna did by Jared You're getting dick by DeAndre Hunter

Brother, he's got dotted by Max Truce Brother, ugh You're sick You are not You are You are not legendary How about that?

We probably gotta call him fat again Exactly What? Come on now No, this is possible And any year Could be the year Where Luca becomes

Best Player in the world Any year literally can be We'll believe when we see it I can think Like Yoke's still In his prime Because it's like Oh no

Luke average 34 10 to 10 Yolkins is going to average like You know 32 12 and 8 But he did this a couple years ago I made the finals He could do that again And if things break different Different matchup

You tell me he wins the final somehow Like it's always possible with Luga He's always gonna be within striking distance Hard to assume this When the Lakers don't have the best team in worlds Yeah this is not not crazy I could see this happening Yeah

It can't be crazy To say Luca will make the best point No I think he's crazy I just don't think he's jumping Yokutut right now I think the best The proximity For that singular year, I could see it happening. Yeah, I don't think it's ever crazy of someone that we consider in, like, tier two,

like right behind the best guy in the world. I don't think it's ever crazy to think one of them can make the jump. Like, Shay made the jump last year. I would have said it's crazy before last year. But what did she do? You want it all? He won the MVP and brought the title home. You're right.

Yeah, and everyone's still like, yeah, Lukas or Yokic is still that guy. This is his league still. It's going to be a conflict soon of Shay does it again. It's getting crazy. I don't think he'll do it again. He's a very close second. He's a very close second, but very close second. there's no gap there.

It's not a huge gap at all anymore. Okay, I think it's the same tier. Next up, pressure from Lakers fans and J.J. Reddick becomes too much for Aiden and he retires to basketball halfway through the year. Aidan retires. That would be,

and I cannot exaggerate when I say this, the funniest thing to ever happen in my life. That would be as a content creator. Oh my fucking God, that'd be the funniest thing that ever happened to me. If he retired, yeah. A former number one overall pickers

was seven years ago. Because J.J. Redick is too mean. He retires. Yo. That would literally be the funniest thing I've ever seen in this world. There's two things that would be cemented in B history. Number one, Aiton, your reputation isn't that totally. Number two, JJ Reddick, you actually need to be like, euthanized.

Underwatch. You're insane. We got to contain him. We got to stop an outbreak. Yo, because you're actually like, bro, we can't do that. You're taking this whole Pat Riley thing a little too far. next up we got we get the exact same eight western conference playoff teams i just think that's dumb like what that just doesn't happen if there was every year though very little change this year

the craziest off season of all time like who would be the one that drops out grizzlies maybe yeah this year's time with their eight again outside of that i mean injuries always happen so probably won't but the other top seven teams you don't really foresee the dropping go to it go to it okayc Houston Lakers, Denver, Clippers, Minnesota, Warriors, Grizzlies. Yeah, if you tell me that the Grizzlies are out, you tell me that... For the Mavs? Like, on paper.

We'll probably predict the same top as late as last year on paper. You don't know me. I don't know. Spurs. No. Yeah. Surprise. Again, second in a row. Yeah. Now, I'm not falling for it.

Yeah, you are. I'm not... I promise you, I'm not. I'll leave him out just to spite of you. He's 100% falling for it. Wait till the first game of the season happens. He's fucking fallen for him. Who is their first game? Oh my gosh,

he's already prepping. I just want to see you. I'm just curious. Speaking of, next one, the Spurs won't even make the play in even if they're healthy. They are overrated. Dude, he said,

I'm looking at the schedule right now. First four games, Mavs, Pelicans. Nets Raptors Oh, this time 4 and 0 Spurs to the ball

I trust it They won't even make the plane If they're fully healthy I don't think that's crazy There's a lot of good teams They could miss the plane Like that's super possible They could just be not good

They're still super young They have a weird Guard group Their wings are young Unproven or old as fuck They're big men I like cornet I don't know for sure

They'll be good here Like there's enough questions That this isn't crazy The only way this happens Is if they're defense or if their defense is like complete dog shit as well which is very like in there then I could see this happening

it's never been good yeah I could see this happening I can see okay yes I can see it being bad dude he said Fox is overrated inefficient poor defender has terrible advanced stats well he's supposed superstar yo he hates Foxx he's good

dude there's a Fox has to repair his reputation there's a growing there's a growing thing on like the nerds on Twitter that he's a bad contract and like he's overrated I hate that so much. He has some reputation to prepare. Yeah.

Bro, this is a bonus. This is just sub bonus. This burner counts going crazy. And it becomes a top three player in the league, taking another leap, averaging 29 points per game. Top three is very hard. Last week you told me he's going to be a legend effort this year.

You better be top three. I could see it. I can see it. If we're thinking trajectories and continue, He's due. I don't think it's going to happen, but it's not crazy. Top three is hard, because that means you're passing up Janus or Luca. Or both, both.

That's tough. That's fucking, Wembe, you leave it in him too. You know what? I do agree with this. And it's going to be the best playing in the world after this. I can see 29, though. Yeah, the 29 does seem very, it's actually reasonable.

Yeah, that makes sense. This is a hot take. I love it. The Warriors maintained the level they had last year after the all. I'll start break for the whole season, winning 56 games. Steph finishes top five in MVP. Okay. Okay.

And they win the championship. Yeah, there you go. So are the Warriors posting me about their trade legit? Can they really win if they're healthy? If they are healthy, yes. However, everybody is geriatric. So I don't know if they're going to stay healthy for five or six months. I do know they won't.

Like at some point, somebody isn't going to get hurt and then they're overcoming. There's no chance. Steve Kerr has to be smart and he has to do like a really good job of load managing. some guys, genuinely. Yeah, also, what if Jonathan Kaminga starts doing, like, a sit-in and he just starts to protest? They're going to fire him. Yeah.

Cut him? They can't happen. He's a player option. He's a team option next year. They're going to send him home. He's salary about. He's a salary-in-old. He's going to hold them down.

Holds him down. He just wanted to say that. And that's a last one. If you're still here, if you're still here, comment, we're going to do it. That's why I said sitting. I know