 What's the word, y'all? The 2022-2023 season has the potential to be one of the most unique seasons ever. Now, Candely, I am saying that, but it might not be true, it probably isn't true, but I gotta give myself a reason to watch every single night. Now, a couple of days ago, I dropped a video about the teams that are stuck in mediocrity, the teams that we plan 82 games without really understanding what the hell we plan for. And one of the top comments in that really got me thinking, that's why I always say this is a conversation because I might have a microphone, but y'all tuning in, definitely, definitely, this is a convo. Someone said that they were surprised that the group of teams that are stuck in mediocrity is basically two, maybe, maybe three out of a league of 30. That's low-key elite. And that kind of leads on to parity and it kind of leads on to the other 27 teams having something to wake up and watch and really root for the future. 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So again, hit the link in the description. Shout out to my team and shout out to you. All right. So let's think about it this way. Back to the Ramble. I think parody in the NBA is at an all time high. And I think it will be the perfect time for somebody that doesn't know the game of the NBA or the game of basketball to jump into it. Here's my reason and why. Since 2019, we started Toronto Raptors win. 2020, we saw the Lakers. 2021, we saw the Bucks. And 2022, we saw the Golden State Warriors. That is a four season stretch where we saw different champions every single year. And I'm beyond associated. I think 2023, we're probably gonna see a new champion. No disrespect to the Warriors. They're great. They still are in the potential teams that can win. But if it's like Kenny, would you rather put your money on the Warriors to repeat or the field? I'm taking the field because the field has that type of parody. And if we have five straight years of five different champions, well, ladies and gentlemen, that is the longest group we've had in the NBA in a very, very long time. Because of course, we had the Warriors doing a thing previously before the Raptors beat them when Katie went down and Clay Thompson went down. We had the Miami Hittles went two in a row. We had the Lakers went two in a row. We had the Spurs not went two in a row, but win one, lose one, win one. And then the Lakers had their three. I'm sorry, the Spurs, one, one, lost one, one, one, lost one. They never got two in a row. But they ended up winning a bunch of championships. The Bulls, of course, in the 90s dominated. But when they were dominated, Houston Rockers got back to back. And before the Bulls got theirs, the Pistons got theirs. And then the Lakers had back to back. And then it was Lakers versus Celtics. We haven't had five straight years of different champions. I mean, I could keep going almost ever, almost ever in the game of basketball. We'd have to go all the way to 1970 to 1970. Some of y'all parents wasn't even on this earth in 1970. So we potentially, I mean, this is all really dependent on if the Warriors don't repeat, but we could potentially have five years of different champions. That is great for the league. And if you ask me right now, who's gonna win the championship? I'd probably say the Cs. I'd probably say the Bucks. But I would not put a lot of money on it because anything can happen. Because even the teams that we don't even think about as the upper echelon of contender contenders could make an argument to themselves that hey, we won a piece away. We won piece away right now because it is wide open. And for those teams that are not, they aren't looking to win a championship or compete for a championship. But guess what, the 2023 draft class is elite. I'm still doing my research, but again, I'm just going off what other people was saying. It is elite. So that's why I said these two to three teams that are stuck in mediocrity, everybody else, the other 27 to 28 different teams have something to play for, whether it be lottery odds that could get you a superstar generation type player or a legitimate champion. Now, of course, only one team was in championship, but a lot of teams feel like they're in it. The Celtics, the Bucks, the Cavs. I mean, the Hawks already made their big trade. So I mean, they think they're in it. The Brooklyn Nets, the 76s, the Toronto Raptors are an interesting one. But I'm assuming that they're gonna pick it up. The Miami Heat, even though they're struggling right now, another bad loss for the Miami Heat. What the hell is going on over there? These are teams that believe that they could do it. And if they can't do it, hey, the deadline is coming up. And we might see some of those teams, they can't do it, sail even harder because Victor Wabaniyama is getting the block on one end and then doing a step back, side step three on the other. We wanna increase our odds with the Charlotte Hornets. You know what I'm saying? So even if you were one of those teams that maybe you don't see yourself as a contender, you can talk yourself into it because there are other pieces that will be on the market. The Suns, the Pelicans, the Grizzlies, the Nuggets, the Clippers, the Mavericks. These are teams, the Warriors that are, and I'm gonna put the Timberwolves, even though they've looked, you know, because they made the big trade. These are teams that you cannot convince me, don't believe in themselves to be champions. And the only reason I skipped over to Kings, Kings fans, because I know you're looking at those standings, is because this is your number one of this. And I think their goal right now is to maintain a playoff spot and I just don't know if they're like, if we don't win, we're sad. You know, I think just being in there right now is step number one and that you figure out the rest after that. So the league is in a great position right now. It is in the great position. If you are one of those teams that are towards the bottom or thinking about lottery odds, you start in the sales soon, right? December 15th is coming up. That's when the people that signed and free agency are eligible to be traded. And there's been a lot of buzz around the league. Some of the top dudes that I've been hearing a lot about, of course, Jake Crowder's in the mix because he hasn't played a game of basketball. He wants out. I've seen a ton of people that are inquiring about Kyle Kuzma, which takes one of those teams that was in mediocrity and they try to figure out what the heck do we do with Kuz? But he's played his value up so much that I think with him hitting free agency very, very soon, you've kind of crazy to try to keep him around because Kuzma feels like a dude. Let's be honest, that's gonna try to walk. As much as I hate it, I keep hearing these rumors about Damar and Zach Levine. So we'll see what that's about. The Hornets are a very sneaky sale team now. They're also seven to 17 without selling anything right now, but you can't tell me that Terry Rosier won't be a valuable piece to some team that's trying to go in. Or I mean, I don't know how they feel about PJ Wasa, but he is a dude that can be valuable to a contending type team. Buoyan Bakdanovist just gave the Miami Heat the absolute work he could tell you to show teams like, hey, I know I signed this extension, but I can be valuable to you. And then we have teams like the Orlando Magic that are already at the bottom, literally at the bottom of the conference and already a super young team, but do have so many young pieces that do they wanna consolidate and sell some of their younger pieces to make room for the ones that you wanna keep around. And only thing I'm thinking of that, on the only reason I'm thinking of that is because of course you've got Cole and Marquel. I mean, I guess they could coexist. Or like Dejante, nope. John Isaac just got set back to the G and he'll be back eventually. Do you have room for front court of France, of Isaac, of Bowl, of Ben Carrol, of Wendale, of Bomba? That's six people, six big slash wings that should be getting minutes. So could they potentially make another trade to be able to get more assets, more future assets and try to consolidate and make sure you're really honing in on those young guys that you wanna be a part of your core. And then again, yeah, you got team like the Lakers. You were sitting at 13th after a loss today, but they are going to be a team that's gonna make a deal. The scale of the deal, we don't really know right now, but a team that's definitely gonna make a deal. The Mavericks are on a nice win streak right now. They went on the road and won a bunch of games, which is great because they were struggling in the aspect. I think they were, what, one and eight on the road. So they won two games in a row recently and they get some solid teams. But Jason Kidd said, hey, Luca can't be playing at this high usage all season long. He's gonna break down. That sound like a team that might be looking to buy a little bit because right now there's no answers to that on the roster. And that might be Jason Kidd kind of hinting at his front office that they need something else. But luckily the shooters have come alive at least a little bit. So I don't know. I'm just saying that every single night when the time has come for me to watch basketball, I've loved every single second of it. And I think it's gonna continue to get better as the season goes on. We still ain't even seen no trace just yet. And I feel like the league is buzzing, which is dope. So let me know what you think about the parody in the NBA. Where's the state of your team? Where's the state of your mind? And I'll be, who is it? Okay, one more question. Who is the sneaky sale team? Who's the sneaky sale team at the deadline? Or before the deadline? I'll be down there. Thank you.