Name: NBA Wednesday Recap & Thursday Preview: Gilbert McGregor's Picks
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Description: Gilbert McGregor, previously with Sporting News, has joined PHNX Sports as a full-time NBA and Suns TV/streaming reporter. He joins to preview tonight's slate.

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Welcome back to Newswire. Congratulations is in order for my next guest. You may have followed Gilbert McGregor's work for many years over at Sporting News and followed him on our show covering the National Basketball Association. Uh, I'm glad to have, to say that Gilbert is gonna continue on with us, albeit a new affiliate, PHNX Sports. He's going to be doing television shows, streaming shows, and covering the Phoenix Suns basically full-time, but for us here on Sports Grid. We'll focus, of course, on the Suns, who we can speak about, but also covering the rest of the NBA as well. So congratulations first of all in order, Gilbert. I know that you had to move to Phoenix as well, and I know that you're making time for us still hopefully weekly with us here on Sports, Chris. So thanks again for that. Absolutely, I appreciate the congratulations, uh, getting adjusted to life out here in the desert, but really glad to be back on Sports Grid talking basketball with you. Yeah, and Gilbert, by the way, folks, really good picking these games against the spread, but even better in the discussions that we have with Gilbert on the show. It's more of a conversation which I always appreciate. All right. So without further ado, before we get to your poor sons after last night, let's talk about the Spurs and the Lakers. There's been a lot of surprises, Gilbert, in the NBA this season, but I would put San Antonio up there with the rest. 17 and 7, probably would have been a reasonable record if you would have guessed that that would be after uh 24 games and you would say they've done a great job. But a lot of these wins are coming without Wemby. They beat the Lakers last night, 132 to 119. That's a huge upset in the NBA when you're getting 7.5 points and you win the game outright. Naturally, some of their numbers defensively have slipped a little bit, but offensively, it seems like they've picked things up. So, what have they learned, uh, team-wise with Wemby and what will happen when he returns? If I'm not mistaken, it's later this month. Yeah, I mean, you talk about the Spurs team with an abundance of riches. They've gotten pretty fortunate, had some lottery luck, and talk about Stefon Cassel's performance last night, the reigning Rookie of the Year, Dylan Harper, who's had some flashes since he's back in the lineup, and I think they exposed some of the Lakers' vulnerabilities, you know, we, we've seen the Lakers drop some games. They're 17-7, but they had a softer schedule, at a certain point this year. When they faced tougher opponents, the Suns were able to get the best of them last week and now the Spurs last night. And Convincingly without Victor Wimbayama. So I think that we're just seeing some of the, the, the kind of issues and flaws in the Lakers and the way that they play, when they play younger, faster teams and they can't keep up with them. They don't like to run. I think that's what the book is on the Lakers. So we see a young team, young guards getting up down the floor, and now the Spurs, you know, who knows when Victor Wimanyama can get back. It'll be pretty soon, um, and they've had the luxury of being able to be cautious without him, which I think is an exciting thing for the Spurs. Yeah, their, their win total has jumped on FanDuel 50.5 right now, over under much higher, of course, than it was at the beginning of the season and certainly in the mix for the Western Conference NBA Finals, 40 to 1 if you feel that bullish on them. So, when, uh, Gilbert, of course, was doing his sun show last night, he probably was like, are you kidding me? I gotta make my first Suns appearance on Sports Grid tomorrow after this. The Oklahoma City Thunder absolutely hammered Phoenix by almost 50 points. But it feels to me, Gilbert, like the Thunder are doing this to everybody in the NBA. They're getting comparisons like the Golden State Warriors. I gotta say, Gilbert, it feels like the Chicago Bulls. It feels even better than that. I mean, the Warriors did it one season. I feel like this dynasty is just rolling on here, and Oklahoma City, of course, maybe at the end of the season, will rest some guys, but what I love most about them is they treat every night, Gilbert, like it's game 7 of the NBA Finals. What a great attitude they have, and unfortunately, on the side of the Suns, they had to take the brunt of it last night. I mean, yeah, I mean, showing a picture of Brandon Carlson and Usman Jang just speaks to, uh, the fact that this Thunder team is very deep. The 10th, 11th, 12th man on their roster would get rotational minutes on any other team in the NBA and the fact that they're on a historic pace is no accident. This team is 24-1. I think 70 wins is the floor for this team, which feels pretty ridiculous to say, but with Shay Gillis Alexander as the head of the snake and All of the guys that are playing, uh, beside him, they honestly have two teams' worth of good players, and they've drafted well. Also, by the way, they have a, right now, 48% chance of getting a top 4 pick in this upcoming draft. Just throwing that out there as well. So, an abundance of riches in Oklahoma City that they have right now. This team is just very dominant. I won't say that they're a flawless team, but in order to beat them, you have to. perfect basketball for 46, 47 minutes, which is really, really hard to do. They're really good defensively, they're really good offensively. There's a reason why they're probably, they're, they are the favorite to win the West, they're the favorite to win the NBA Cup, they're the favorite to win the NBA championship because I, it's gonna be really hard for a team to beat them 4 out of 7 times. And you talk about a championship hangover, they have no signs of that. Um, they seem like they're just extending their run from last year. And they're tied for the best start in the history of the NBA at 24-1 with those Golden State Warriors. Ironically, standing in the way of that record through 26 games would be the San Antonio Spurs. That's the Thunder's next game coming up this. Saturday. So those of you who are following history, that's the way to go there. If we have Gilbert on the show, we know we gotta get a pick or two or at least an opinion on a game, so let's do that. We got the Houston Rockets tonight taking on the lowly Los Angeles Clippers, two guys probably headed to the Hall of Fame in the Hall of Shame for this season. Houston minus 9.5, total of 221. I, I, I mean, at some point, I expect the Clippers to start winning and maybe even finish around 500, Gilbert, but no signs of that as of yet. I mean, they've definitely started off on the wrong foot if that's what they wanna do. I like Houston in this. This is a Houston team that's getting more and more connected as the season goes on. The Clippers are still trying to figure it out, especially because the game is in Houston. I think I like the Rockets and the points just because I saw them play last week. They look like they're figuring it all out, and, uh, they're just, they're peaking, not they, they're, they're just, the, the momentum's getting together at the right time for Houston. Milwaukee Bucks are a wreck getting 9 points tonight, of course, playing without their top guy, Victor Wambayama, Boston. Uh, I mean, honestly, like losing the players that they have. Uh, why do I always confuse Giannis and Wemy? I, I've done that so many times on the show. Giannis being out. Thank you, Frank. Giannis being out for the Bucks. Celtics minus 9, total, 223.5, great coaching job once again going on in Boston, putting themselves in a position maybe to contend for the East title. Yeah, Celtics have been really hot lately. I know there's gonna be some more and more murmurs about Jayson Tatum potentially coming back, looked good in one of the workouts that he shared footage of yesterday. I like the Celtics. I don't know if they win by double digits, but without Giannis, it will be a little more difficult for the Bucks. But Celtics have figured some things out. They put Jordan Walsh in the starting lineup, who doesn't sound like a big deal, but it's done a lot for them, and I, I like the Celtics taking care of business tonight in Milwaukee. All right, Gilbert, thanks again for coming on. Congrats on the new gig as always, and we hope to catch up again soon. Hope the move went well for you too. Sounds good. Looking forward to it.

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