I definitely think that the Nuggets have a good shot at victory.

Jokic is going to show out against Tatum in my opinion and is going to dominate the paint for the Nuggets.

Jayson Tatum has been on a run recently though and he is definitely not to be underestimated either, but I think that he is still some way off before he can be considered to be MVP-calibre like the Joker.

There is no doubt that LeBron is the GOAT, and he has already proved it. At the same time, I agree that Jordan was clearly at a higher level than LeBron. By the way, MJ missed 4 seasons in his career, and if he hadn't been away for so long, he could have scored over 40k points. It seems to me that it could have been quite an achievable goal for him, given that he was capable of scoring more than 28 points per game before retiring from the league.

I don’t want to jinx you but GSW manage a 9-0 run against Spurs by the time you post this. Thy are already close and the momentum is the GSW side this time. Spurs seems in panic to stop GSW on there quick attacks. I’m with GSW on this match even without SC because thompson and poole is on fire on this match. Goodluck to your bet bud!

But Celtics had more firepower than the Nuggets and that's why they won. They have Jaylen Brown helping Tatum while the Nuggets team are all inclined to how the Joker will play. He may be the MVP but you cannot do it all alone.
Brown and Tatum both scored 30 points. That win means of a lot for the Celtics as they are playing on the road and stole a win and they are now tied with the Bucks with 44.

LOL, I was very anxious already  because right after I published my post above, GSW is already tie the score when I watch it back especially on the last 10 sec when the a score is tie while Wiggins has 2 free throws for a chance to close the game if both shot was successful . Luckily the call on Looney as foul during the rebound saves them and an aggressive rebound shot from Johnson seal the game for the Spurs. This turn of events is really a lucky event for Spurs since the game supposedly a GSW win if the refs don’t called foul on Looney. A win is a win. 

Hmm... look, I believe that this difference is also related to the change in difficulties and in the styles that each player is.

The NBA in the past (70's, 80's, 90's) is totally different from the NBA we see today.

There are different styles of games, different difficulty levels among other attributes.
They were very fierce games and competitions and for me, the level of the players of the past, were superior to the players of today.

I don't know yet, but for LeBron James to become the GOAT, he needs to have an extremely bigger impact on the team than Jordan had on the Chicago Bulls when he was in his prime.

Grizzlies has won without Morant. It is against a considerably weak Rockets but Rockets had some good moments to shine also had momentum behind them for a time, but Grizzlies were just better. And Rockets also was missing Eric Gordon. I actually started to like the young Rockets a lot. They might have the worst record in the league but their young players like Kevin Porter Jr., Alperen Sengun and Kenyon Martin Jr seem promising. Memphis Grizzlies seems like will hold on to the second place in the west. But things are quite hard in the west, winner of 7th and 8th match up in the playoffs still gonna be a hard series.

Grizzlies is actually a very deep team.

The Rockets are still a very young team and I think that they have a long way to go before they can be mature enough to win games consistently.

If the Grizz matches up against the Lakers (given that they make the play-in and proceed to the playoffs), they could have some serious issues. Even the Clippers can be enough to cause some headaches.

Of course, no one compares against the GOAT, there could be arguments for Lebron but it's hard to match what Jordan has accomplished specially in his era, there are no super teams, it's just him and Scottie to some extend and then the role players.

And Jordan did stay on one team only in his prime and you can see that even if players have rotated, he bring 6 championships with an era that has so many great players, but he all deny team the most important thing, that is to win a ring.

Yes the Grizzlies are actually a deep team that you can still make a good 5 man using their bench but what matters most with this team is that they are a very young team and if the core players will be intact, the team can be in the playoffs for at least 3 consecutive times or more for sure.

Same goes with the Rockets. The roster is young and they are developing Green, KPJ and other young superstars that might carry the team. This team is tanking this season so that they can get a good player when the NBA draft comes. If these young players will become all-stars in the future, we might see them going into the playoffs as well but for sure it will take some time.

Even though the Lakers are playing like this right now, lets not forget that they still have Davis that can play maybe in the playoffs and if the big 3 of Lebron, Davis and Westbrook plays together, they might upset top seed teams like the Grizzlies. I believe that the Lakers have a chance to defeat the Grizzlies only if they are complete and will play the whole series without any injuries whatsoever.