While many have pegged the San Antonio Spurs as the biggest threats to the OKC Thunder in the West this season, another team has quietly made its case for the conference crown.
On a recent segment of the Hoop Collective Podcast, ESPN senior writer Tim Bontemps boldly placed Denver above San Antonio as the team with the best odds of dethroning the Thunder.
"Nikola Jokic has obviously gotten to [the Finals], Jamal Murray is playing the best basketball of his career... To me, if I'm putting anybody else in that group out West.