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In this week's Point of Contention, Marcus Thompson and Ethan Strauss debate. Hosted by Zach Harper.Take 1: On Monday night the Nuggets lost Jamal Murray to a season ending ACL tear to his left knee. Murray suffered the noncontact injury during the Nuggets' 116-107 loss to the Golden State Warriors. A truly BRUTAL injury. Take 2: An Enormous Mistake! First it was Luka Doncic criticizing the NBA’s play-in tournament, now it’s Mark Cuban. In a series of messages sent to ESPN, the Mavs owner said this…Take 3: Fellas, while you were away, Im not sure if you noticed, but James Wiseman was injured, and will be out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. As a result, questions immediately began to swirl on whether the Warriors should pack it in and tank the rest of the season.Take 4: Continuing our weekly look at the NBA MVP race with BetMGM.com... and it’s still Nicola Jocic at the top at -160, followed by Joel Embiid at +225, then Damian Lillard +1000 and LeBron James +1200. Ethan if I gave you $1000 dollars, who would

Sports Illustrated's Chris Herring drops by to talk to David Aldridge and Wos Lambre about the devastating injury to Jamal Murray. What it means to the Western Conference playoffs? Also, the Jazz and their chances once playoff time rolls around. Also the importance of rebounding, David's "white whale." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Amick and Anthony Slater are joined by Law Murray to discuss the Los Angeles Clippers.Is Kawhi in the MVP conversation?Would the Clippers want the Lakers in round 1?Would the Clippers rather play the Mavs or Blazers?Do they want to avoid the Nuggets?All that and more with Law, including his career path to the Athletic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Jay King and Tray Edwards talk about the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves to Alex Rodriguez and billionaire Marc Lore for $1.5 Billion dollars. Then the strange feud between Kyrie Irving and Dennis Schroder Saturday nights as the Lakers crushed the Nets. Finally the shocking Suns and Chris Paul's MVP case and the culture reset. Also some breaking news during the show, Warriors' James Wiseman out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. MVP talk.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are excited to announce The Athletic's new podcast series - Shattered: Hope, Heartbreak and the New York Knicks. Hosted by hip-hop legend Chuck D, the series dives deep on the past 20 years of the Knicks. Shattered reveals never-heard-before stories about the Knicks, team owner James Dolan and the NBA, with interviews from dozens of voices including franchise legend Patrick Ewing.This is the first 5 minutes of episode one - a look at how the 90's Knicks team broke apart. To listen to the rest click this link or search Shattered wherever you get your podcasts. A new episode of Shattered will be released every Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week in the NBA, which player on the Grizzlies outside of Ja Morant Jaren Jackson can raise their ceiling, and then bring in Law Murray of the Athletic to discuss the Clippers, their title odds, how Paul George navigates the hate, and then some trivia!Stay til the end to hear who’s next on the wheel of fandom.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Nerder, Dave, Seth and Mo talk about "Veteranosity" and why teams sometimes play vets in spite of evidence that a young player is better. Then the guys introduce a new segment called 'The NBA Circle of Life.' This week, the death of the Warriors Dynasty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this edition of Point of Contention Jay King and James Edwards III debate. Hosted by Zach Harper.Take 1: Fellas we are 50 games into the season, for most roughly 22 left until the playoffs and taking a look at the Western Conference, the Jazz, the Suns, Clippers and Nuggets are atop the Conference The injury riddled Lakers are 5th and falling fast!Take 2: Last Saturday morning the NBA world woke up to what appeared to be an all night party with Paul Pierce, his friends playing poker, some “companions” if you know what I mean, and someone called Monica who, as Pierce himself said “could make some money.” Part of the festivities were broadcasted live for roughly 300 people on Instagram live.Take 3: Clearly this has been a very mediocre season for Brad Stevens’ Celtics, and as noted in many a previous episode they don’t have a clear #1 guy, they don’t have a clear leader, they don’t have a signature style, yada yada yada.Take 4: Continuing our weekly look at the Awards race with BetMGM.com... Last week we did

In the latest Hoops Adjacent with David Aldridge and Wos Lambre the fellas talk to Mike Smeltz , Producer of The Athletic's new podcast 'Shattered: Hope, Heartbreak and the New York Knicks' narrated by Chuck D. Then, 76ers reporter Derek Bodner drops in for a deep dive on the Philadelphia 76ers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Amick, Fred Katz, and Anthony Slater bring in Mike Singer from the Denver Post to discuss the Denver Nuggets and the NBA at large.Nuggets or Clippers, Jokic or the field for MVP, Healthy Nets or healthy Lakers, Are the Jazz true contenders? All that and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Basketball Buds Zach Harper, Tray Edwards, Jay King and Wos Lambre talk about the implications and fallout of the Bucks / Jrue Holiday 4-year $160 Million extension. DeMarcus Cousins is back, this time with the Clippers. Then Fraud Not a Fraud: The Nets front court. Finally an injury roundup, Gordon Hayward out for four weeks, can the Hornets hang on? And then a new game called "Say What?" Things Knicks players say about the Knicks and Jay Thibodeau makes an appearance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers bring you another episode of the Saturday Slam and Jam. On today's show they discuss the NBA buyout market and if it really is a small market vs. big market issue. They dive into the top 5 buyout players of the last 10 years, and answer the question of if it is a small market problem.Alex then asks the questions, "Are the Denver Nuggets title contenders?" With the addition of Aaron Gordon, does it put the Nuggets over the top? Are there different levels of contenders? We answer all that and more about the Nuggets.Then Tony Jones of the Athletic joins to help us answer all our questions about the Utah Jazz, including if they can win the title this season. Then we play our game show, Andrew vs. the Beat where Alex quizzes and Andrew and Tony on questions about the Jazz.Thanks for listening and tune in to see who the Wheel of Fandom picks next! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Nerder with Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow and Mo Dakhil. Trade Deadlines de-compression. Nuggets, Bulls and Magic. Then, March Madness Over-scouting, players moving up draft rankings and how Kemba Walker moved the needle in a good way. Finally, crunch time issues. Time and score issues and “Don’t need a three. ” Dame Time? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Point of Contention, Marcus Thompson and special guest Jay King debate. Hosted by Zach Harper.Take 1: LeBron James is recruiting Steph Curry? On Monday Brian Windhorst set the internet aflame, in an otherwise boring week of news, with this gem!Take 2: Last Thursday the trade deadline was pretty pretty active guys, and some trades were indeed made.Take 3: Taking a different path this week let’s talk some women’s hoops. The UConn Baylor game lit the Twittersphere on fire earlier this week! With this foul or not a foul.Take 4: Continuing our weekly look at the Awards race with BetMGM.com let’s start with Rookie of the Year.Take 5: One of the 46 players moved last week was JJ Redick who went to the Dallas Mavericks, but JJ is not happy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest Hoops Adjacent, TNT's Chris Webber drops by to talk to Wos and David. Chris' former teammate Juwan Howard coaching Michigan, the notorious long shorts, Keving Garnett's love, beating the Dream Team, maturing with the greats, protests, understanding history and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Amick, Fred Katz, and Anthony Slater are joined by legend of the business J.A. Adande to discuss his new podcast series 'The Dream Team Tapes: Kobe, LeBron & The Redeem Tea‪m‬' on the 2008 Olympic Men's Basketball team, the careers of Kobe, LeBron, Carmelo, Dwight, Chris Paul and more. How did these players impact the league we know today? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, Tray Edwards, Dave DuFour, Jay King and Wos Lambre. Trade Deadline fallout, winners and losers. What impact will Aaron Gordon have on the Nuggets? Nikola Vučević and the Bulls? Also what's going on now with the buyout market...Andre Drummond to the Lakers. Gorgui Dieng? LaMarcus Aldridge to the Nets. Finally Draymond Green the greatest defender of all time? And much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the NBA Trade Deadline and draft their most interesting trades of the day including Aaron Gordon to Denver, the Orlando Magic choosing their destiny, Oladipo to the Rockets and more.Alex then quizzes Andrew on the ages of players for Birthday BashJames Edwards, Detroit Pistons beat writer for the Athletic, joins the guys to discuss the Pistons' season, Jerami Grant's development, ranking the Pistons young players and then a Pistons Trivia Game.Thanks for listening, go to www.theathletic.com/nbashow to get the Athletic for $1 a month Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest Nerder, Dave, Seth and Mo do some, myth busting..."My star player doesn't get fouled enough!" and "Seeding doesn't matter!!" And finally, The NBA Circle of Life: A Star is found! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Nerder, Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow, Mo Dakhil and Andrew Schlect recap the NBA Trade Deadline LIVE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.