";s:4:"text";s:4164:"Then, we break down whether the four months of training could benefit a team like the Sixers, who are talented but were dysfunctional in the first half of the season (17:06). A daily breakdown of the latest story lines, trends, and important developments in the NBA. We’re tracking the latest from the first weekend in the NBA bubble. Nate Duncan hosts the most in-depth NBA basketball podcast, featuring detailed game breakdowns, salary cap analysis, and scouting. And is the NBA’s bubble going according to plan? Then, they preview the weekend’s upcoming games (59:18).Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor The Spurs, Pelicans, and Grizzlies have all looked quite encouraging as of late; do they have what it takes to make it into the playoffs (0:43)? The Ringer's Chris Vernon hosts an NBA-centric podcast with various Ringer staffers, players, coaches, front-office personnel, insiders, and more!
Then, they preview the weekend’s upcoming games (59:18). Then, they preview the weekend’s upcoming games (59:18).Thibs in New York, Lou Will’s Excursion, and Seeding Games Preview | The MismatchVerno and KOC discuss the New York Knicks hiring Tom Thibodeau (0:12), Lou Williams visiting Magic City while on leave from the Orlando campus (21:30), and the imminent start of seeding games (43:01).Basketball Is Back! We promise to keep the Sixers and Celtics discussion to a reasonable amount … or to at least try.A daily breakdown of the latest story lines, trends, and important developments in the NBA. Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date. Then, we open the mailbag back up to answer your questions about the best and worst statistics in the NBA, players whose legacies would be most improved with a title, and our favorite type of player to create in NBA2K (23:06).
| The MismatchWe discuss the news that Victor Oladipo is now considering returning to play this season after previously stating he’d be out for the year (4:16).
Finally, we share our choices for the NBA regular-season awards—MVP, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Defensive Player of the Year, and Sixth Man of the Year (30:30).Which Team—Apart from the Lakers and Clippers—Has the Best Shot of Coming Out of the West? Then we answer your questions about which rookies are in the best and worst situations, which teams have the brightest decades ahead of them, and which two teams from NBA history we’d want to watch face off (35:40). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’ConnorAfter the first wave of news about which NBA players are opting out of the Orlando bubble plan for the season’s restart, we discuss whether our view of the competitive landscape of the league has changed at all (1:20). A daily breakdown of the latest story lines, trends, and important developments in the NBA. But the yelling from Verno is too much.
Then, we discuss Kemba Walker’s nagging knee injury, the Bucks’ challengers in the East, and Jakob Poeltl’s role with the Spurs (38:36). We promise to keep the Sixers and Celtics discussion to a reasonable amount … or to at least try.Verno and KOC discuss the thrilling kickoff of seeding games in Orlando: Clippers-Lakers (0:42) and Jazz-Pelicans (32:51). Now all that’s left is for the players union to approve the plan and for each team to get to Orlando and ramp up to play.
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Finally, we share our choices for the NBA regular-season awards—MVP, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Defensive Player of the Year, and Sixth Man of the Year...We discuss the news that Victor Oladipo is now considering returning to play this season after previously stating he’d be out for the year (4:16). NBA; Power Re-rankings, Part 2: Teams With Something to Prove .