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Welcome to the Slam & Jam here on the NBA Daily.On today's show, we're recapping week one, telling you what our favorite things are from the week, and our guy, Esper Henne, joins to give us some big picture thoughts on some small sample sizes.
With me, as always, is my good friend, Alex Spears.Alex, tell me about these top stories this week.
Well Andrew, the big story this week was of course the return of basketball and the return of the Boston Celtics.Last year's champs did not miss a beat this week, starting off 2-0 on the season with dominant wins against the Knicks and the Wizards.
In the game against the Knicks, the Celtics hit 29 three-pointers tying a record set by the Milwaukee Bucks.Jason Tatum is on fire to start the season.He's hit 11 of his first 22 three-point attempts through two games.
Are the Celtics poised to be the first back-to-back champs since the KD Warriors?Or are there other realistic challenges perhaps? the Oklahoma City Thunder who started off their season with an impressive 102 to 87 win over the Nuggets in Denver.
Since Nikola Jokic has been a Nugget, Denver has failed to score 88 points at home in only 10 games and not once since 2021.Now the story of the game was Chet Holmgren He outplayed Jokic, he put up an absurd line, 25-9-5, two steals, four blocks.
The statement win came despite OKC shooting 22% from three, and despite OKC being down three of their big men, including their newest free agent signing, Isaiah Hartenstein.
Hartenstein got a big bag this summer, Andrew, but it wasn't quite as big as some of the bags that were handed out this week at the extension deadline.
We saw two key vets in Aaron Gordon and Rudy Gobert get extensions, and we saw eight fourth-year players get a rookie extension, including
Alperin Shengoon, Jalen Suggs, Jalen Johnson, Trey Murphy, Jalen Green, three Jalen's, Corey Kispert, Moses Moody, and Jaden Hardy.The only players in the top eight of the 2021 draft to not get an extension were Josh Giddey and Jonathan Kaminga.
Now the most interesting deal was definitely Jalen Green, who signed for three years, 106 million, player option in year three, and a trade kicker, a combination of words that supported hours of podcasting this week as fans tried to make sense of that deal for Houston.
In addition to signing extensions, Jalen Green and Alpern Shingoon also played basketball this week.Both put up big numbers, but in what was probably the biggest upset of the early season, the Charlotte Hornets beat the Rockets in Houston 110-105.
Led by Lomelo's 34-8-11 and Trey Mann's 24 off the bench, the Hornets and new coach Charles Lee secured an impressive win for a team that maybe we should have been taking more seriously as a surprise team this season.
And speaking of surprises and not the good ones, DeJounte Murray broke his hand in the Pelicans opening win against Chicago and will be sidelined for several weeks.
This is a huge blow for a team that has a history of frustrating injuries and who is already dealing with Trey Murphy being out with a hamstring strain.Zion missing game one because of an illness.
Now, the good news is Brandon Ingram appears up to the task.He dropped 33 points on 23 shots in the opener.
And the other good news is the Pelicans' next two games are against the Blazers, who had the largest opening night loss in franchise history on Wednesday, when they gave up 140 to the Warriors.
And to add insult to injury, the final score was actually 139 to 104, but the NBA corrected the score later. giving the Warriors one more point when they realized a D'Anthony Milton free throw hadn't been counted.
And finally, Andrew, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that LeBron James played in an NBA game with his son Bronny in a Lakers opener against the Wolves
If this is the first time you're hearing this news, that is somehow even more incredible than LeBron playing in a game with his son.
They subbed in together during the second quarter, played about two and a half minutes together, officially making them the first father and son to play in the NBA at the same time.Andrew, those were the top stories this week.Incredible.
What a great week so far.What a week.What a week.Let's go to our BetMGM line of the week.Brought to you by BetMGM. We're going to talk about the six man of the year odds, which I just think this year feels pretty wide open.
I know Nas Reed, who isn't even the favorite, by the way, who won it last year's plus 900.Malik Monk is actually the favorite of plus 550.But is there a guy on this list that you like?
Are there are there odds that you favor here that that you think could connect you some cash?
Andrew, there's so much value here, so much value.First of all, Alex Caruso, he wasn't even the sixth man for the Thunder last night.
So I talked to you previously that I actually did place a bet on Bogdanovich for the Hawks, just because I think he's a really good player.You know, I kind of got sucked into the Hawks preseason.
Recency bias, I'm changing my pick, Andrew, because Buddy Heald was incredible in game one.I was in this game.Buddy, I mean, besides the fact that he was hitting his shots, that's great.
But the vibes he was bringing on the court during that game were incredible.Like, it felt like, Old joyful warriors again Andrew.Yeah, there's one play in particular.
I think it was in like the third quarter or something where Steph got a rebound buddy healed the entire game was leaking out just sprinting down the court Steph throws this huge baseball pass to him He gets the layup and they immediately turn to each other and are pointing at each other from like opposite ends of the court and it was just a really cool moment, but he'll just looks like
He has the type of role that could actually lead to a six man of the year award because you know, he's going to score points.That's what he's going to be doing.
If the Warriors surprise, as I think they might, because this team is so much deeper than the Warriors teams of the last couple of years, I think there's a decent chance that Buddy Heald could be in this conversation.And he's plus 2,000, Andrew.
Great value.It's great value.Number one, I need to see the Warriors play someone that's not the Blazers before I can feel any better about this one.OK, OK.So next.
I like Dante DiVincenzo if he's if he's going to be coming off the bench for the Minnesota Timberwolves.They just the fact is like they just really need him.
I don't know they need Nazarete as well, but I think his shooting is going to be really valuable off the bench and typically.This award goes to a guard, so I like DiVincenzo at plus 1400.That's that's that's a value there too.Al.
Let's go to our favorites of the week.
Yes, our favorites of the week, new segment on Slammin' Jam, a way for us to just recap the week and talk about everything that we just loved about this week.So we have a few different categories.These aren't awards.Don't call them awards.
They're just categories.And we're going to go through them, share some of our just favorite things of this week, starting off with Our favorite quote of the week.Now there were a lot of candidates.
I feel like there's gonna be a lot of candidates every week.We did choose one as our ultimate favorite, but just some of these honorable mentions.For instance,
After the very first game between the Wolves and the Lakers, Rui Hachimura was asked a question, you know, how did you prepare for this game kind of thing?He said, quote, we talked about Julius Randle.He sometimes is just standing and stuff.
So we talked about it.We kind of got used to that.I know I can be the screener.I can be in the corner to kind of attack the rim. I just thought that was a very funny quote after that opening game where like the Wolves really did look discombobulated.
Now, they would end up beating the Kings later in the week.But, you know, for all the talk about Julius Randle and how is this clunky fit gonna work?Is it gonna be clunky?
And for Rui to just come out and be like, yeah, he sometimes just stands around and stuff.And that was in, that was part of our prep.
I thought that was good.He's just standing and stuff is a great quote.This next one comes from Josh Hart, who he was joking, but this was after they lost by a kajillion to the Celtics on opening night.He said the NBA needs to drug test them dudes.
I ain't ever seen anything like that.Just a great quote from a guy who generates just ridiculous quotes all season.So good, good first start for Josh Hart.
The next one from Chauncey Billups, after the aforementioned Blazers game against the Warriors.Quote, I don't think one guy on our team played well tonight.He couldn't think of one.Now I would actually, I actually, so I really enjoyed.
Who would you say? Okay, okay.I really enjoyed Donovan Klingon's minutes.When he came into the game, the Warriors did not enter the paint.They just did not enter it.
Now, I'm sure his plus-minus doesn't, because, so the Warriors started off that game missing all their threes, and then Klingon came in and they started hitting some of their threes, but they were not getting into the paint at all.
And then he finally did get challenged by Kevon Looney and just blocked him right at the rim. So I thought I thought clinging, you know, for a rookie, he only played like 11 minutes or something.I thought he was good.
But otherwise, I would agree with Chauncey.
Next quote.And this one feels loaded.At least it reads loaded.I don't know that whenever I actually when I read it, I was like, oh, I need to go watch this. It probably reads a little bit more loaded than it is, but this is from Steph Curry.
After their bludgeoning of the Warriors, he said, it's a beautiful locker room.Guys that are happy to be here, happy to play the way that we do.It's just, it feels a little loaded.
That's all I have to say.It does, but you can't imagine Steph actually saying something like that to Clay.I feel like this is a buddy quote.
This is like, it certainly could be, but honestly, is buddy the first person that you think of whenever you saw this quote?No, it wasn't just saying.
I'm just saying. He is happy to be there.And finally, our favorite quote of the week.One you've probably already heard, but we gotta repeat it, because it's so good.
Joe Misula, explaining why he doesn't feel pressure from the Boston media, said, quote, they don't have a weapon, they're not gonna come after me, they're just saying words.We're either going to win or we're not.
40 years from now, none of you are invited to my funeral, and that's it. Just an incredible quote.He's, you know, obviously Joe Madis has been saying, having very interesting quotes throughout his coaching career.
I will say, now that he's a champion, these quotes feel different to me.They're almost like, they make me feel like, do I need to be talking this way?Like this guy's obviously successful.Do I need to start saying things like this?
Do I need to come up with little weird phrases that make people feel awkward?
Well, within this though, he talks about how he talks to his kids about how when people say things to you, they're just words.And the only thing that gives them power is you.You are the one that gives them power.
That's honestly very smart and very true.Yeah.
Yeah.I mean, it's incredible, honestly.He's an incredible quote.The thing that I love most about this is watching colleague and friend, J. King, in the background, just trying to hold back a smile the entire time that he's saying this.It's so good.
The whole thing is just so good.Shout out to Joe Mazzulla, who I think might lead this category, even though they're not awards, he may lead this category with the amount of quotes that he's gonna generate throughout this season.
Yeah, I mean, he's getting to the point where we might be able to put together like the art of war style book of just Joe Mazzulla quotes.
I think we could totally get there by the end of his career.Our next favorite thing, our favorite stat of the week.Andrew, what was your favorite stat this week?
So when you think about the Thunder, you think about all these great players that have played for them, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Paul George, Dion Waiters, they all put up crazy stats, right? All the time.All of them.
And yet, all of them, including Dion.Shout out to Dion.And yet, Chet Holmgren became the first player in Thunder history on Thursday night to register 25 plus points, 14 plus rebounds, five plus assists, four plus blocks, and two steals in a game.
No other Thunder player has ever done that, which feels wild to me.You know, especially when you think specifically about Kevin and Russ and all that they did. statistically for the Thunder, and yet they never did that before.
I mean, one, it shows that Chet is starting to scratch the surface of the kind of player that he can be.I mean, he did this against the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic, but.
The ceiling for this team is probably a little bit higher than I thought, and everybody thought it was high, but Chet being this good out of the gate this season is huge for them, and I think like his stat line really shows that.
Yeah, not just being huge, but specifically doing that against Jokic.Because we all remember last year when they played for the first time, and they asked Jokic about Chet afterwards, and basically he just said, he needs to put on weight.
He needs to be bigger.So for him to come back a year later and just really have a dominant performance is huge.My favorite stat this week, I found this one myself, Andrew, I'm so proud of myself.Demanis Sabonis.
In a game, a Thursday game against the Wolves, he hit three threes, okay?
Now that may not seem like a big deal, but Damanis Sabonis has only hit at least two three-pointers nine other times in his career, and they were all when he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
when he was a stretch power forward in the corner of the Thunder.Stretch power forward who only took corner threes.I just thought that was amazing.Like he never had, he never did this in any of those games with the Pacers.
He had never done it in any of the games so far with the Kings.Just hitting two and he hit three last night.So that'll be very interesting to follow going forward.Is he going to become a shooter finally?That'd be cool.Quite interesting.
Our next favorite is our favorite player this week, and my favorite player this week is a guy who clearly listened to the pod last week.He was miffed and peeved that neither of us picked him to be a first-time All-Star.
I'm talking about Evan Mobley, who, in his first game against Toronto, put up 25-9-3 with two steals, three blocks, and a three in only 27 minutes. Yeah.Go back and watch some of these highlights.
I loved how aggressive he was, how confident he looked.First play of the game, he has the ball on the perimeter and goes straight at Scottie Barnes.He misses the layup, but gets his own rebound twice and puts it back.
He had another great play later on where he's backing down Scottie from the perimeter, then hits a turnaround J over him. I just thought he looked awesome.
And yes, it was the Raptors who may be awful, but considering how many people had questions about Evan Mobley's offense, including myself, you could not ask for a better start to the season for him.Yeah.
Jakub Brtl stayed true to his word, man.Like this, they're not trying to win every game.
We should have waited until after media day to do surprise teams, because that, that really, I felt like that was a knife in the back.
That's close to media day.It really was.My favorite player this week is Jason Tatum.Well, we all acknowledge it was a weird summer for Jason.He like he won the championship and then he was benched for Team USA.
He's probably the best player ever to be benched for a Team USA team.It was really strange.We all also acknowledge the whole revenge tour thing that people keep talking about that the Celtics are going to be on.
But it's a whole different thing to me to actually see him do it.He had thirty seven, four and ten against the Knicks on opening night.
The game seems to be slowing down for Jason and only he only had double digit assists seven times in his career prior to that night, which is kind of wild to me just to think of like what the kind of playmaker that he's become.
In fact, he only did that one time last season.He had double digit assists.And so he's already matched that for this season. And something that we forget about with Tatum is that he's only 131 days older than SGA.
And I just think about the way that SGA is framed in the NBA landscape.It's like kind of this like younger up and coming star that is still kind of developing in some ways.And yet Tatum is basically the same age.
And we don't really give Tatum the same treatment because of all that he's accomplished when it comes to making the playoffs and making, you know, He's won an NBA title.He's been to the finals once before that.
All that to say, I love watching Tatum play this week.He was dissecting the next defense on night one.I thought he's just his patience and his willingness to pass and then his ability to score and shoot it has has been pretty miraculous.
And so it's it's just good to see Jason Tatum, you know, improving and looking looking like a true MVP candidate here early on.
All right, our next category, and this is a fun one, favorite team to panic about this week?You know, the ebb and flow of the season.There's gonna be highs and lows for all these teams.
I mean, if you're a fan of any team out there, even if they're good, there's always like weeks in the season where you're just like, oh my God, I think everything's over.So Andrew, who is your favorite team to panic about this week?
Yeah, it's kind of funny because we did this.I believe night one with the Wolves last year, too.And all the rules.Yeah, we were panicking about them last year as well.And everything actually turned out pretty great for them.
They went to the conference finals.They had the best defense in the NBA.But you know what? I learned nothing because I'm still panicking about the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Now, they did win in Sacramento last night, but I still have concerns about them.I'm not pushing any panic buttons, but I am hovering over that button and just kind of watching because because I'm tempted to press it, but I'm not hitting it yet.
My main concern really with the Wolves through two games is where are they going to hang their hat? Last season, it was clearly the defense, and that still could be the case.But I just have more concerns about them defensively.This go around.
They had like a true identity when they had Carl Anthony Towns on the team.They looked better against the Kings, but it took 20 made threes to only beat the Kings by two.It was a little dicey, to say the least.
And it looks like for a while that the Kings were going to cruise to a victory.But I do worry about overall their offensive flow. with Ant and Julius Randall.
I think so much of the playmaking responsibility and flow of the offense is going to be defined by Ant, who just turned 23 years old.
Now, long-term, I'm not really concerned about this, but I do think that they lost this efficiency blanket in Carl Anthony Towns that I don't believe Julius Randall can replicate night in, night out.
He did it last night, I guess Thursday night against the Sacramento Kings, but I just don't believe that's going to happen every night.
And so it just puts a lot of pressure on on Anthony Edwards to grow a lot this season, which I think will ultimately be a good thing.But I do worry about this team and how efficient they'll be throughout this season.
Yeah, and you mentioned the defense.That's the thing I've got my eye on because last year, I mean, you can look at the stats, their defensive rating was far and away the best defense in the league.
But also just watching them, there would be times where they just looked overwhelming.
When it would be like, you know, Ant would be out there, Nikhil Alexander-Walker, McDaniels, Gobert, like, they would have these lineups that just felt impossible to score against. So I just really and those guys are all still there.
So I just want to see can they get back to that level two games?
But yeah, that's the part I'm really interested in because that was the identity and for this formula to work They kind of have to be that on defense My favorite team to panic about this week the Los Angeles Clippers.
First, before the season even started, Shamsharani reported that the Kawhi injury is an issue of weeks, not days.Yeah.So don't expect Kawhi anytime soon.
Then the Clippers lost their season opener, a very fun overtime game against the Phoenix Suns, 116-113.And there's definitely a glass-half-full version of that game for Clippers fans.James Harden was good.
He put up 29-12-8, though he did have eight turnovers.Ivica Zubac had a great game.He looks poised to step up in a big way.
But bigger picture, the lack of offensive firepower on this team and the burden that it looks like James Harden is going to have to carry for the foreseeable future feel like massive issues that they don't have an obvious answer for until Kawhi comes back, and then to cap off the week
Kawhi's former trainer sued the Clippers, alleging both that he was part of a multi-year tampering scheme to get Kawhi to L.A.
and that he was fired after complaining that Kawhi was receiving unsafe and illegal treatment for injuries, per Chris Haynes' report. Who knows how that's going to end up, but outside of the Intuit Dome, which does seem awesome.
That was definitely a positive.It does, this is amazing.Everything else this week for the Clippers just did nothing to quell any preseason panic you might have had about this team.
Yeah.Yeah, it was.I did enjoy watching them way more than I thought.But the pressure that's on James Harden to be great every night, I think that I mean, it's a lot.And still, it wasn't enough to beat a Phoenix team that looked at Phoenix.
I'm worried about Phoenix.Like that was like my other like panic team was Phoenix.It's just like I am.I am worried about what that team looks like defensively.I just don't know how they hang against the best teams.
All right, Andrew, our final category, our favorite overall moment of the week.It could be a big thing, it could be a small thing.Mine was Boston missing 13 straight threes after hitting 29 and tying the record set by the Bucs.
It was almost like, you know, when they had the promotions where if the other team misses two free throws and it's like kind of separate from the game and like the game doesn't really matter at that point and you're just kind of having fun.
That's what that felt like we're like every time Boston's coming down the court.
You just want him to take what just try it one more time Maybe this will be the one and it was just a very fun Just kind of a random thing to be happening on opening night because by that point of the game like it's over like they're killing the Knicks that this game has been done for hours and
And so it was just a very fun little moment, like watching those fans trying to will them to one more three so that they can have the record all by themselves.I thought that was great.
It honestly saved the game because the game was not fun to watch until you started to realize like, oh, they could make history here. And I was glued to the TV from there.
I was sitting on the couch with my kids and we were all glued to the TV, like wanting them to hit this record.And so it was pretty funny to watch it.My favorite moment of the week.It happened on Thursday night.
Luka Doncic throws this pass behind his back, but while basically being double teamed and. I don't there are things that I just, you know, there are things that you can like be like, wow, how do you know that's amazing?
And some of it's just like supreme athleticism or a dunk and things like that.And you can understand how they happen just because like these guys are in these very athletic bodies and they're just like these superhumans.
But the these kinds of passes and Jokic throws these and Luca throws these.I just don't. I don't understand how he knows where he is when he's not even looking at him.He doesn't even like he's not even using his eyes.
He's using like telepathy to throw this ball behind his head.Perfect pass right in the shooter shooting pocket and then swish from PJ Washington.That game.
was I mean, that that play was unbelievable to me, and it was like one of my favorite moments of the week.I had to watch it over and over again just because it just doesn't feel real.
Yeah, yeah, that was a great one.That game had a few of them, because there was the Wemby.Wemby didn't have a great game in that game, but his block on Derek Lively.
You know, usually when we think of big blocks, we think of a big, just like completely swallowing up a guard or a wing.But seeing two bigs just go straight up together and meet at the apex, I just thought that was a really cool block.
A lot of favorite moments this week, Andrew.A lot of good stuff.Yep, yep.
I have one more favorite thing.My guy, S. Barahenni, who's going to join us right after this break.
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And we're back after that quick break.Alex, I'm really excited to bring this guest on the show.If you've been listening to the feed this week, you have heard the stylings of S. Sparahenny on the show.Just a delightful person.Honestly,
It's been great.I wake up early to listen to the show.One, because I like the show too, because I'm a producer and I got to listen to the show.But I listen to it and I just, I just smile.
I'm sitting there at like 545, like Harold Russell with coffee in hand, listening to S just... just break down the night before and I just smile.I'm just lucky to work with you, S, and glad to have you on Slam Jam.
Appreciate you.You guys don't know this.You guys don't know this, but this is my favorite podcast to listen to.
No, you're just saying that because you're on it.
Come on.I swear to God. On Saturdays, I'm like, when is Slammin' Jam coming?I walk my dog extra long on Saturdays to be like, let me get this full episode in.I swear.So when I found out that, you know, I was being honored with this, I was like, man,
Can't wait.Yeah, this is this is big for me, honestly.I'm like, this is like I'm sweating here.This is how big it is.
Take your sweatshirt off, bro.Take your sweatshirt off.No, no.Thanks.Thanks for coming on.So we're recording before Friday night's game.So every team other than Boston, Minnesota has only gotten a chance to play once.
So when you think back over the last three days, is there a team or a player in particular that stands out to you?
You guys will enjoy this because it involves a former Oklahoma City Thunder.
It's the Charlotte Hornets who impressed me the most.Yeah.Okay.Yeah.LaMelo Ball had a great game against the Houston Rockets.He was just electric.They were down 18 in the second half and came back to win.
And a lot of that was LaMelo who had most of his 34 points in that second half. Had 11 assists, 8 rebounds.One of the major things that I was impressed by was his finishing inside.So he was 6 of 8 inside the paint, which is rare for a guy like him.
He just doesn't really like to get inside the paint that much, so that was a promising sign.And then, Trey Mann.
Yeah, like I it's just fun because it seems like what we saw last year in the 28 games with Charlotte where he was averaging like 12 points shooting threes at a high level passing the ball assist getting out and running with the steals like all of that.
seems real.And the preseason seems real too.And he had a great game against Houston.The 24 points that he had was just like cooking the step back threes, the shin angle flexibility, which people talk about a lot when it comes to shin angle.
I just I'm impressed.And like doing all that in baggy shorts just seems awesome.So love it.Trey man and the and the Hornets.
It is cool.And I'm I just I'm like so happy for Trey.One, because I think he's just such a talented player and didn't really get a chance to showcase that in OKC as much, just because some of the other players are kind of passing by.
But also just a really sweet guy.Like he's just just a kind man.And so just just just happy for the guy.Just happy that he's landed somewhere where he can get minutes and get shots and and showcase that step back three.
That is, I still believe is probably like a top three step back in the NBA, which might seem crazy, but just go watch it.Just go watch the step back.There aren't very many guys that can create space off a step back like Trey Mann.
Yeah, he hit one against Houston that was crazy.He actually did a wraparound little behind the back before stepping back too, and the separation he created was like six feet of separation for that shot.Yeah, he's awesome, man.He's really, really fun.
Now I'm sure you had a list of concerns about various teams heading into the season.It's only one game.But did any of those preseason concerns you had about a team immediately reveal themselves in the first game?
So again, it's one game and you know, it's hard to take any massive.I have two here that I want to mention if that's okay with you guys.
The first one is Jamal Murray and the Denver bench. I'm all against OKC.You know, I thought he started out the game looking fluid and a little bit more pep in his step, if you will.But as the game progressed, it just felt like his mobility was shot.
And for what it's worth, like he was facing the Oklahoma City Thunder, who have probably one of the best perimeter defenses in the NBA, but. just wasn't able to turn the corner against anybody.
Didn't have that athleticism or any really burst to be able to get downhill.Had 12 points, 4 of 13 from the field, like he wasn't shooting efficiently.And they're asking him to lead the bench units.
So it was Jamal Murray, Julian Strother, Peyton Watson, Russell Westbrook, and I believe Dario Saric.That was the bench unit where OKC just kind of blew the doors off the game. that unit was terrible.It was really, really bad.
You know, Julian Strother ended the game minus 23, Russ minus 24, Peyton Watson minus 13.Denver's bench in general was one of 13 from three.And so I think the combination of
Jamal, his playoffs last year, the tough stretch with Team Canada, and now not looking the best, and them asking him to lead the bench, that just seems like a recipe for concern, I would say.
I'm not gonna say disaster, but concern, because I'm curious to see what happens there.Should I give the second one?Should I lay it on you guys?Yeah, do it.
I was gonna say, to that point, the quotes after that game, One from Michael Malone and the other one from Jokic about their shooting specifically.
It was just interesting because there's not really an answer unless Julian Strother becomes this really good shooter for them.I don't know if they're going to be able to find the answer with the current roster they have.
And they're mentioning KCP in these post-game pressers, which is just a little bit strange, where it's like, yeah, we missed this guy.And it feels aimed at the front office, right?It feels like, why else would Michael Malone bring that up?
Because you have the team that you have.It's not good for your team to hear that this guy should have been here, or we're missing this guy.
You know, I don't know that many other coaches would do that, but it does feel like there's like a message being sent, you know, through the media to the front office saying like, Hey, you know what?You liked this.This was your choice.
I would have liked to have that guy out there with, with our players, you know?
Yeah, there was that report also that there was like a riff between GM and coach, right, with Calvin Booth.
And I don't know how much that, you know, is actually true, but at the same time, like, Malone is never one to shy away from making comments in media, especially.So like, maybe this bubbles and there's this snowball effect of,
just bad vibes in Denver.I don't know.This is also one game and they could completely look differently down the road.But I don't know, Jamal, even from a Canadian, I am kind of concerned to see how he looks in that stretch.
Okay, I have a second one for you guys. This is different because I think you can make some points against it, and I'm open for suggestions here on it being wrong, but the Wolves are sacrificing a lot for Julius Randle.
I think he had a really good game against Sacramento.
And, you know, you saw the quote, speaking of quotes after the game, you saw what Ant said afterwards, you saw what Chris Finch said afterwards, where they're like, they just wanted him to play free.
They said that you're the all star player, we'll work around you, you don't have to work around us.And I'm concerned for that.I don't think that's the way this should work.
I think, inevitably, the goal that I have for the Wolves and Julius Randall is one, How can he impact winning by being the offensive guy that he is within their system, not them adjusting their system to make it so that it's the Julius Randall show.
It's how Randall's abilities as an isolation score as a guy who can like hunt out a mismatch. How can he do that on this Timberwolves team to make them look better offensively?And they're also sacrificing a little bit defensively.
They're throwing out these lineups with him and Nas Reed as the only guys on the floor in the front court with no Gobert.And it's because the Randall Gobert front court has been wonky, to say the least, offensively.
And so I think that's the thing I'm wondering.It's how much are they willing to sacrifice to make this work? for Randall and is that going to make them a worse regular season team or have them struggle?
Maybe this is, again, only two games and we're only seeing the bad of it.They are going to have to work through some of the kinks, but it is a concern that I have moving forward.
So let's go the other way.Were there any teams or players who immediately impressed you in a way that you weren't expecting?
This is going to sound over reactionary.I'm saying it out the gate.I think the Lakers look really good.I know this is because they played the Timberwolves and the Timberwolves did not look very good.
What jj reddick is doing in terms of committing to a starting lineup right out the gate You know the starting lineup that helped them get to the western conference finals the starting lineup That was really effective last year for them as well and took too long for darvin ham to get to um, he's Activating anthony davis more as a hub and I have a stat here for you guys.
So ad against minnesota had a usage rate of 34 in that opening game He only had that 19 times last season or like 30, well, 30% or higher last season.
So in terms of getting touches and having him run the show, so to speak, this is like near the top of the list for the amount of times he's done that as a Lakers.So I like the fact that they're leaning on him more.
Obviously there's the health concerns with that and him being able to be available for longer stretches and how they do with him as the sole big man on the roster.
Obviously, they've thrown out lineups with him and Jackson Hayes, but that's more of like a long-term question.
I really like what JJ Redick is doing initially with Anthony Davis, especially how he's using guys like Dalton Connect off of the ball, using them as screeners and floor spacers in these actions like flex actions that you see the Nuggets run often with Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic.
It's Connect and AD running that.And they're just like the possession battle stuff.They're gaming the system in a way that I think benefits the Lakers a lot.
They already were a great free throw shooting team, so that's part of it, but they're taking more shots, they're crashing the offensive glass more often, corner crashes, if you will, and they're turning the ball over less.
So if that's the recipe, if that's the way that they're trying to game the system, if you will, and win the possession battle, I think that I think they'll be a really good team this year.
So again, that's my, I was surprised by this, but it's hard to not feel overreactionary when saying that after one game, you know?Right.
Well, that kind of leads into our final question, because I'm going to show you all the games this weekend, okay?Okay.We got a lot of games on the schedule, Saturday and Sunday.If you could only watch one of these games, What would you choose?
And this is really rude because, you know, you do a daily NBA podcast.I'm only letting you watch one game.But you gotta pick one.And you mentioned the Lakers.They are playing the Kings.Kings at Lakers.Pretty good game on NBA TV on Saturday night.
Which one would you pick though?
So there's a lot of good ones.There's actually a lot of good games.I think Clippers-Denver can be fun and frisky.Orlando-Memphis is an interesting one in terms of defense and just guys who are going to be grinding their way to buckets.
But I landed on Houston versus San Antonio. Uh, when b had a pretty rough debut Against them against the mavericks, right?
Yep, houston had that loss that I just talked about with charlotte And so I think both of these teams are motivated to bounce back And at the same time, it's a texas showdown This might have implications because they're both kind of like middling western conference teams that want to get into the play-in so
the implications of this game.As crazy as it might sound, being game two, the implications might be pretty big in terms of head-to-head and tiebreakers and all that, but I think I'm gonna go with Houston, San Antonio.
Just the true sicko you are, S. That's beautiful.
I know, I'm sorry.The angle of that that I really like, though, is last year when Wembley kind of exploded in the second half, one of the centers who played the best against him was Alperin Shengun.
He had a crazy game against Wembley. So that will be really interesting to watch.
Do you guys remember the crazy block he had against Jabari in that fast break transition game?I also feel like that was the game where Wemby started to figure things out too.So I don't know, Houston, San Antonio.
Well, thank you for answering all of our questions about this week's slate of games.But now it's time to play Andrew vs. The Beat. This is your first time, S?This is what I waited for.
This is where dreams come true.
Because you are doing an NBA-wide podcast now, similar to Fred Katz last week, this is an NBA grab bag edition.So all the questions will be related to things that happened this week in the NBA, but it could be about any team, any player.
Now how it works, I've come up with eight questions.Some are easy, some are impossible. this week.I'm just letting you know now.If you choose the numbers, you won't get it right, okay?
You're going to give me a number between 1 and 8 that will correspond to a question.If you get it right, you'll get at least two points.
If you get it wrong, Andrew will have a chance to steal for one point, and then we'll go back and forth until all the questions have been asked and answered.So S, what number would you like to start off with?
Man, you said one to eight, right?One to eight.Okay.You have a favorite number in there?Yes, I do.Let me go with seven.That's Kyle Lowry's number, give me seven.Go for it.
Okay, question number seven.Zach Eady fouled out of his first NBA game, racking up six fouls in only 15 minutes.The last time a lottery pick fouled out of their first game was 2007, when this seven-footer- Oh my gosh.
who would only play 272 games in his career, fouled out in 25 minutes.So I've given you some details there.So 2007 rookie, seven footer, played 272 games in his career.
I think I know who this is.2007 rookie.Is this Hashim Thabit?
That is incorrect.Andrew, you have a chance to steal. A center.
So my initial thought would be Greg Oden, but that feels like a little bit of low hanging fruit.Maybe it is too easy.
And you said it was a center.Yes.
He is listed as a seven- Did you say that?No, I said he's a seven-footer.I just said seven-footer.
You just said seven-footer.Okay.So, I'm gonna guess... Yizhanlian.Andrew, that is correct.Wow.
Come on.Did he get the answers to this beforehand?
Alright, man.He did not.That was a tough one because I honestly didn't remember that Yi was seven feet. tall.
Well, that was, I mean, I thought I heard you say center whenever you were reading the question, but like Greg Oden felt, and I don't even know Greg played that Greg Oden play that many games.
Like, I don't know if Greg Oden even played that many games.
Um, okay.Andrew, you're on the board. Where would you like to go first?Question number one.Boston hit 29 threes on opening night, tying the record set by the Milwaukee Bucks.
Boston is no stranger to hitting a lot of threes, having hit 25 or more three-pointers in nine games in franchise history.There are only three other franchises who have hit 25 plus threes in at least five different games.
And I want you to name them all.So you get one point per correct answer.So these are franchises. who have had at least five games where they've hit 25 plus threes.Okay, I'll start with Houston.That is correct.They've done it ten times.League leader.
What about Milwaukee?Andrew, that is incorrect.Okay, shoot.That one might hurt, Andrew.S, do you have any guesses?You could get two points here.
Yeah.Give me the Golden State Warriors.
Yeah, that's the one, Andrew, that one might hurt.
Seems a little dumb.God, why did I?God, I'm so dumb.
And you have a guess for the fourth team.
For the fourth?Let's see, good three-point shooting teams, I guess, recently.
This team has done it the same amount of times as the Warriors.Oh, really?Give me the L.A.Clippers.That is... Incorrect.Would you believe it's the Utah Jazz?Oh, I would believe that actually.
Yeah, because the Mitchell-Engels years and yeah, yeah.
Okay, S, you're on the board.You're down two to one, but the board is yours. Okay, give me number three.Second favorite number.Why not?Question number three.Half of NBA fan bases have already seen their team lose this season.
And they may already be looking ahead on the schedule, worrying about when they'll see that first win.Have no fear, though, because you can still lose a lot of games to start the season and make the playoffs.In fact...
What's the record for longest losing streak to start a season for a team that ended up making the playoffs?Now before you answer, you get to choose who answers first.
So you can make Andrew answer and then you'll go higher or lower, or you can answer and Andrew will go higher and lower, but if you let Andrew answer and he gets it exactly correct, he will get a bonus point.
So just be aware of that. I don't know, the way Andrew just reacted to that question makes me feel like he knows the answer.Really?I had the opposite reaction.I don't know.Oh really?Yeah, I don't know.Oh man, this is mind games at its best.Okay.
That's right.I'm gonna let Andrew decide.Go, make your pick.
Eight.Okay, so you think a team started off O and eight.I do.So S, do you think a team was even worse than that?Or was it lower than that?
I'm gonna go... I'm gonna go worse than that.
So it happened in the 96-97 season.It was the Phoenix Suns, and they started off the season 0-13.Which means our ass gets both points.Oh, shoot.0-13 is wild in some of the playoffs.
That is crazy.What did they go afterwards?That's incredible.
It's a good question, I should have looked that up, but I didn't.Okay, I just trusted the first Google search.It was probably AI, it's probably not real.Okay, Andrew, the board is yours.And you're down now, Andrew.Number two. I know, number two.
Number two, okay.This could be, this has the potential to be the longest question in Slammin' Jam history, in terms of answers.
Okay, I gotta focus.Ronnie James saw his first NBA minutes on Tuesday, making him the 27th active NBA player whose dad played in the NBA.We're going to name the other 26.
So how this works, Andrew, you're going to give me the name of an active player whose dad played in the NBA, and then S will give me one.We'll go back and forth until you guys just run out of names, because there's no way you're getting all 26.
Deep sighs.Can you name one?
I know I can.Steph Curry.
Steph Curry, that is correct.Okay, over to S. Clay Thompson.Clay Thompson, the Splash Brothers.Back to Andrew.Cole Anthony.Cole Anthony, correct.Back to S. Gary Trent.Gary Trent Jr., absolutely, that is right.Back to Andrew. Uh, bowl bowl?
Bowl bowl, very good.Back to us. Kenyon Martin, Jr.That is correct.
By the way, Kenyon Martin, another lottery pick who fouled out in his very first NBA game.
Okay, Andrew, back to you.What about Jeremy Grant?Jeremy Grant, absolutely.Back to us. Andrew Wiggins Andrew Wiggins, that's correct back to Andrew.You guys are doing great Tim Hardaway jr.Hardaway jr.Good idea to focus on the juniors.
Oh man, now I'm starting to blank.You know, the names are all Russian.Not Russian, like Russian.Yeah.Names are all Russian.No, actually they're not, S. Don't go that direction.Europeans, Europeans.Demontes Sabonis.
That is correct.You got there.All right.
Jett Howard, that is correct.What?Wait.You're going too fast, Andrew.Why is he not on my list?So I went to Wikipedia for this.And I don't remember seeing Jett Howard, but obviously that is correct.Okay, back to S. So that means we have 28.
Yes, that is correct.Let's go with... I'm just trying to rack through some names. Let's see.Oh, no, the holidays didn't.They didn't do it.It doesn't count.That's families.Wait, actually, let me go with one of the holidays.Give me Drew.
Give me Drew Holiday.Whatever.Drew Holiday?
S, that is incorrect.No!You've lost the game, but you guys did great.I had more.The other names, some of these I didn't know.
Devin Booker, Jalen Brunson, Nick Claxton, Amir Coffey, Trace Jackson Davis, Johnny Davis, Darius Garland, Al Horford, Jaren Jackson Jr., Kevin Love, Larry Nance Jr., Scotty Pippin Jr., Reed Shepard, Jabari Smith Jr., Garrett Temple, with that one I had to double check he's still on the roster, and Jabari Walker.
I didn't realize Jabari was Smocky Walkers.Did you say Gary Payton?No, that's true.Why was that not on there?Gary Payton II, yeah.A lot of names.It's a plot list.It doesn't count.Let's break it up.Okay, Andrew, you've moved back ahead.
S, you're now down 4-3, but you have control of the board.
Okay, let's go with 4.By the way, Garrett Temple, Toronto Raptor.Just wanted to put that there.
Yes, I found that out last night.Just double-checking, making sure he's still in the league.Okay, Kevin Durant hit a game-tying shot against the Clippers with 21.2 seconds left in the fourth to send the game to overtime.
That was the 35th time in KD's career when he's hit a game-tying shot in the final 30 seconds of a game, which is the second most among active players behind LeBron.
Who are the other three players in the top five for most game-tying shots in the final 30 seconds of a game?So these are active players.You do get one point per correct answer.Most game-tying shots in the final 30 seconds of a game in their career.
Game, it has to be game-tying.
Has to be game-tying.Has to be game-tying.
You're running through a Rolodex in your brain like, I don't know if that was game time.
It's a stall question.Let's go with James Harden.He is number five.
All right.And you get the other two.I'm just thinking of guys who have been here for a while.Let's go Chris Paul.
That is incorrect, S, and that means, Andrew, you could steal two points.Okay.
I'm going longevity as well.I will not go with DeAndre Jordan for longevity like I did last week, which was very embarrassing.I will go with Russell Westbrook.
So Andrew, when you sort by field goal attempts, he is in the top five, but he didn't make them.The other two names. Yeah, we're, we're going with made game tying shots.
He had a lot of good moments.I know that we just love to just crap on us.
When I, I originally wrote the question, I was, I realized I had sorted by field goal attempts and he was in the top.
Okay.He vanished.Okay.The other two names, Damien Lillard and obvious.It's a good one.Right.Right.DeMar DeRozan.
Yeah, Demar was going to be my first guess, but I went with Harden.
Okay, we have a tie game.Three questions left.There is a question remaining where you could get five points.Oh, wow.And just letting you know, if S gets it, if S gets this question, like if he says the number, I think he might get all five, Andrew.
Oh, no, I need to get it.Okay, I'll go with number five, hoping that it's the five.
Andrew, that is the question.The Raptors are celebrating their 30th anniversary as a franchise this season and started the festivities off by losing to the Cavs by 30, their worst opening night loss in franchise history.
The previous record was held by the 2001-2002 Raptors, who lost by 29 to the Orlando Magic.How many players on the Raptors starting lineup that night can you name?And you get one point per correct answer.
0-1-0-2 Raptors?0-1-0-2 Raptors.Opening night, starting lineup.Oh my gosh.That's... Bro.
Oh, I just did a video on this.Okay, so... Oh, did you?
This is... I think... Vince Carter.
Okay, that's one.You're on the board.You've limited the damage to four, Andrew.Can you get another one?I'm pretty sure...
that this was the sad, pathetic Hakeem Olajuwon.
Wow, Andrew.Yes.Another point.Go back to your NBA Live days.This is the way.
Totally.Yeah.Alex can attest that I sat in my room playing NBA Live way too much.
Yeah, he would play it on the hardest difficulty and the games would end like 12 to 9.I was like, why are you doing this?This looks miserable.
Yeah, yeah, it was, I was, I was definitely very weird. What about Mo-Pete?Was Mo-Pete on this team?
Andrew, yes, you've gotten three of the five.Wow!Good job.This is good.There's two more, Andrew.Two more wraps.I feel like the well is dry now.It probably is.
You can throw out another name.Any raptor.
I would love to get another name.I would love to get another name.I would just love to get another.I don't know that he started.I'll say Jerome Williams.Was Jerome Williams a starter?Nope.Nope.
Andrew, that is the end of the line for you.S, you can get two points though.If you can name the other two starters.
Yeah.Let's go with Antonio Davis.That is correct for one point.Dang it. And so we got Vince Carter, Hakeem, Antonio Davis, Mo Pete, and the point guard was Alvin Williams.
Wow, there we go.You guys got all five.
Wow.I'm so glad I got that, because I would have been crushed otherwise.Yeah, you would have been.
OK, so the score, Andrew 7-6.So close.As you have control of the board, two questions remain.
Okay, let's go eight.Eight for, yeah, why not, eight.Question number eight.
Jimmy Butler scored three total points in game one against the Magic.He has scored three or fewer points 55 times in his career, and he's done it five times against two different teams.Name one of those teams.Now as a hint, that's really hard.
I'm about to give you a hint.I'm about to give you a hint.Okay.Okay? Both of these teams have at least two top five picks on their current roster.
So again, these are teams that Jimmy Butler has scored three or fewer points against five different times in his career.And you just have to give me one of the teams, and both of them have at least two top five picks on their current roster.
Both have two top five picks on their current roster.At least two top five picks.
At least.At least.This is not a good hint.I'm sorry.This is insufficient hint.Okay.The one team that comes to mind immediately is the Memphis Grizzlies, because they have Jaron Jackson Jr., John Morant, top five picks.How do we feel about that?
How do we feel?Do I have to give both of them?Is this your final answer, or are you just asking for our opinion?No, I will submit Memphis.Factual.I will submit Memphis as the answer here.
The Memphis Grizzlies, yes, I'm sorry, that is incorrect.Andrew, you have a chance to steal Uh, what about the Blazers?Andrew, that is also incorrect.Why did you guys go with West teams?Dude, how?What?The most of his years with Chicago and Miami.
Also, he plays West teams to just tell us the answer out.
Stop.Yeah, this is just unnecessary torture.
Both Eastern Conference teams won.Okay.The Detroit Pistons. Okay.Okay.Okay.And actually, now I'm thinking about it.I have no real response to this.You should.They have a ton of top five picks, actually.They have Jaden Ivey.
True, true.I'm not saying they don't.I'm not saying they don't.I'm not saying they don't.I'm not saying they don't.
Of course, I mean, when you're in the lottery that many times.This other one, now that I'm looking at it, do they have two top five picks on their team?It's the Washington Wizards.
They have Sar.Alex Sar. Who else would be in the top five?Jordan Poole?
No, he was like the 29th pick.
I lied to you guys.I told you there would be an impossible question and that was it.Originally, I didn't have the hint in there. So, which actually may have helped because apparently I led you astray.Okay, Andrew.Wow.
You have to get this question right to seal the victory because it's always possible to get it right and then you'd be tied.Final question, number eight.Which rookie played the most minutes in game one?
Like this season, right?This season, the last three days.Which rookie played the most minutes in their first career game?
Okay, this is tricky.I am going to go with Bub Carrington.
Bub Carrington, Andrew, that is incorrect.Yes, you have a chance to steal and to tie the game, sending it into sudden death.
This is big.This is big right here.This is, first of all, it's an honor.Let's see.
It's an honor to make it this far.
I'm trying to think, man, because it wouldn't have been Tuesday night.There weren't really any rookies that played Wednesday.Let's go with.Ah, what a big day.Yves Misey.Let's just go with Yves Misey.
My heart rate is at one on one right now.Just so you guys know, just checking my answer.
Can I change my answer?Yeah.Yeah. Actually, no, I'm gonna go with you, Smeecy.Yeah, actually, yeah.
Because if it's gonna be a Raptor, I'm just letting you know, if it's a Raptor, I'm logging off immediately, because I have the second answer here in my head.
You're welcome to change.I'm not... You're welcome to change.
Okay, give me Jamal Shedd.Jamal Shedd played a lot of minutes.Jamal Shedd.He did play a lot.
Correct answer... Oh my gosh....to either decide the week for Andrew to send it in overtime was...
That has ruined my day.That's it for my day.That's done.
I think it was a difference of like two minutes too.Missy played like 23 minutes and Jamal Shedd played like 21. Oh, my gosh, that is so funny.
It was a blowout for the rap.
I'm just like, oh, that is so, so good.Hey, go listen to the NBA Daily.It's been so fun.I'm one of the producers on the show, and it's been really fun working with us and getting to know him over the past few weeks.And it's a it's a great show.
If you're somehow just listening to this show and you're not tuning in to the NBA Daily, you should because it's
It's the perfect way for every NBA fan to wake up in the morning, listen to the show, get caught up on what you missed, or just relive it with some of the best people in the industry.S, thanks so much for coming on.
Thank you, as always, and I am done.I'm exhausted.
Folks, I'm sure you loved that episode of Andrew versus the Beat, but there was a mistake.I Did my stat head search too early last night?Andrew was actually correct.It was Bub Carrington who played 26 minutes.Yves Misey was second with 23 minutes.
Now, thankfully, thankfully I talked, I somehow talked S out of giving me the right answer. and saved us from a massive controversy.Yeah, that could have been bad.You're correct.And you know what?I'll give you the extra points.
So you end up with nine points.Congratulations.
Nine points.That's a lot of points.That's a good one.Hey, we are going to start the Wheel of Fandom.We're starting it today. Alex, tell our listeners about the Wheel of Fandom if they've never seen this thing before.
Yeah, if it's your first time listening, throughout the season, every week at the end of the show, I spin a digital wheel that has all 30 teams on it, and it will land on one team.
And that team is the team that me and Andrew are gonna become fans of for the following week.
And then next week, we'll have either a beat writer, a fan associated with that team, come on to talk to us about the team, and then to play some team-centric Andrew versus the Beat. So, we're starting off fresh, okay?We've refreshed the wheel.
And by the way, this means that there are teams that we have not seen in years.For instance, the Oklahoma City Thunder.We got them, like, one of our first weeks, like, three years ago and have not seen them since.
So it's just up to random chance, you know?We don't know who we're gonna get.So let's go ahead and spin the wheel for the first time this season and see who it's gonna be.Who is going to be the Wheel of Fandom team for the first week of the season.
It will be... The Detroit Pistons.
The Detroit Pistons.How you feeling about that, Andrew?
There's no way.There's no way what?Oh, I guess it's good that we're getting them out of the way.I guess that's good.
We still have... Hey, what is all this negativity?They look competitive.
They're competitive in game one.Oh my gosh, their schedule next weekend.First of all, they start against Indiana, which they lost that game 115-109.
Their next four games, which are the ones we're gonna get to see, at Cleveland, Boston at home, at Miami, at Philadelphia, Oh, my gosh.
That is a tough little stretch.That is a tough little stretch.Hopefully they can get the train on the tracks here and in Detroit, because the train has been off the tracks for like five years now.So we'll see.Looking forward to watching some Pistons.
And hey, maybe we can maybe we can convince Bryce Simon to come on the show with us.You know?Oh, yeah.Talk some Detroit Pistons.I'm going to hit up Bryce to see if the schedules align.OK, Al.
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There's just all these just random letters and numbers, but they left a very nice review says a plus podcast.The Slamma Jam is a great basketball podcast.The two hosts are prepared.Both prepare analysis.So it's not just shouting hot takes.
Plus, the two of them have a rapport building from being so longtime friends.That's a perfect combination.Hilarious guests this week in Fred Katz, the athletic NBA writers who visit the show. at uniformly terrific guests.
Many are beat writers, so they bring firsthand reporting to the show.So thank you so much for that review.And then one final review comes from A.S.Mount or Ass Mount in Great Britain. Five stars.
I'm so happy that Slam Jam is back and here to stay under the new format.
As an NBA fan based in the UK, the show is hands down my favorite basketball show, digging behind the headlines and knee jerk reactions with an insightful, fun, analytical approach that always gives me a new perspective as I try to keep up with the league from a distance.
Andrew and Alex are so great to listen to and they even have me rooting a bit for OKC even though I'm a Sixers fan just because I want good things for them.I also love the trivia even though I am very bad at it.
I kept meaning to leave a five star review but didn't want to get lost in the confusing obsession of some of the reviewers with the Wizards guy. And after that died down, I worried and missed my chance.Anyways, wanted to let you guys know.
I'm glad you're sticking around to keep up the great work.Thank you so much for that review.Really appreciate that.If you want to leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, we will read it on the show.
Al, what is it?What is it?
Yeah.Another correction.I was not wrong.The Wizards do have two top five lottery picks on their team.The second one, Marvin Bagley.
Oh, Marvin Bagley.There you go.Hey.So so that that just that erases the Bub Carrington goof right there.So so so we're all good.Thanks so much for listening to the show.Please continue to tune in to the NBA Daily.
We really appreciate you guys listening and we will talk to you guys again next week.
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