Could theoretically the greatest defender to ever be born's chances still be held back by their lack of offensive game? What's the absolute minimum their PPG can go to have a chance to win?

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Did not play in the 4th quarter.

Including missed shots and fouls

Did not play in the 4th quarter.

Including missed shots, a turnover, and a foul.

He missed his first five shots of the game, but got back to himself.

Source: the nba dot com site for Lebron James Jr

He actually had more personal fouls and turnovers than points scored this preseason lol

How are we feeling about Lebron James Jr's outlook at the nba level? Despite having access to coaching from arguably a top 5 basketball player ever for his entire life, he still looks pretty putrid as he's about to enter his 3rd year in the league. How much longer does he have in the league? Which country do y'all think he gonna be playing in soon?

One of five sponsors for the episode itself (Randy's Donuts, AT&T, DoorDash, and New Era).

Sounds like Polymarket sponsored the entire season of the podcast.

Across a lot of podcasts this offseason, I’ve heard people say that Player X can’t win MVP unless he puts up 2019 Harden numbers, despite Harden himself not winning MVP that season.

It seems like a pretty common misconception that people remember the 65-win Rockets season and Harden’s 36 PPG season as being the same season. However, Harden didn’t end up winning MVP in the latter.

Is this evidence that he was robbed by Giannis?

The recent news from Silver is something that me and my city would be very excited about. I live in Mexico City and an NBA team here would have a MASSIVE following. The basketball community here is large and growing more everyday. While I entirely want Seattle to have a team, a team in Mexico City would be amazing for the league.

People who are saying that players wouldn't want to live or travel to Mexico City have clearly never been here, Mexico City is a better City in almost every way than the cities that already have teams, and of course is bigger than all of them. It is an international city that attracts millions of tourists every year for a reason. Just cause you never have been or don't like the idea of people speaking Spanish doesn't mean everyone has a problem with that.

This diversity would be INCREDIBLE for the league and I think it's quite obvious the team in Vegas should be nixed while a team in Seattle and CDMX would easily be the preferable two options.

Growing the game of basketball to Latin America would do wonders for the league as a whole, and will lead to more diverse, accepting, and larger fan base for basketball. And at the end of the day this is the most important thing.

Him succeeding this year would be the most public positive case of a working professional taking an exteeended mental health break to the benefit of everyone

I've never seen a week day game start at this time unless it's being played in London or something. And on opening day no less.. what in the world is going on here?

In the MLB, you have the LA Dodgers. Many neutral fans hate the Dodgers as a team for spending all the money on everything. Yet almost every player on the Dodgers is either beloved or at least tolerable by fans. You got Ohtani, Freeman, Yoshi, Betts, etc. Maybe Kyle Tucker is the most disliked player?

What are some NBA examples of this? A team that everyone hates but their players individually aren't hated.

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Naz Reid was a highly coveted acquisition by Jeff Peterson, who traded Lamelo Ball, the only PG on the Hornets, to get. Reid is a former backup center for a Timberwolves team who loved him for being a meme player that could do unusual things. Now that he is a starter playing completely out of position, more scrutiny is needed.

If this is what can be expected from Reid going forward, it is one of the worst contracts in the league

We all know how risky draft pick deals can be. You're trading a player for what is basically a lottery ticket (or more than one).

Some worked out real well for one team (besides the obvious PG deal working out for OKC, or KG/Pierce deal worked out for the Celtics), but what about those trades that are looked back on being a bad move for one team where the draft pick panning out would've changed the entire way people viewed the deal?

For instance, on the note of KG, the TWolves got 5 guys and 2 picks for him. Jefferson was the only guy to have a good career with the Wolves. But they also got the 6th and 28th picks in the draft. Let's say that 6th wound up being Steph or DeRozan. How much different would a KG deal have been viewed in that case? An obvious win win for both since the Celtics get the future HOFer who helped win a title, and the TWolves get Jefferson plus a future face of their franchise.

And not as drastic, but the Vince Carter deal for the Raptors, while they got the bottom of the barrel return for him player wise, what if those picks panned out? Instead of Joey Graham they get Danny Granger (07-12 Granger was an underrated played)?

Having an argument with my friends, one that has lasted over a decade but just resurfaced.

In the early to mid 2010s on all star Saturday Night, Westbrook and Harden were being interviewed together. They were wearing peculiar outfits, and the interviewer was asking them about their outfits. My friends are claiming that one of them spoke up and said "Yeah we both fashion" but I insist whoever spoke (I think it was Westbrook) said "Yeah we both have fashion".

"We fashion" has been a saying in my friend group for years, but it bugs me because I think it was never uttered that way.

Anyone have a clip or a recording/archive of the full broadcast of NBA AS Saturday Nights from that period so I can go back and check myself?

Thanks