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Mort has Keith Smith of Spotrac join the show, where the task is simple: Find three trades from Western Conference teams that make sense.
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Mort has Keith Smith of Spotrac join the show, where the task is simple: Find three trades from Eastern Conference teams that make sense.
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Mort has Dan Favale of The Hardwoods Knocks podcast join the show to discuss some of the main Western Conference teams driving the 2025 NBA Trade Deadline.
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Mort has Dan Favale of The Hardwoods Knocks podcast join the show to discuss some of the main Eastern Conference teams driving the 2025 NBA Trade Deadline.
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Mort has Dan Favale of The Hardwoods Knocks podcast join the show to discuss some of the most confusing teams in the NBA this season.
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Can there be such a thing as too many guys on an NBA team?
Surely more good players, more contenders for playing time can only be a good thing?
With Mort busy moving, Jack Quantrill and Judson Walden hop on the mic to talk about five teams brimming with rotation players galore.
They talk about the Grizzlies and Rockets and how their depth is pushing them to the top of the Western Conference but on the other end of the spectrum they discuss teams that look congested, with the luxury of choice leading to poor chemistry on the court or stunted opportunity for recent draft picks.
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Mort is moving across the country with his family, so Dan Favale & Grant Hughes from the Hardwood Knocks podcast have graciously shared one of their episodes to keep the podcast feed here active, as we enter December, while Mort will be on and off for the next couple of weeks.
Join Dan and Grant through some of the biggest new NBA additions from over the offseason, where the duo grades how things have panned out so far.
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Mort is joined by Caitlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote to discuss the confusing Indiana Pacers. What is going on with Tyrese Haliburton? Do they need extra positional size? What type of player should they be looking for? That, and loads more, in this episode.
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Mort is joined by Gerald Bourguet from PHNX Sports to discuss the Phoenix Suns at large. What is their current plan for this year? How should they adjust in their immediate future? And finally, how does their long-term future look, assuming Devin Booker sticks around?
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Mort is joined by Dan Favale from The Hardwood Knocks podcast, and the two discuss the ins and out of the New York Knicks, including the much debated changed jump shot of Mikal Bridges.
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Mort is joined by Jack Quantrill, and the two discuss the plethora of injuries the NBA is currently seeing. They also get into the NBA Cup, and lastly had to devote some words to Nikola Jokić who is, unsurprisingly, playing MVP-caliber ball.
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Mort is joined by Jason Patt of Cash Considerations to discuss the Chicago Bulls.
The Bulls play a far more entertaining brand of ball this season, in large part due to an optimized shot profile. That's.... good, right? Well, not so fast says Jason, who argues the timing of it is off.
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Mort is joined by Bryant West of The Kings Herald to discuss the Sacramento Kings.
Where are they going this year? How has DeMar DeRozan looked? What does an extension number to Keegan Murray look like? Is Malik Monk the heart of the team? And what about the long-term future?
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Mort is joined by his editor over at Sports Illustrated/Draft Digest, Nick Crain, and together duo breaks down some prospects for next year's 2025 NBA Draft, with special focus on Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, and Dylan Harper.
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Mort is joined by his old friend, and former Dennis Podman co-host, Mark Karantzoulis. The duo discuss rookie extensions, the New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Houston Rockets.
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The Milwaukee Bucks acquired Damian Lillard before the start of last season, made an in-season coaching change, and saw Khris Middleton limited to just 55 games played.
Now, the Bucks are entering a year with a full training camp under their belt with Doc Rivers, Lillard isn't new to the system, and they signed Gary Trent Jr this summer.
Ti Windisch, co-host of the Gyro Step podcast, joins the show to discuss why there are grounds for optimism in Wisconsin this season.
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The Atlanta Hawks owe their 2025 unprotected first-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs, which means there's no incentive to lose games. As such, the Hawks are going all out, and will thus introduce top pick Zaccharie Risacher to a competitive environment immediately.
Brad Rowland, host of LockedOnHawks, joins the show to discuss Atlanta's upcoming season, Trae Young's upside, and the long-term view of the team.
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The Los Angeles Clippers lost Paul George this summer, which could have a negative ripple effect on the team's chances this season. However, the door might be open for a competitive year, as long as Kawhi Leonard cracks 50 games played.
Justin Russo joins the show to break it all down, while also touching on the Clippers beyond this season.
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The San Antonio Spurs made numerous chances over the 2024 NBA offseason. They added veteran leadership in Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes, and drafted Stephon Castle to be a part of their long-term future.
Ty Jäger joins the show to break it all down.
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