Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast

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2021-22 Portland Trail Blazers Lookahead Oct 04, 2021

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Dan is joined by Tara Bowen-Biggs (@tcbbiggs) from the We Have A Take podcast for a deeeeeep dive into the Portland Trail Blazers ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. We discuss Damian Lillard's future, CJ McCollum's value, Jusuf Nurkic's areas of improvement, Larry Nance Jr.'s fit, the development of Nassir Little and Anfernee Simons, which new additions will have the biggest impact, defensive concerns, trade candidates, potential lineups and so much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:17 - Intro 🔘 5:25 - Marquese Chriss' Wikipedia page 🔘 8:13 - Impressions of the Blazers' offseason 🔘 9:18 - Larry Nance Jr.'s fit 🔘 14:25 - Importance of Tony Snell and Cody Zeller 🔘 17:43 - Damian Lillard's future 🔘 28:39 - CJ McCollum's future/value 🔘 35:53 - Jusuf Nurkic's role/areas of improvement 🔘 41:42 - Will Anfernee Simons play a meaningful role? 🔘 45:03 - Nassir Little's role 🔘 47:42 - How much better can the Blazers defense get? 🔘 50:32 - Biggest weakness of the roster/Greg Brown thoughts 🔘 53:15 - Trade candidates 🔘 59:37 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 1:01:59 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 1:08:48 - Win-total prediction 🔘 1:12:07 - Final thoughts on Dame Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Detroit Pistons Lookahead Oct 03, 2021

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Dan is joined by Lazarus Jackson (@lazchance) from SB Nation's Detroit Bad Boys and Blue Wire's Pistons vs. Everybody podcast for a wildly, and enjoyably, thorough deep dive into the Detroit Pistons in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes, Jerami Grant, Kelly Olynyk, the secondary rotation, Saben Lee, the Sekou Doumboya trade, Detroit's overall direction, win-loss predictions, lineups and much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:20 - Intro 🔘 3:14 - CHANCE JACKSON SCOUTING REPORT🗣🗣 🔘 4:48 - Overall impression of Pistons offseason 🔘 7:18 - The Sekou Doumbouya trade (aka LAZ PREDICTS TREY LYLES MAKES AN ALL-STAR TEAM) 🔘 10:12 - Rookie-year expectations for Cade Cunningham 🔘 16:29 - Jerami Grant, Round 2 🔘 20:09 - Hope for Killian Hayes 🔘 25:51 - Saddiq Bey's ceiling 🔘 30:04 - Isaiah Stewart's impact 🔘 36:41 - The frontcourt rotation 🔘 38:03 - Hamidou Diallo 🔘 40:20 - Josh Jackson 🔘 40:57 - Saben Lee 🔘 44:53 - Chris Smith 🔘 46:06 - Luka Garza/Isaiah Livers 🔘 48:47 - Trade candidates 🔘 1:00:49 - Biggest weaknesses 🔘 1:04:53 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 1:05:57 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 1:10:58 - Win-total prediction 🔘 1:15:23 - Pistons' overall direction and play style Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 LA Clippers Lookahead Oct 02, 2021

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Dan is joined by Sabreena Merchant (@sabreenajm) from SB Nation and The Step Through podcast for a mega-ultra-super deep dive into the LA Clippers ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. They talk Kawhi Leonard's future and health, Paul George's MVP viability, Eric Bledsoe's fit, the center rotation, potential lineups, Luke Kennard's role, the flier on Justise Winslow, Ivica Zubac's defense, playing small and much, much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:30 - Intro 🔘 3:36 - Kawhi's health and future 🔘 6:52 - Eric Bledsoe's fit 🔘 11:45 - The secondary ball-handling rotation 🔘 13:31 - Is Paul George an MVP sleeper? 🔘 18:31 - Importance of Reggie Jackson & Nic Batum 🔘 22:24 - Terance Mann's development 🔘 24:41 - Serge Ibaka's health 🔘 25:17 - Harry Giles vs. Isaiah Hartenstein 🔘 26:27 - Will the Clippers play without a big more often? 🔘 29:12 - Justise Winslow's role 🔘 31:25 - Keon Johnson, Brandon Boston Jr., Jason Preston 🔘 33:56 - Is Luke Kennard fated for a bigger role? 🔘 37:12 - Biggest weakness of the roster 🔘 41:09 - Trade candidates 🔘 42:43 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 44:23 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 45:49 - Win-total prediction 🔘 49:37 - Marcus Morris thoughts Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Toronto Raptors Lookahead Oct 01, 2021

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Dan is joined by Yasmin Duale (@carmelodrama) from the Dishes & Dimes podcast to cannonball into all things Toronto Raptors in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. They talk Pascal Siakam's health and role, Fred VanVleet's room for improvement, OG Anunoby emerging as a star, the center rotation, Goran Dragic's fit, fringe roster spots, Malachi Flynn's development, Scottie Barnes' rookie expectations, lineups and muuuuuch more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 00:54 - Intro 🔘 2:33 - Goran Dragic's fit 🔘 4:48 - OG Anunoby's offensive evolution 🔘 7:13 - Pascal Siakam's return/Is he underrated now? 🔘 10:14 - Where must Fred VanVleet improve? 🔘 17:40 - Rookie-year expectations for Scottie Barnes 🔘 22:36 - The center rotation 🔘 24:55 - CHRIS BOUCHER FOREVER 🔘 27:06 - Precious Achiuwa 🔘 28:37 - Sophomore expectations for Malachi Flynn 🔘 30:24 - Yuta Watanabe's value 🔘 32:07 - Fringe-roster players 🔘 33:36 - Figuring out Toronto's direction 🔘 36:20 - Biggest functional void on the roster 🔘 38:14 - Trade candidates 🔘 39:55 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 41:24 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 42:44 - Win-total prediction/Toronto's place in the East 🔘 48:25 - Gary Trent Jr. feelz Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Dallas Mavericks Lookahead Sep 30, 2021

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Dan is joined by Dalton Trigg (@Dalton_Trigg) of the Mavs Step Back podcast to break down all things Dallas Mavericks in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss Luka Doncic's next step, Kristaps Porzingis' role, the frontcourt rotation, Jalen Brunson, offseason additions like Reggie Bullock and Sterling Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr.'s importance, lineups to look out for, trade candidates, trade targets and more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:54 - Intro 🔘 4:23 - Did the Mavs have an underrated free agency? 🔘 7:17 - The Luka-plus-shooting model 🔘 9:05 - Impact Sterling Brown and Reggie Bullock 🔘 11:12 - Dallas' lack of secondary shot creation 🔘 14:15 - What does a better version of Luka look like? 🔘 19:17 - Kristaps-at-the-4(???) 🔘 25:52 - Trey Burke vs. Frank Ntilikina vs. Josh Green 🔘 32:44 - Other changes to expect under Jason Kidd 🔘 35:46 - Trade candidates/Trade targets 🔘 40:54 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 43:29 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 45:29 - Win-total prediction 🔘 47:33 - Final thoughts on Jason Kidd Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Boston Celtics Lookahead Sep 29, 2021

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Dan is joined by Alex Kungu (@Kungu_NBA) from Hoops Island for a deeeeeep dive into the Boston Celtics ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. We're talking Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Dennis Schroder, Al Horford, Robert Williams III, Josh Richardson, Aaron Nesmith, Payton Pritchard, potential lineups, trade candidates and soooooo much more. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:54 - Intro 🔘 3:30 - Takeaways from Celtics offseason 🔘 6:37 - Can Jayson Tatum take another playmaking leap? 🔘 10:22 - Does Jaylen Brown have more table-setting in him? 🔘 16:41 - The fits of Dennis Schroder & Josh Richardson 🔘 19:36 - Marcus Smart's expanded role 🔘 21:49 - Robert Williams III's expanded role 🔘 23:56 - Will RWIII play a ton with Al Horford? 🔘 26:38 - Expectations for Payton Pritchard & Aaron Nesmith 🔘 28:50 - End of rotation decisions: Juan Hernangomez, Romeo Langford, Grant Williams, Jabari Parker 🔘 31:47 - Boston's defensive ceiling 🔘 35:08 - Trade candidates 🔘 38:21 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 40:32 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 43:32 - Win-total predictions 🔘 45:21 - Alex trolls the Knicks! (But also advocates for Kemba's defense!) Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Oklahoma City Thunder Lookahead Sep 28, 2021

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Dan is joined by Olivia Panchal (@olivianba) from Daily Thunder's Crossbolts podcast to break down the long-term trajectory and current expectations for the Oklahoma City Thunder in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. We talk Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey, Tre Mann, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, tanking, trade candidates and much, much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:00 - Intro 🔘 3:40 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 🔘 8:23 - Impressions of Thunder's offseason 🔘 11:13 - Endgame for OKC's draft-pick armory 🔘 15:15 - Josh Giddey's game and fit 🔘 18:01 - How much will Tre Mann play? 🔘 19:18 - Jeremiah Robinson-Earl's role 🔘 21:55 - Expectations for Aleksej Pokusevski in Year 2 🔘 24:05 - Expectations for Darius Bazley 🔘 26:01 - Theo Maledon's upside 🔘 27:15 - The center rotation 🔘 28:13 - KENRICH WILLIAMS FOREVER 🔘 29:52 - Lu Dort's future 🔘 33:37 - Predicting OKC's second-leading scorer 🔘 34:30 - OKC's best chance at a second star 🔘 37:48 - Best closing lineup 🔘 38:34 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 43:57 - Win-total prediction 🔘 46:33 - Will SGA make the All-Star team? Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Milwaukee Bucks Lookahead Sep 27, 2021

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Dan is joined by Ti Windisch (@TiWindisch) from the Gyro Step Podcast to discuss the immediate and long-term outlook of the REIGNING CHAMPION Milwaukee Bucks in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. From Giannis Antetokounmpo's next step and Mike Budenholzer's improvement, to the importance of Bobby Portis and Donte DiVincenzo, to prospective weaknesses and trade candidates, we cover it all! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:00 - Intro 🔘 2:14 - Championship feelz 🔘 7:08 - Khris Middleton, I love you 🔘 11:00 - Importance of George Hill and Grayson Allen 🔘 15:18 - Donte DiVincenzo's return(?) 🔘 24:17 - Can Giannis get even better? 🔘 27:52 - Is P.J. Tucker's departure being overblown? 🔘 30:51 - Will Giannis play more 5? 🔘 33:26 - Bobby Portis' encore 🔘 40:06 - Milwaukee's Biggest weakness 🔘 44:35 - Trade candidates 🔘 49:06 - Best closing lineup 🔘 51:37 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 53:55 - Win-total prediction 🔘 57:26 - The Khris-Giannis connection 🔘 1:03:48 - Mike Budenholzer Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Charlotte Hornets Lookahead Sep 26, 2021

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Dan is joined by Konata Edwards (@NataTheScribe) from the Locked On Hornets podcast to discuss the ins, outs and diagonals of—you guessed it!—the Charlotte Hornets ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. We cover LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier's extension and his on-court value, potential trade targets, James Bouknight's development, the center rotation, Miles Bridges' future, P.J. Washington's defense and so much friggin' more! TIMESTAMPS ⬇️ 🔘 Intro (0:57) 🔘 Grant Riller catharsis (2:39) 🔘 Why Charlotte didn't spend big on a center (7:06) 🔘 Rookie-year expectations for Kai Jones (12:45) 🔘 P.J. Washington's progress at the 5 (16:56) 🔘 Kelly Oubre Jr.'s fit (20:33) 🔘 Miles Bridges' ascendance/next contract (23:43) 🔘 Terry Rozier's extension/long-term value to Charlotte (33:26) 🔘 Early impressions of James Bouknight (40:15) 🔘 Where LaMelo Ball needs to improve (47:24) 🔘 Charlotte's place in the East (52:17) 🔘 Will the Hornets consider trading for a center? (1:02:21) 🔘 Best closing lineup (1:09:57) 🔘 Quirky lineups we want to see (1:11:32) 🔘 Win-total predictions/Eastern Conference standings (1:13:10) 🔘 Jalen McDaniels (1:21:31) Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021-22 Indiana Pacers Lookahead Sep 25, 2021

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Dan is joined by the world-famous Caitlin Cooper (C2_Cooper) from Indy Corn Rows and FiveThirtyEight to cannonball into all things Indiana Pacers ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. From Rick Carlisle's impact on the offense and the frontcourt rotation, to Caris LeVert and T.J. Warren, to quirky lineups and potential trade candidates, we cover everything you can imagine—and then some. TIMESTAMPS ⬇️ 🔘 A quick thank you <3 (00:54) 🔘 Intro (6:50) 🔘 Rick Carlisle's impact on Indiana's play style (7:44) 🔘 Replacing Doug McDermott (12:13) 🔘 Torrey Craig's fit (16:18) 🔘 T.J. Warren's injury/importance (19:05) 🔘 Who's the fifth starter? (22:00) 🔘 The offensive pecking order/Domantas Sabonis (25:24) 🔘 Caris LeVert's next step (30:26) 🔘 The secondary rotation (33:11) 🔘 Myles Turner looks healthy?!? (36:17) 🔘 Trade candidates (37:41) 🔘 Biggest functional concern (42:02) 🔘 Best closing lineup (44:29) 🔘 Quirky lineups we want to see (45:48) 🔘 Win-total prediction/Indy's place in the East (47:54) Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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