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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to Nikola Jokić dropping 55 points on the Clippers, Bradley Beal's season-ending injury, and Steph Curry's electric 3rd quarter enroute to 46 points. Then, Hunter Patterson joins the show to breakdown the Pistons short-handed win, Cade Cunningham's leap, and their start to the season.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Hunter Patterson
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Andrew Schlecht, Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni make fake trades to help rebuild the Mavs, discuss the teams that make the most sense for AD, why he's hard to trade and what other deals could be available to the Mavericks.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni discuss the Sixers win over the Celtics and their newfound identity to start the season before catching up with Andrew Schlecht from OKC where the Thunder dismantle the Warriors. Then, Christian Clark joins the show after the Dallas Mavericks firing of Nico Harrison to discuss the decision, whether Anthony Davis is on the trade block, and where the Mavs go from here.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni, Andrew Schlecht, and Christian Clark
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita relive the Pistons 7th straight win in spite of a rough Cade Cunningham shooting night, Desmond Bane's incredible game winner, and Victor Wembanyama's history making night. Then, Wes Goldberg from the "Locked On Heat" podcast joins the show after Miami's incredible win over the Cavaliers to talk about the buzzer-beater lob play Eric Spoelstra saved for five years and how the Heat have started the season.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Wes Goldberg
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita discuss the Pistons emergence in the Eastern Conference behind Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren starting the season hot and how De'Aaron Fox's return helped Wemby right the ship. Then, the gang throws out some under the radar numbers from the start of the season. Are the Nuggets underrated? The Suns are fun and the Clippers are bad.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of the NBA basketball, the Good, the Bad, and the WHAT?? and then the boys are joined by Mike Smeltz to discuss the Brooklyn Nets. They ask Mike about the Nets rookies, what they are going to do with the veterans this season, what the identity of the team is, and more. Then the guys play a fun edition of Andrew vs. the BeatHost: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers
With: Mike Smeltz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Monica Compton
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are joined by Law Murray to discuss the weekly power rankings and how he decides them week to week, who are the surprise teams that are thriving, who is struggling and more.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni, Law Murray
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita breakdown the Thunder's loss to the Trailblazers and Luka Doncic's impressive night against Wemby and the Spurs. Then, Will Guillory joins the show from Memphis to discuss Houston's start to the season, Kevin Durant's struggles, and why there's more to the problems in Memphis than Ja Morant.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Will Guillory
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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The NBA Daily crew discuss the NBA at large and then go through some fake Ja Morant trades.
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