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Late Season Struggles Mar 22, 2022

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It has been a crazy March indeed everyone! The first round of the NCAA Men's March Madness absolutely did not disappoint, from 15 seed St. Peter's knocking out 2 seed Kentucky to the almost routine 5-12 upsets. What games were the most fun? What payers have impressed you the most? Who is the favorite to win it going into the Sweet Sixteen? These questions and more will be answered during this episode!! The second half of the episode, however, will shift back to our bread and butter, which is the NBA. Chicago Bulls and Golden State Warriors are struggling late in the regular season fighting through injuries and slumps, is this cause to be concerned?

Dagger Bracketology 2022 Mar 15, 2022

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In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the guys will go over the Philadelphia 76ers matchup with the Brooklyn Nets from last week, and how the rest of the season looks for these two organizations. Coach Greg Popovich broke the NBA wins record last week and the crew will reflect on his impact and rank him among NBA coaches al-time. The bulk of the episode, however, will focus on March Madness! Yes, it is that time of the year and we will breakdown the bracket for everyone at home. After listening to the episode go on ESPN and join our bracketology group "Dagger Bracketology 2022".

Are The Warriors In Trouble? Mar 10, 2022

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In this week's episode of the Dagger, we brought on our friend Karsten Bailey from the "Ball Is Law" podcast. We will start by covering the Golden State Warriors latest struggles without Draymond Green and with Klay Thompson's frustration as he tries to come back into his form. Then we will also go over a few teams that are making a late season run up the Western Conference standings and deciding whether or not they can overcome the Warriors for the third spot in the West. The last topic will be teams that will have to make some coaching decisions this summer ranging from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Brooklyn Nets. All this and much more in this week's episode so make sure you catch it!

End Of Season Crystal Ball Mar 01, 2022

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In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, there will be quite a few hot takes and predictions as to how the last quarter of the season will wrap up! One of the guys already called their NBA 2022 Champions, another speculated on the Lakers' odds, and the other is betting on a very deep and unlikely playoff run by one of the teams out west! These and many other predictions were all given in this episode of the Dagger. Stick around until the end for one of the most hilarious "Out of Bounds" questions we have ever had on this podcast!

Worst Dunk Contest Ever Feb 23, 2022

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On this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball, the crew will give a full breakdown of the NBA All-Star Weekend. For all of those of you that watched the "Slam-Dunk Contest", we will give our thoughts and it will not be pretty at all! The 3 Point Contest ended with a huge surprise, which begs the question "Is Karl-Anthony Towns the best shooting center of all time?" The second part of the episode will cover the Boston Celtics and their newfound form before the All-Star Break, is this something that can keep up into the Playoffs or will they go back to their old ways?

NBA Trade Deadline 2022 Feb 18, 2022

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On this week’s episode of the Dagger Basketball, the guys will cover last week’s NBA Trade Deadline! There were so many moves so we will bring to you the most impactful and shocking, such as James Harden moving to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Ben Simmons, Sabonis moving to the Western Conference and teaming up with De’Aaron Fox, and Kristaps Porzingis saying goodbye to Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks for good! The crew will also give out their weekly awards as usual and go "Out of Bounds" with a non-basketball related question.

Who Should Stay & Who Should Go? Feb 09, 2022

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So much to unpack from this past week of NBA Basketball! The Dagger crew will bring it all to you in this episode from the Brooklyn Nets struggles in the past few weeks with the Kevin Durant Injury and the words he and Stephen A. Smith exchanged on Twitter, the return of Kyrie Irving, the James Harden trade rumors, and their 8-game losing streak. Moving on, the guys will also give their own trade deadline predictions while also giving their takes on the Blazers-Clippers & the Pacers-Cavaliers trades that already happened prior to the deadline. A short review on the All-Star Game rosters will be given covering the snubs and any surprises from the selections.

Suns At The Top Feb 03, 2022

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This week on The Dagger Basketball, the crew will honor the late Kobe Bryant as it was recently the anniversary of his passing, with questions like how did Kobe impact the game and us personally with his Mamba Mentality. Moving along the Atlanta Hawks recently went on a 7-game win streak thus catching our attention, are they for real or is it just a fluke? The main topic of the episode, however, will be the Mid-Season Power Ranking, which team is dominating, and which teams are sitting at the bottom of the league. The Suns are taking a commanding lead but there are teams that are surging the rankings that will challenge their dominance.

Dagger's Midseason Breakdown Jan 25, 2022

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We have just passed the halfway point of the NBA season, and what a season it has been so far!! The race for the top spot in the East is still wide open as there are only 8 games separating the first spot and the twelfth. The Wild West is still an enigma with so many surprises already at the midseason mile marker. This week the crew will give out their all-star rosters and midseason NBA awards from Most Improved Player to Most Valuable Player the guys will bring to you their thoughts on who they believe should receive these awards if the season ended today. And as usual the weekly segments: Weekly Awards, Out of Bounds, and Games of the Week.

Who's Voting For These All-Stars? Jan 19, 2022

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We are back with another episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast and this week there are a wide variety of topics that the crew covered. The guys will start by giving their thoughts on the second round of All-Star voting and trust us there are plenty of surprises in both the frontcourt and guards department. Then the crew will go over the news that came from North Korea and their basketball rules, there are some crazy rules, but one might be suitable for NBA basketball. Finally, the guys will share their thoughts on Klay Thompson's return to the league after two and a half years away from the game. The episode will also feature the usual segments, the weekly awards and the "Out of Bounds".

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