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Basketball Buds Zach Harper, Wos Lambre, Trayvon Edwards, Jovan Buha, and Jared Weiss discuss the Sneaker Ranking article on the Athletic, the most overrated and underrated sneakers, and much more about NBA sneakers.

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Dave Dufour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow step aside this week on 'Nerder She Wrote' and welcome The Athletic's Khalid Salaam, James Edwards and Kendra Andrews to the program. The trio has an important discussion about racial injustices, their personal experiences and how people can grow going forward.

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Dave Dufour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow are joined by Keith Parish of the 'Fastbreak Breakfast' podcast to discuss the Knicks latest coaching search, some return to play ideas and the downfalls of playing in an empty arena.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow are joined by Keith Smith of Yahoo! Sports to discuss his detailing of the NBA's idea to possibly take over Disney in a return to play effort and then CBA Analyst Larry Coon joins to discuss the potential short and long-term implications of the season shutdown.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow are joined by epidemiologist Dr. Zachary Binney to discuss the latest scenarios centered around reopening of the NBA and other sports plus the guys are joined by the brans behind the 'Steak-Umm' twitter account and how they are doing their part to quell misinformation.

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Zach Harper and Marcus Thompson run through all the ripple effects of the Wolves passing on Steph Curry in the '09 Draft, and how the team's futures would have been different if the Wolves had taken Curry.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow discuss how exactly NBA teams looking for a new head coach (Knicks and Nets, maybe the Rockets and Sixers) will find their new head coach during a pandemic.  Then (25:00) what elements of the Triangle Offense still exist in in today's NBA.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow discuss what exactly it would look like if the NBA returns to play in isolation (tests needed, which team personnel would be inside the bubble, what happens if a player is exposed).  Then (21:44) lessons the NBA could learn from the virtual NFL Draft.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow on the mistake made when talking about Michael Jordan's midrange game, what exactly Scottie Pippen brought to the floor and his place in NBA history.  Plus - what elements of other sports would NSW like to see in the NBA i.e. a trophy on par with the Stanley Cup.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow are joined by Coach David Thorpe on how NBA offenses are more varied than commonly believed, why old school defensive mentality is overrated and the one big thing they'd change about the game.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow discuss the numbers behind how NBA offenses have changed over the past 6 seasons, including which spots on the floor have become the focal point of offenses.  Then at 21:00 - the actual impact if the NBA draft moves forward without any in-person workouts.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour and Seth Partnow are joined by Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, the co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine, and Dr. Zachary Binney, a sports injury epidemiologist at Emory University, to discuss what we know now about coronavirus: immunity, treatment, and how the next few weeks could look different depending on protocols in place.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow first discuss some problematic issues surrounding Zion Williamson's game.  Then at (27:22) The Athletic's NBA Draft Analyst Sam Vecenie joins the show to discuss his latest Big Board, including why LaMelo Ball deserves the top spot.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow answer some of the smartest (and oddest) questions from their listeners including which position matters the most in building a champion, would you rather: flawed #1 or an overqualified #2 and more.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow, and Mo Dakhil are joined by The Athletic's Sam Amick to talk about NBA commissioner Adam Silver's comments on how the league could return to play.  Plus the past team's you'd most want to rewatch, the past champions you'd least like to watch again and the everlasting legacy of Michael Jordan.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour and Seth Partnow are joined by Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, the co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine, and Dr. Zachary Binney, a sports injury epidemiologist at Emory University, to discuss what we know (and don't know) about the coronavirus, how it relates to the decision to suspend professional sports league's around the world, and best everyday practices for handling the virus.

Thanks to @liminalphase of @AAAS for connecting us with world leading scientists like Dr. Bottazzi and a special thanks to @Sports2STEM for his assistance as well. 

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NBA has suspended the season amid the coronavirus pandemic and Rudy Gobert reportedly testing positive for the ailment.

Featuring: Zach Harper, Dave DuFour, Wosny Lambre, Mo Dakhil, Ethan Strauss and Tony Jones

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow and Mo Dakhil are joined by The Athletic's Golden State Warriors reporter Anthony Slater to talk about the Warriors decision to play without fans in their arena due to coronavirus. Then (8:10) a debate of whether LeBron James for MVP conversation is legitimate. Plus a discussion on drop coverage.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour and Seth Partnow are joined in Boston at the Sloan Conference by Amin Elhassen, Kevin Arnovitz and Henry Abbott to discuss what was learned at Sloan, the most unique ideas to improve the NBA schedule and more.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow and Mo Dakhil dive into how the Houston Rockets have been successful on offense and defense in their ultra small-ball lineup.  Plus how opponents may attack the new scheme.  Then (26:02) the ripple effect of Giannas Antetokounmpo's and the Milwaukee Bucks starters light minutes load.

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour and Seth Partnow dive deep on the Bucks, (23:12) Suns and (44:53) Wizards, joined throughout the show by Bleacher Report's Howard Beck and The Athletic's Gina Mizell, Eric Nehm and Fred Katz.  Look out for me team specific looks as the season goes along.

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A team of a dozen writers and editors from The Athletic tell the story of the 24 hours surrounding Kobe Bryant’s death: from LeBron James’ record breaking night in Philadelphia to the helicopter crash in Calabasas and the emotional impact that followed.  

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Nerder She Wrote's Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow deliver one of the nerdiest basketball episodes of all-time.  First up: Dave and Seth are joined in Chicago by The Athletic's John Hollinger and NBC Sports' Dan Feldman to talk about the inner workings of player evaluations, draft combine secrets and more.  Then at (50:00) Dr. Nick Elam joins Dave, Seth and Mo to talk about eponymously named Elam Ending that was featured during the NBA All-Star game.

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Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow.

Topics:

How NBA teams miss on players in the draft process

Arrogance and the belief of 'our system' will turn a player realize his potential

Whether effort is the primary factor in defensive ability

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Former WNBA MVP Sylvia Fowles joins Dave DuFour in Serbia to talk international women's basketball, the new game-changing WNBA CBA, and what is behind Fowles' drive to become a mortician as her post-playing career.

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