The Athletic NBA Daily

Tom Haberstroh, Zach Harper, Dave DuFour, Big Wos, Anthony Mayes

Produced by: Rob Lopez

Rundown:

Eminem

First Michael Jordan memory

Wos vs Ted

Dwyane Wade’s new hair

Cookout vs In ‘N Out

Fastfood Fries

Lakers struggles mounting

Is LeBron coasting or resting?

Knocks on LeBron’s legacy

Stephen Curry’s legacy

Does KD need Steph or does Steph need KD?

Lakers missing the playoffs

Brandon Ingram’s progression

Making bad comparisons

Lakers plans falling apart

Wos-isms

Bad Intros, good shows?

Pregame potty

Russ vs Rubio

Russ’ new role on OKC

MVP discussions

Boston’s issues

Mad superstars

Kawhi’s weather worries

Ethan investigates Warriors ‘Phase 3’

End

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Anthony Mayes, Jerome Cheng, Sarah the Pharmacist, Vic Jacobi, Rich Gunz and Mama Hoye. 

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour and Coach David Thorpe on Zion Williamson going down last night, and the absurdity of one-and-done. Plus Anthony Davis back in the lineup, and the MVP race. 

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Basketball Buds: BIG Wos, Tom Haberstroh, Dave DuFour, Ethan Strauss and Zaxh Harper. 

Produced by: Jade Hoye

Rundown: 

Cardi B eating 

Zach vs Magic fans

Do we like players picking the ASG teams?

Giannis to the Warriors!

Making the ASG better b/c it's booooring. 

500 Days of Summer digression 

Manny Machado gets $300M what would LeBron in his prime get?

How did the Knicks not pay LeBron under the table?

ESPN story: Tim Donaghy conspired to fix NBA games

ASG tidbits

Kyrie and KD talking 

Steph getting trapped

Hated Harden

Harden wishes he played in a more free flowing offense

Dunk Contest

Dog Talk

Richard Attenborough's Dynasties 

More on Donaghy

Bacon

Hunting and Meat Eating

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Sarah, Matt Ruffin, Dan The Man, ASAP Ferz and Mama Hoye. 

Produced by: Jade Hoye

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour, David Thorpe and Mo Dakhil

Rundown: 

TrueHoop Back

Michael Jordan's Ego

Eastern Conference 

Trade Deadline Assessment

Philly's chemistry concerns 

Mo not buying the Bucks

Coach likes Raps, Gasol

Gasol, start or bench?

Basic Brad's Celtics

Real or Illusion?

Clutch Kyrie

Two Seasons

Dave DuHedge predicts Nets upset immediately retracts 

Kings, Spurs, Clippers, Lakers. Whose out?

Nuggets, Thunder have any chance vs Warriors?

Thunder playoff pretenders?

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Rundown:

Corey Brewer story time

Ethan in witness protection?

Fences mended

Where does KD's frustration come from?

Being compared to LeBron?

Money flex?

Shades of LeBron's "At the end of the day" rant

The role of media

It's not that complicated. KD is ducking the media. 

Warriors are not confident he is returning. Why hide it!

Ethan's book

Warriors starting lineup not so good lately

Defensive rebounding. Second chance points.

Paul George for 3rd place in MVP

Russ deserved MVP?

This is not baseball

Defining MVP

Losing control and fumbling 

Dirk in the 3-point contest

Morey's PR MVP Harden machine

"MVP-Ball"

Tucker breaks Doncic throws ball to his ghost

Lakers-Pelicans "War of Leaks"

AD play or sit?

Should Pelicans have made the trade?

Magic Johnson 

Rich Paul 

Cold War between LeBron and NBA owners?

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The Friday Mailbag Part 1: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Jerome Cheng

With Kariemah Shah, Sarah the Pharmacist and Dave DuFour

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour and David Thorpe and BIG Wos

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Basketball Buds on Twitch: Zach Harper, Tom Haberstroh, BIG Wos, Ethan Strauss, Dave DuFour and Anthony Mayes. 

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Rundown:

Anthony Davis 

Klutch Psyop

How trade days have changed over the years

It seems like the Lakers are making progress

Has it backfired?

The Drama > The Game

Warriors ruined basketball is why people love trade speculation

Media is a bunch of boosters

Point of Contention

NBA is losing b/c players have one foot out the door

A Darwinian Hellscape

Value of Lakers roster not optimized

Are they better if they are not on Lakers

Also, are Celtic players overrated?

What happens when Kyrie leaves? 

Jason Tatum

How has LeBron handled this? 

Blood boys

Baldness and basketball mortality theory

Anthony Davis' game is boring

Zach Harper AD Truther

Is he a generational talent? 

KG vs AD

AD Top 25 ever?

Kevin Durant not talking to the media???

John Wall ruptures achilles at home, out for 12 month

End

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Jerome Cheng, Mariano Bivins and Tom Haberstroh. 

Special guests: Anton Ham from Indonesia and Jordan Blue who attended Fyre Festival, sort of. 

Produced by: Jade Hoye

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Emergency Porzingis Trade Pod with Dave DuFour, Zach Harper, Jared Dubin, Coach Thorpe and Ethan Strauss

THEN...

Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour, Coach David Thorpe and Adam Mares.

Rundown 

The Polar Vortex

Anthony Davis Soap Opera

Coach Thorpe AD Rant

Take everything from the Lakers!

Pelicans Organization is a mess

LeBron and Davis together

Demps to blame?

Unless they (NOLA) change, what's the point?

Pelicans need to tank now?

Jahlil Okafor is good!

Humble + System

Great touch and footwork 

Conditioning 

Emmanuel Mudiay 

Second chance guys 

Alvin Gentry fired up

Questions

Is Athleticism overrated 

Robert Covington vs Kawhi Leonard

Who could Lakers replace Luke Walton with?

LeBron already knows who it is. 

Jason Kidd?

Back up the truck for Jay Wright 

Mark Jackson?

Porzingis wants out of New York

Pre Agency and Qualifying offers

Is all this better for the league?

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Basketball Buds: A special LIVE Twitch version of the show with Zach Harper, Tom Haberstroh, BIG Wos, Ethan Strauss, Dave DuFour and Eden Liu

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Rundown:

Anthony Davis

Small markets are suffocating Big stars

Bad market vs Bad Management

Best package for Davis? 

Knicks with KP

PG vs Westbrook

Radio Ethan

Cuck history

Trade AD out of spite?

Jrue Holiday and others future?

Potential offers out there

Knicks / AD / KD

Cousins

Klay Thompson situation 

Klutch weirdness

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Sarah the Pharmacist, Jerome Cheng and Dave DuFour. 

Special guest: Kaan Erel

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour and David Thorpe

Rundown

Harden on fire, can it last? 

Guarding Harden

The Spurs on a run

Defense 

DeMar DeRozan story time

76ers without Butler

Simmons with Embiid

Putting the pieces together

Lessons from Showtime Lakers

Simmons & Giannis and improvement 

Paul George vs Russ

MVP!!

Victor Oladipo injury

What do the Pacers do now? 

Damian Lillard and Nurkic

Time to trade CJ McCollum 

Closing thoughts

End

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Basketball Buds: Dave DuFour, Tom Haberstroh, BIG Wos, Mariano Bivins, Ethan Strauss and Anthony Mayes

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Topics: 

Boogie Back Be Scared

Playmaking ability

Boogie Death Lineup

Lakers are trash 

Poor player development 

Brandon Ingram

Anthony Davis 

James Harden 

Guarding Giannis

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Jerome Cheng, Dave DuFour and Sarah the Pharmacist. 

With: Jane Kim and Rahel Haile

Special guests: Josh from New Zealand, Alicia Solomon, Nabeel Zuberi and Ilia Shatassvilli

Produced by: Jade Hoye

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour and David Thorpe answer listener questions. 

Topics: 

Warriors are untouchable 

Curry is a force

Blake Griffin's mechanics 

Shooting on the way up

What to watch for when you like a bad team

How much can we expect the West to change? 

Grizzlies are broken

Guy who needs a change of scenery?

Teaching the basics

More zone lately? 

Brad Stevens Debate

How coaches evolve

Billy Donavan and Russ

Westbrook's regression

Dennis Smith trade rumors 

AAU vs Euro camps

Donovan MItchell 

Jimmy Butler vs Brett Brown

Final thoughts

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Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Mariano Bivins, Tom Haberstroh, Ethan Strauss and Anthony Mayes.

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour and David Thorpe

Topics:

Tom Thibodeau

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Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Tom Haberstroh, Ethan Strauss, Dave DuFour and Mariano Bivins. 

Produced by: Jade Hoye

Topics: 

Thibadeau Decode

Pelicans are a football team

Obligatory Anthony Davis' Future Segment 

Doing Lines with Ethan 

The Fat Doncic 

Derrick Rose 'Kill Yourself'

R Kelly

End

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Sarah the Pharmacist, Victoria Jacobi, Anthony Mayes, James MacSorley, Dave DuFour and Jerome Cheng. 

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour and David Thorpe

Rundown: 

Lonzo Ball free throws

Lakers without LeBron

James Harden & The Rockets

Wizards trade options 

3 Best players Under 26

Luka Doncic The Hipster Baby Jesus

Zion in ATL 

Draft Reform / Rookie Free Agency Plan

Wolves Regression 

Andrew Wiggins 

Grizzlies 

Celtics 

Marcus Morris All Star?

Final Thoughts

End

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Rundown: 

Bird Box Good or Nah?

Russ Westbrook Debate

Is he as good as he thinks he is? 

Defense

Tanking and Zion

LeBron Underrated and Under Appreciated 

Dwane Casey upset 

WW2 Digression

Warriors Aggregation Segment

The Draymond Green Problem

Someone has to go! 

Klay too?

Boogie Cousins fix this?

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BLK Tray, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Jerome Cheng, Sarah the Pharmacist, Anthony Mayes and special Fan Duel winner guest, Jonathan Zoob.

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Mariano Bivins, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Sarah the Pharmacist, Jerome Cheng, Kariemah Shah, Angela Gaile and a special appearance from  Greyson and Sadie Hoye. 

Produced by: Jade Hoye

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour, David Thorpe and special guest Hall of Fame reporter, David Aldridge from the Athletic DC

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Rundown: 

Favorite Holiday drinks

Wizards / Wall 

Dwight Howard

Wall's effort / inconsistency 

LeBron and Anthony Davis

Celtics have better assets with Kyrie caveat

Stars playing with LeBron 

Chris Bosh as an example

Too many stars in Boston

Rockets / James Harden / West

What are you watching Coach?

Too many 3s a problem?

Final thoughts

Appreciate The Game

LeBron's message to his son

End

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Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, Tom Haberstroh, Ethan Strauss, Dave DuFour, Anthony Mayes and Jovan Buha. 

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Rundown: 

James Harden

What's the problem?

Refs this year

Clippers regressing to the mean

Rockets good now?

Chris Paul washed

Still injured? Getting old?

Behind the Rockets 4 game win streak

Thunder are the #2 team in the West

Lakers have LeBron tho

Kemba regression

Welcome Ethan

Grizz or Clipps, who's more legit? 

Trail Blazers 

What is cute ugly?

French Bull Dogs can't have sex

Fan Duel x NBA

LeBron broken hand in last year's Finals

Lines

The carry is worse then the travel

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Mama Hoye, Matt Ruffin, Dave DuFour and Sarah.

With: Jerome Cheng, Rich Gunz and Ricky Logan.

Produced by: Jade Hoye

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Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour, David Thorpe and Ethan Strauss. 

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Rundown: 

Sleep Monitors

Drinking and sleep

What's going on with the Bulls?

Grace and maturity vs Machismo

Michael Jordan vs Malik Monk

Zion Williamson's Potential 

Welcome Ethan Strauss

The Life of an NBA Spy (Advanced Scouting)

Why choose this life?

Warriors' mid range shooting 

Klay Thompson

Bored Warriors

MVPs

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Dave DuFour is joined by Blk Tray and special guest Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo! Sports. The trio talks about a three-game Tuesday night in the NBA, the latest in the Bulls dysfunction, a bounce-back game from Kyle Lowry, the Rockets show signs of life and the guys make their early season picks for the Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, Big Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Sarah, Anthony Mayes, Dave DuFour, Mama Hoye and Maskims. 

Special guest: Andre Trottie

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Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour and Coach David Thorpe

Appreciating Defense

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Rundown: 

Allen Iverson story time with Coach

Let's talk about defense 

Thunder without Roberson are good

Westbrook has been great

Memphis too

Men in the middle

Marc Gasol

Elasticity

Jaren Jackson is going to be a Hall of Famer

Like a running back

The "Economy of Movement"

Faking effort 

Joakim Noah back

If he's healthy...watch out. 

Motor and energy are off the charts

Timberwolves 

Karl Towns fools gold? 

Andrew Wiggins 

Derrick Rose unreal

Dario Saric

Who would have thought?

Lakers 

Lonzo's defense

Kuzma

Anthony Davis future

Final thoughts

End

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Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, Tom Habersteroh, BIG Wos and Dave DuFour

Produced by: Jade Hoye

Rundown:

Nerder She Wrote

Jade's Esophagus Injury

Flavored Beer

Mexican Beer is German?

Basic Brad Live Show in Boston

Fred Hoiberg Fired

The timing!

Jabari Parker / Lauri Markannan 

Who are they building around?

Spurs digression

Where do the Bulls go from here?

Didn't deserve to get fired didn't deserve to keep his job

Fred Hoiberg to Minnesota?

Coach whiplash

Karl-Anthony Towns

Timberwolves since Butler trade

Daryl "D-Mo" Morey lied to Tom Haberstroh

The Rockets still suck

Giannis punching people in the dick

Kobe comments decoded

Anthony Davis 

Dell Demps vs Alvin Gentry

No one has ever turned down the Super Max

End

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Sarah the Pharmacist, Anthony Mayes, Dave DuFour and Mama Hoye.

Special guests: Andre Trotte and Andre Barrera

Produced by: Jade Hoye

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Rundown: 

We're doing video?

Nuggets are good!

Paul Millsap's effect

Mike Malone coaching well and talking shit 

Has done well with missing pieces 

Nikola Jokic 

Being "one pass away"

Offensive rebounding strategies

Ethan Strauss' "Next Trillion Dollar Innovation"

Passing off the backboard 

Thorpe, Pete D'Alessandro and Jason Williams story time

Learning the game through tradition and innovation 

Ban The Charge! 

Wisconsin player taking 5 charges 

Innovations / Improvements

Developmental innovations

Ignorance in youth basketball 

Rim height

Teaching yourself, experience vs instructional learning  

"Players have to play"

Scrimmaging in practice 

A.I. and pattern recognition in basketball

On the fly learning 

Speed and mental quickness 

Lonzo Ball is smart

Clone Wars: Team LeBron vs Team Giannis 

Gregg Popovich is bored with the game 

Too many 3s

Players getting longer, defending 3 getting better

Bigs can play small...can small guys play big?

Life is Basketball is Life

So many unicorns 

Final thoughts

Thorpe's Love Letter to The Game 

End

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Rundown: 

Mock Drafts in November

T Shirt Gatling Guns

How good is Nikola Vucevic?

Greg Monroe vibes

Nobody respects Kevin Durant 

KD's defense lacking

Pacing himself 

Celtic and Basic Brad

Need an offensive coordinator 

No good shooters?

Too many long 2's 

The West is a mess

Jazz and Rockets

Thunder 

Mitchell doing too little or too much?

Not enough small ball lineups 

What's wrong with Houston?

Harden's big night's not so impressive

Need to push the pace

The Warriors have no competition

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Dave DuFour, Blk Tray and Justin Rowan talk about a four-game Tuesday night in the NBA. The guys chat about the Wizards comeback win over the Clippers, Toronto needing a clutch shot to beat the Magic, the mounting struggles for the Heat and more.

Jared Weiss of The Athletic joins to talk about the Celtics recent struggles.

Produced by: Rob Lopez

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Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, Tom Haberstroh, BIG Wos, David Thorpe and Dave DuFour. 

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Rundown: 

What's going on in Sac Town?

Dave Joerger issues really?

Refusing to tank

Bagley not playing enough?

Vivek or Vlade

Brandon Williams vs Dave Joerger

No incentive to tank

Kemba Walker Keeper

Better than Kyrie? Nah. 

Gordon Hayward benched

Kemba like Curry

Hornets are not so good

John Wall trade possible?

Wizards' Flea Market

Otto Porter moveable 

Celtics

Jaylen Brown

Jayson Tatum

Players need more oxygen

Not getting to the basket enough

Hayward not the same player

Markelle Fultz issues

Jump shot free throws

Free throw science 

Coach's Shaq story 

Wall vs Scott Brooks

This was Washington's year!

JR Smith / Cavs split

Possible landing spots

Steven Adams is a beast

Hypothetical: Adams vs Pekovic steel cage match

Grizzlies back!

Marc Gasol 

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour and Coach David Thorpe answer listener questions. 

Topics: 

Family Matters

What's the best Turkey substitute?

Go to Holiday cocktail?

The challenge of coaching Lebron. Ty Lue. 

Ben Simmons at his peak?

Markelle Fultz X-Files territory

Time to worry about the Jazz?

Fixing the Wiz

KD vs Dray + risking it all

Spurs adjusted outlook

Least favorite stat

Thanksgiving wishes

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Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Tom Haberstroh, Dave DuFour and SB Nation's Mike Prada. 

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Topics: 

What's wrong with Wall?

Wizards Woes

Ernie Grunfeld the Untouchable 

We don't trash the magic enough

Wall trade hypos 

Welcome Jimmy Butler

Fultz Issues continue 

Nerve issue?

Are the 76ers to blame for some of this?

What now? 

Melo-Nuggets PTSD

Kawhi Hypotheticals Retrospect

Jayson Tatum and Terry Rozier overrated?

Carmelo Anthony

Caris Lavert injury miracle 

In or Out? 

Pacers

Trail Blazers

Sac Kings

Dennis Schroder

D'Angelo Russell

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An emergency episode brings Dave DuFour, Blk Tray, John Wilmes and Zach Harper together to talk about the Timberwolves decision to trade Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers, according to multiple reports.

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, Eden Liu, Anthony Mayes, Dave DuFour, Imman A, Sarah the Pharmacist, Kariemah Shah and Mama Hoye. 

Special guests: Miguel Enrique Montoya, Matt in AQ and Megan Hines. 

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour, Coach David Thorpe and SB Nation's Seerat Sohi. 

Rundown:

76ers-Fultz Issues

JJ Redick

Not running your best lineups in November

Simmons / Fultz 

Embiid and switching 

The trap teams are falling into 

Trae Young switch buster

Hope in Atlanta!

Comp: Mark Price

Jaren Jackson Jr looks real good

What does Memphis do now? Win now. 

Anthony Davis' future in LA or Philly?

Final thoughts

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Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Dave DuFour, Tom Haberstroh and The Athletic's Sam Amick 

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Topics: 

Murray vs Kyrie

Unwritten rules and being disrespectful

Kyrie's Celtics future

Chatter Chatter

New Raps same as last year

Let's talk Lakers

At what point do things come to a head?

Magic management style is tough

LeBron has not been great

Ingram on the block

Playing with LeBron

Anthony Davis on the way?

The Clippers 

Jayson "Kobe" Tatum 

Young players are stupid

Welcome Tom Haberstroh

Vince Carter storied with Sam

Shorter shorts

Sam and Ben Stiller best friends

Tom Thibodeau on the hot seat?

Rather be the Wolves or Wizards?

IG trainer vids

Players who block reporters and why?

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The Friday Mailbag: BIG Wos, Zach Harper, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Sarah the Pharmacist, Jerome Cheng, Anthony Canton III and Mama Hoye. 

Special guests: Daniel Menenez, Natalie Leist and Scott T from Chicago. 

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Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour, David Thorpe and Sport Illustrated's and host of 'The Breakaway' Podcast, Rob Mahoney. 

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Topics: 

Halloween Recap

Coach a dog or cat guy?

Dog DNA test?

The changing offensive game

Taking more 3s

Defenses are not good right now

Switching 

Warriors look unbeatable, why even watch?

Curry hunting his shots 

Patient Durant

Jimmy "Bubble Wrapped" Butler

Derrick Rose revitalized 

Big Men Back in the NBA?

Letting it fly!

Big Men lineups on the rise? 

What's wrong with the Pelicans? 

The Rockets really look bad

They look like a completely different team

Wizards are a mess. Can it be fixed? 

Otto Porter trade destinations

Final Thoughts

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The Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, Tom Haberstroh, BIG Wos, Anthony Mayes and special guest Ryen Russillo. 

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Topics: 

Daily Ding

Spotify vs Apple vs Tidal

Klay Thompson went off

Warriors are too good

Steph is humble 

Welcome Ryen Russillo 

Steph a system player? 

The most disrespected superstar? 

Hello Dad LeBron!

The West is relentless

LeBron not playing D

Being in LA not as planned out as people think

Anthony Davis Wild Card

Issues recruiting players to LA

Worried about Kyrie?

Offensive issues / clunky 

Getting awkwrd

Raptors looking good / Small Ibaka

76ers still think they were going to get LeBron

Rich Paul anxiety

The Process supposed to get you MJ?

Markelle Fultz rehab ugh

How the pieces fit

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The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Imman A, Mama Hoye, Anthony Canton III and Sarah the Pharmacist answer listener questions on Twitter. 

With Rich Gunz from Philly and Paul Bisceglia from Phoenix. 

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