Exploring the financial implications and team roles in negotiating contract extensions for players Holiday and Grayson Allen, as well as the challenges faced by teams like Boston and Phoenix in making these decisions.
Zach and ESPN's Bobby Marks run through their preliminary list of candidates for All-NBA. Then the NBA's Head of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars and the Senior VP of Referee Training and Development Monty McCutchen join to discuss why scoring has dipped since the All-Star Break, ideas to help defenders, and the unintended consequences of the 65-game rule for awards.
Bucks still trying to figure it out (15:48)
Brunson is going to make an All-NBA team and state of the Knicks (29:05)
Rounding out All-NBA candidates (35:32)
Sixers in disarray without Embiid (48:58)
Dumars and McCutchen (1:01:27)
On scoring being down since the All-Star break (1:04:23)
Ideas to help defenders (1:14:45)
On how the 65-game rule is working (1:29:43)
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