Debating All-NBA Criteria and Rule Subjectivity

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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