Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss:

• A listener question about playing with joy (email your question to truehoop@truehoop.com) which absolutely matters in the case of Immanuel Quickley.
• How the Raptors are different after trading OG Anunoby.
• Why the TrueHoop podcast doesn't have sports gambling ads.
• Why Pascal Siakam would be amazing on the Thunder.
• Should the Suns trade Kevin Durant?
• The best team in Los Angeles.
• The best player in the world.
• With a time machine, Joel Embiid would destroy Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
• The league's top five teams.

Mentioned in this story:

• Ben Krauss's Slow Boring article on the perils of sports gambling.
• The Wirecard executive who was really a Russian spy.

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