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In this week's Point of Contention, Marcus Thompson and Ethan Strauss debate. Hosted by Zach Harper.Take 1: On Monday night the Nuggets lost Jamal Murray to a season ending ACL tear to his left knee. Murray suffered the noncontact injury during the Nuggets' 116-107 loss to the Golden State Warriors. A truly BRUTAL injury. Take 2: An Enormous Mistake! First it was Luka Doncic criticizing the NBA’s play-in tournament, now it’s Mark Cuban. In a series of messages sent to ESPN, the Mavs owner said this…Take 3: Fellas, while you were away, Im not sure if you noticed, but James Wiseman was injured, and will be out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. As a result, questions immediately began to swirl on whether the Warriors should pack it in and tank the rest of the season.Take 4: Continuing our weekly look at the NBA MVP race with BetMGM.com... and it’s still Nicola Jocic at the top at -160, followed by Joel Embiid at +225, then Damian Lillard +1000 and LeBron James +1200. Ethan if I gave you $1000 dollars, who would you bet on?Take 5: Fellas, I’d like you to get out your crystal balls...who will win the Eastern Conference this year? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sports Illustrated's Chris Herring drops by to talk to David Aldridge and Wos Lambre about the devastating injury to Jamal Murray. What it means to the Western Conference playoffs? Also, the Jazz and their chances once playoff time rolls around. Also the importance of rebounding, David's "white whale." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Amick and Anthony Slater are joined by Law Murray to discuss the Los Angeles Clippers.Is Kawhi in the MVP conversation?Would the Clippers want the Lakers in round 1?Would the Clippers rather play the Mavs or Blazers?Do they want to avoid the Nuggets?All that and more with Law, including his career path to the Athletic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Jay King and Tray Edwards talk about the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves to Alex Rodriguez and billionaire Marc Lore for $1.5 Billion dollars. Then the strange feud between Kyrie Irving and Dennis Schroder Saturday nights as the Lakers crushed the Nets. Finally the shocking Suns and Chris Paul's MVP case and the culture reset. Also some breaking news during the show, Warriors' James Wiseman out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. MVP talk.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are excited to announce The Athletic's new podcast series - Shattered: Hope, Heartbreak and the New York Knicks. Hosted by hip-hop legend Chuck D, the series dives deep on the past 20 years of the Knicks. Shattered reveals never-heard-before stories about the Knicks, team owner James Dolan and the NBA, with interviews from dozens of voices including franchise legend Patrick Ewing.This is the first 5 minutes of episode one - a look at how the 90's Knicks team broke apart. To listen to the rest click this link or search Shattered wherever you get your podcasts. A new episode of Shattered will be released every Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week in the NBA, which player on the Grizzlies outside of Ja Morant Jaren Jackson can raise their ceiling, and then bring in Law Murray of the Athletic to discuss the Clippers, their title odds, how Paul George navigates the hate, and then some trivia!Stay til the end to hear who’s next on the wheel of fandom.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Nerder, Dave, Seth and Mo talk about "Veteranosity" and why teams sometimes play vets in spite of evidence that a young player is better. Then the guys introduce a new segment called 'The NBA Circle of Life.' This week, the death of the Warriors Dynasty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this edition of Point of Contention Jay King and James Edwards III debate. Hosted by Zach Harper.Take 1: Fellas we are 50 games into the season, for most roughly 22 left until the playoffs and taking a look at the Western Conference, the Jazz, the Suns, Clippers and Nuggets are atop the Conference The injury riddled Lakers are 5th and falling fast!Take 2: Last Saturday morning the NBA world woke up to what appeared to be an all night party with Paul Pierce, his friends playing poker, some “companions” if you know what I mean, and someone called Monica who, as Pierce himself said “could make some money.” Part of the festivities were broadcasted live for roughly 300 people on Instagram live.Take 3: Clearly this has been a very mediocre season for Brad Stevens’ Celtics, and as noted in many a previous episode they don’t have a clear #1 guy, they don’t have a clear leader, they don’t have a signature style, yada yada yada.Take 4: Continuing our weekly look at the Awards race with BetMGM.com... Last week we did Rookie of the Year, this week let’s do Defensive Player of the Year and it’s basically a two horse race right now.Take 5: Blowouts. Earlier in the week guys “the Raptors uncorked the biggest blowout of NBA season in 130-77 destruction of Warriors” as one headline put it. At one point, the Raptors led by 61 points, the largest lead that any team has had this season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest Hoops Adjacent with David Aldridge and Wos Lambre the fellas talk to Mike Smeltz , Producer of The Athletic's new podcast 'Shattered: Hope, Heartbreak and the New York Knicks' narrated by Chuck D. Then, 76ers reporter Derek Bodner drops in for a deep dive on the Philadelphia 76ers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Amick, Fred Katz, and Anthony Slater bring in Mike Singer from the Denver Post to discuss the Denver Nuggets and the NBA at large.Nuggets or Clippers, Jokic or the field for MVP, Healthy Nets or healthy Lakers, Are the Jazz true contenders? All that and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.