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Point of Contention with Ethan Strauss, James Edwards III and Mo Dakhil.Take 1: lakers x Heat, what to expect.Take 2: Doc Rivers Out, the right move?Take 3: Are Replay Reviews killing the game?Take 4: Get your BIG BOARD out it’s time to Draft.Take 5: Finals Predictions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David and Wos welcome to the show, NBC Sports' Tom Haberstroh to talk about how it all went for the NBA and the Bubble, Lakers-Heat, covering LeBron in Miami and ESPN's The Heat Index, and finally Doc Rivers and the Clippers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tampering: On today's show Sam Amick is joined by Jeanie Buss, Lakers owner, to discuss the Lakers return to the NBA Finals, tragedy in amongst the Lakers this year, how LeBron is different from other stars the Lakers have had, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, Tray Edwards, Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Andrew Schlect react to the Heat winning in Six games over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals and preview the Lakers vs Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow and Mo Dakhil. In this week's episode the guys deep dive on the Heat-Celtics Eastern Conference Finals including,Miami’s dominant zone, Bam Adebayo dominance and everyone new Hero, Tyler Herro, Then, a rant from Seth about young players going off. The future is now! Finally thoughts on Lakers-Nuggets prior to Game 4. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Point of Contention. A Debate Show. With Marcus Thompson, ESPN's Amin Elhassan and Zach Harper. Take 1: The Nuggets are back baby! Take 2: What’s going on ...with Bron?Take 3: Did Gordon Hayward save the Celtics?Take 4: Billy's Bull's + Black Head Coaches Shunned AgainTake 5: LeBron's MVP Ploy x Players Hate PlayersProduced by Jade Hoye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Hoops Adjacent, FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver drops by to talk about the "Hot Hand," reflecting on Jeremy Lin and "Linsanity." Also what to make of great performances in the Bubble, is it real? Then, insight into polling for the the 2020 Election and comparisons to 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Amick is joined by Bill Oram and Anthony Slater to discuss Anthony Davis' big moment with the Lakers, his legacy since leaving New Orleans, Kobe's influence on this title run, a great KD story from Slater, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, BIG Wos, BLK Tray, Jay King and Dave DuFour recap the dramatic end to Game 2 between the Lakers and Nuggets. Also checking in on Celtics-Heat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Nerder with Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow, the guys try to sort through the Lakers and Nuggets matchup, discuss the importance of chemistry, and a new installment of “Is this a thing?Topics:Lakers x NuggetsCenter matchupGuardsJokic/Murray pick and rollDon’t let anyone but LeBron beat youIt takes more than talent to winClippers lack of chemistryDoc doesn’t practiceHard to put pieces together vs. adding a pieceMiami and Jimmy Butler, SpursIs this a thing?Changing of the guardYounger players in prominent roles (Tatum, Brown, Bam, Murray, Jokic)All 4 coaches under the age of 50Relying on veterans in the playoffs even when they are struggling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.