On today's TrueHoop Jarod Hector and David Thorpe discuss: Kevin Durant's turned ankle pre-game spoiled his Suns home debut. What now? Fred VanVleet is not happy with official Ben Taylor and thinks it's personal, David has a take Hawk-Eye is coming to the NBA. What does that mean for fans and the league? How do Jarod and David see the East and West playoff seeds shaking out? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's TrueHoop, after heavy technical issues, Jarod Hector and David Thorpe discuss: The NBA has compelling races the last 5 weeks of the season. The games matter for most teams in the league. The concern in Memphis for Ja Morant  Are the Knicks for real? The NBA's broadcast partners doing a bad job promoting the league Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TrueHoop's David Thorpe has clients who play in the NBA right now. He texts them videos of key plays, with teaching points to make them better. Jarod Hector learned about that, and got a little jealous. Wouldn't you want to get messages like that? TrueHoop Tactics is basically that: your chance to get the kinds of messages David Thorpe sends players. What did David see during the Philadelphia 76ers game against the Dallas Mavericks? How does he advise his players to defend Kyrie Irving?   Please leave us feedback to make this show better as we go forward. Thanks for watching and listening.   This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/TRUEHOOP and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's TrueHoop Henry Abbott, Jarod Hector and David Thorpe are joined by longtime NBA writer Howard Beck. They discuss: The return of Kevin Durant and what this means for the Phoenix Suns Yet another troubling story about Ja Morant. Howard offers some intelligent perspective on reporting. The trouble with "sports media" and the Nikola Jokic conversation  The NBA/NBPA new collective bargaining agreement. Jarod thinks it's the most important deal for the league's future.    This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/TRUEHOOP and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's TrueHoop Jarod Hector and David Thorpe discuss: Damian Lillard's huge scoring night. David says a lot of factors made that happen for Dame, including the opponent. Jason Kidd thinks the Mavericks need to grow up, David thinks Kidd should be fired.  Nikola Jokic is averaging a triple double and will likely win his third straight MVP. Are we overvaluing Jokic and not giving his team's playoff performances enough weight? We wrote a story about it too! NBA and NBPA are close to a new collective bargaining agreement. Jarod believes this is a big moment for the league's future.    This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/TRUEHOOP and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's TrueHoop Jarod Hector and David Thorpe discuss: The backlash over the All-Star game is a symptom of trouble ahead for the NBA Jarod identifies the top contenders for the title and David explains what he needs to see from each team the last month of the regular season. The disturbing situation around Alabama's Brandon Miller, a potential top-3 pick in June's NBA draft Is Bronny James a top-10 pick in the 2024 draft? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's TrueHoop Henry Abbott and Jarod Hector are joined by Dr. Theresa Runstedtler, author of the forthcoming book Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA  They discuss: What led Theresa to writing a book about these specific NBA players? Who has governance over the Black body? How did the policies and incidents that shaped America in the 1960s and 1970s shape NBA policies and vice versa? The struggles fought for then are still the same struggles that are bing played out now with load management and the collective bargaining agreement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's TrueHoop Jarod Hector and David Thorpe discuss: Mike Brown's improvement as a coach beyond X's and O's Draymond Green sounds off on Warriors lack of defense David's new favorite team is the Nets and he wrote about it here Top 5 NBA teams right now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's TrueHoop Jarod Hector and David Thorpe discuss: LeBron, Steph, KD, and Jaylen Brown are all injured. What does this mean for title odds and predictions? The Suns have depth issues, how do they address? James Harden shared thoughts about his time in Brooklyn. What's he really saying? David likes how the Cavaliers execute on both sides of the floor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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