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Apr 2021
1h 5m

The Gritty Lakers, Trading CJ McCollum, ...

THE ATHLETIC
About this episode

On today's episode Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers recap the week that was in the NBA, dive into the Lakers gritty defense, integrating Andre Drummond, and LeBron James improbable run. Then Alex proposes 5 fake CJ McCollum trades, but will they change the trajectory of the Blazers?

Then we celebrate some NBA birthdays before we bring in Ethan Strauss of the Athletic to discuss the Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry's amazing season, the future of James Wiseman, is Steve Kerr a problem?, and then we play some Warriors trivia.

Stay tuned to see what team we will discuss next week with the Wheel of Fandom!

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