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Mar 2023
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Bomani Jones on the NBA MVP debate and m...

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On this week's Hoops Adjacent, Bomani Jones from HBO and ESPN joins the show to discuss the inside process to his HBO show: Game Theory with Bomani Jones. Plus - the complexities of the Jokic v. Giannis v. Embiid MVP debate, what a Steph Curry tell-all would say and Kyrie Irving's impact in Dallas.

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