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Jan 2024
1h 44m

NBA Trade Season + Bucks Talk

THE ATHLETIC
About this episode

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers bring on Sam Vecenie to discuss NBA Trade Season and who could be on the move including, Bruce Brown, Mikal Bridges, Nic Claxton, what the Sixers and Rockets might do and more.

Then in part 2, Eric Nehm of the Athletic joins us to talk about the Milwaukee Bucks, how Dame and Giannis are meshing, and why a team with such a good record could have such weird vibes around them. Then they finish with a fun edition of Andrew vs. the Beat.

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