Anthony Davis’ roller coaster debut | Jimmy Butler cooks with Curry
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🗓️ 10 February 2025
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Summary
Anthony Davis made his Dallas Mavericks debut in the midst of a fan protest. Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita react to AD’s debut, the rescinded trade between the Lakers and Hornets, and Jimmy Butler’s perfect fit with the Warrior. Then, the Athletic’s Christian Clark joins the show to discuss the timeline of the Luka Doncic trade, the fan reaction, Anthony Davis’ latest injury, and the comments from Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita, Es Baraheni & Christian Clark
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
Read Christian’s story on AD’s debut: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6123613/2025/02/08/anthony-davis-mavericks-max-christie-luka-doncic/
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
| 0:09.0 | His game might be over, but yours isn't. |
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| 0:40.3 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:42.0 | Quick addendum to the show. |
| 0:47.5 | Anthony Davis is going to miss a little bit of time with his injury that he suffered in his debut. |
| 0:52.1 | You're going to hear us talk about it a little bit, and we weren't sure when he was going to be back. We got news late on Sunday that he was going to miss |
| 0:56.0 | multiple weeks with an adductor strain. So keep that in mind when you listen to the show, but still |
| 1:00.9 | a lot of good reporting from Christian Clark on the ground in Dallas. So here's the show. |
| 1:07.7 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, we have a rescinded trade. |
| 1:13.4 | AD and Jimmy Bowler made their debuts. |
| 1:15.8 | And Christian Clark is here to talk about the fan backlash for Nico Harrison and the Dallas Mavericks. |
| 1:33.7 | Yeah. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, guys. |
| 1:40.3 | Not very often I get to exclaim the reverse of a trade. |
| 1:41.8 | Usually, hey, we've got a trade. |
| 1:43.5 | We have a rescinded trade. |
| 1:45.4 | This is very rare. But unfortunately, we've got a trade. We have a rescinded trade. This is very rare. |
| 1:51.5 | But unfortunately, this trade has fallen through. The Lakers and Hornets, their trade for Mark Williams and Dalton Connect has fallen through because Mark Williams has, they found multiple |
| 1:58.6 | issues on his physical. The Lakers did. |
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