Basketball Buds: KD's Frustration, Defining MVP, War of Leaks
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🗓️ 12 February 2019
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, Tom Haberstroh, Dave DuFour, BIG Wos and Ethan Strauss
Produced by: Jade Hoye
Sponsored by:Â http://getroman.com/b2b
Rundown:
Corey Brewer story time
Ethan in witness protection?
Fences mended
Where does KD's frustration come from?
Being compared to LeBron?
Money flex?
Shades of LeBron's "At the end of the day" rant
The role of media
It's not that complicated. KD is ducking the media.Â
Warriors are not confident he is returning. Why hide it!
Ethan's book
Warriors starting lineup not so good lately
Defensive rebounding. Second chance points.
Paul George for 3rd place in MVP
Russ deserved MVP?
This is not baseball
Defining MVP
Losing control and fumblingÂ
Dirk in the 3-point contest
Morey's PR MVP Harden machine
"MVP-Ball"
Tucker breaks Doncic throws ball to his ghost
Lakers-Pelicans "War of Leaks"
AD play or sit?
Should Pelicans have made the trade?
Magic JohnsonÂ
Rich PaulÂ
Cold War between LeBron and NBA owners?
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| 0:00.0 | Both. |
| 0:01.0 | They are both hard. |
| 0:02.0 | You know, and uniquely, it shows the talent that we have within the league. |
| 0:09.1 | It shows it still progression within the league. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm very proud about what both guys have done because they're making their mark for the |
| 0:17.5 | league and I think it really helps to grow for the league, which is parted from a player's standpoint. |
| 0:24.9 | Six championships by all means. |
| 0:40.4 | Yeah. So, 796 for replies to retweets. |
| 0:57.6 | Yeah, so it's three times right now. |
| 0:59.8 | Let's check back in at the end of the show. |
| 1:01.6 | Yeah, if I got it, I got the counter going for it. |
| 1:03.6 | I mean, listen, like, if your options are to just say I got it wrong or to go full Alex Jones and Bo Wars on it. |
| 1:12.8 | Like, just say you were wrong. Like, it's fine. |
| 1:14.9 | We miss it. We're human. James Harden next game. We're just going to be doing this all the way down the floor. |
| 1:18.3 | Seriously. |
| 1:19.3 | Why not? You just said that precedent. Remember that Cory Brewer travel where he took |
| 1:24.6 | like 17 steps with the ball out? That's classic. |
| 1:28.2 | I'd like to say that |
| 1:29.5 | Zach Harper is the Corey Brewer, like |
| 1:32.5 | biographers, like the anthologist of Corey Brewer. |
| 1:35.5 | Corey Brewer is my guy, man. |
| 1:37.3 | If there's a... |
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