Brian Windhorst Gets You Ready for the NBA Season

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🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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With NBA media days behind us and preseason games under way, we are officially counting down the days until the start of the NBA season on October 22. And though the defending champion Boston Celtics are looking to run it back with more or less the same roster, there are plenty of new faces in new places for us to get used to. Today, Brian Windhorst tells us why Bronny James’ arrival might actually be exactly what LeBron and the Lakers need, why the Oklahoma City Thunder are one of the most unique favorites we’ve ever seen, and why Paul George doesn’t solve the Sixers biggest problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Brian Wynnhorst, we have not spoken since your European adventures began over the summer, covering the USA men's and women's basketball teams at the Summer olympiad in Paris, so I will ask you,
0:15.0	Comoset de Paris, which means of course,
0:18.0	how did it go in the city of Lights, sir?
0:21.0	Paris was extremely busy.
0:24.0	People were all under the assumption that it was nothing but wine and cheese.
0:30.6	But the teams practiced in the morning.
0:33.0	The afternoon was for morning TV in the US
0:36.0	and there were games, either the men or women every night.
0:40.0	So it was a great experience.
0:42.0	I loved it and there was absolutely no free time
0:45.1	even though that doesn't fit the stereotype.
0:47.6	Well, from the sands of Abu Dhabi
0:49.9	to the lights of Paris,
0:51.6	we've got another NBA season that's getting underway.
0:54.0	What do you think about the health of the game in October of 2024, sir?
0:59.7	I think there's some good excitement about the season. There's a handful of teams that have a real chance to win it. There's a lot of
1:06.6	interest in teams like the Knicks. I don't think the Knicks have ever had this much
1:11.1	excitement coming into a season since I've been covering the league.
1:14.3	There's a fascination with LeBron and Bronnie James playing together and what that could mean,
1:21.5	especially in the opening first few days of the season,
1:24.2	seeing some history there.
1:25.7	And you know, when the Celtics are good, it's usually good for the NBA.
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