Bubble MVP? Giannis Frustrated? Bubble Visitors?
The Athletic NBA Daily
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🗓️ 13 August 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Point of Contention: A Debate Show with Ethan Strauss and Marcus Thompson, moderated by Zach Harper.
1. Who is your Bubble MVP? (1:21)
2. What is Giannis frustrated over? (8:14)
3. What do you think of the NBA's Bubble Visitor Program? (15:54)
4. Is brining momentum from the bubble into next season real? (25:02)
5. Is Steph Curry past his prime? (31:07)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic NBA show. |
| 0:02.1 | Monday through Friday. |
| 0:03.0 | On the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:09.1 | Thursday. |
| 0:10.3 | Point of contention. |
| 0:11.8 | With Ethan Sherwood Strauss and Marcus Thompson, hosted by Zach Harper. |
| 0:16.8 | Welcome to Point of Contention. |
| 0:19.5 | I'm your host, Zach Harper. |
| 0:20.8 | We have Ethan Strauss. We have Marcus Thompson. It is your host, Zach Harper. We have Eton Scrauss. |
| 0:21.7 | We have Marcus Thompson. |
| 0:22.6 | It is the athletic NBA show. |
| 0:24.6 | It's Thursday that means it's a point of contention time. |
| 0:27.0 | Five subjects, five minutes each. |
| 0:29.3 | In this corner, the esteemed author of two books. |
| 0:34.6 | Bay Area legend Marcus Thompson. |
| 0:36.2 | Marcus, is there a GM or a coach on the hot seat simply because of their bubble failures? |
| 0:41.5 | Yeah, we got to go with, you know, Rob Polinka just because this Lakers offense is simply uninspiring. |
| 0:48.6 | Like, if they don't get this together in time, then it's time for Rob Polinka to go and install Ethan Strauss as the general |
| 0:56.0 | manager of the Lakers. |
| 0:58.1 | Love that idea. |
| 0:59.2 | Speaking of Ethan Strauss, he's in the other corner. |
| 1:01.7 | He's the host of the House of Strauss podcast and the author of the book The Victory |
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