Celtics Assistant GM Mike Zarren and Nuggets President Tim Connelly on the NBA Playoffs, Bubble Life, and Draft Day Regrets
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🗓️ 8 September 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Sam Amick is joined by Celtics Assistant GM Mike Zarren and Nuggets President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly to discuss life in the NBA Bubble, almost getting booted with Sam during quarantine, similarities between Kemba and Jamal Murray, NBA Playoffs, NBA Draft day regrets, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic NBA show. |
| 0:02.6 | Monday through Friday on the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:08.8 | This week on the tampering podcast, we got a good one, folks. |
| 0:12.0 | The NBA bubble life discussion with two very experienced front office executives. |
| 0:16.2 | Denver president of basketball operations Tim Conley, Boston Celtics, assistant GM and team council, the one and only Mike Zarin, talking NBA bubble life, the playoffs, what it's been like for them. But these guys also happen to have been my neighbors during quarantine. And I hate to admit it, we might have gotten to a little bit of trouble together. This is our trip down memory lane, a little bit of a mea culprit to the NBA, and a really, |
| 0:37.8 | really enjoyable discussion. Stay for the back end. I have to tell you, and all the years have been doing this, the candid, open, fascinating discussion with both these guys about the draft, what it's like to hate on guys, what it's like to miss on guys. And right now in real time in the postseason, what it's like to watch these players that you picked grow and evolve and develop and do great things on the playoff stage. |
| 0:58.0 | They talk about the good, the bad, everything in between. |
| 1:00.6 | You should enjoy it. |
| 1:04.7 | Welcome to tampering. |
| 1:07.6 | We're just a beautiful game of basketball that we all love and talk about every single day. Sam, Tampi. Aha. To peel the brains. People together. What did you, baby? Portedly at the center of an NBA investigation into tampering accusations. And the message to. Executative in the league. Stop talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charges filed. Impermissible contact. |
| 1:28.4 | What's right or wrong? |
| 1:29.4 | Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me? I talk. Karen. It could have even talk about. Can he mention deans anymore? What I like to play with Cameron? Try all you're one with Cameron. They're always ahead of the woods. Is that right? Everybody went on the high tamper with the guys. |
| 1:26.0 | I didn't tamper. |
| 1:26.7 | I'm just telling you what happened. |
| 1:27.7 | I'm just telling you what happened. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm just telling have tamper with the guys. |
| 1:44.7 | I didn't tamper. |
| 1:45.8 | I'm just telling you what happened. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm just telling me what happened. |
| 1:48.1 | I'm just telling you what happened. |
| 1:58.2 | Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast, part of the Athletic NBA Show Network. |
| 2:01.5 | Coming to you, as always, Sam Amick, NBA National Writer. |
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