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The Athletic NBA Daily

The Athletic

Comedy, Sports, Sports News, News, Basketball

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🗓️ 1 February 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball, Who was SNUBBED from the All Star Game, 6th Man of the Year Odds, a surprise team update, the best and worst lineups, and much more. Then they are joined by Jay King of the Athletic to discuss the Boston Celtics and if they are close to overcoming their slump, how good Tatum has been, and what’s up with Jaylen Brown’s shooting. Then the boys play a fun edition of Andrew vs. the Beat, a trivia game where Andrew is pitted against a beat writer. Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers With: Jay King Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio/Video Editor: Jake Kleinberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Welcome to the Saturday Slammon Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily.
0:45.5	On today's show, we're talking snubs.
0:47.4	We're talking surprise teams and an update on that.
0:50.5	And then we're talking to Jay King about the Boston Celtics.
0:54.0	But before we get to all that, Al, tell King about the Boston Celtics.
0:59.2	But before we get to all that, Al, tell me about the top stories this week.
1:03.5	Andrew, the top story this week is I'm sick.
1:05.6	So if my voice sounds weird, I apologize.
1:10.5	The top story in the NBA this week was the announcement of the All-Star Reserves.
1:18.3	In the East, we got Jalen Brown, Pascal Seacum, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Kate Cunningham, Damien Lillard, and Tyler Hero.
1:27.4	Now, that is three All-Stars for the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is the fourth time in franchise history that they've had three all-stars in the same season.
1:32.5	Now, in the West, we've got Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, James Hardin, Jaron Jackson, Jr., Alperin Shingoon, and Jalen Williams, aka J-Dubb.
1:36.8	This is James Hardin's first all-star appearance since 2022, his 11th overall, which ties him
1:43.5	with Steph Curry for fourth most among active players.
1:47.3	Wow.
1:47.5	The announcement of the All-Star Reserves always brings with it cries of snubbery, and this year
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