Daily Ding: Kevin Durant makes Suns debut | Pistons' late blunder seals close loss
The Athletic NBA Daily
The Athletic
4.1 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Jared Weiss and Mark Schindler recap Wednesday night's action including KD's return in the Suns win over the Hornets, a close loss for the Pistons against the Bulls, and the Celtics beating the Cavs.
Visit ExpressVPN.com/DING for three months free with a one-year package.
Head over to play.runyourpool.com/nbashow and don’t forget to get your picks in when the bracket is live, March 12th!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Change isn't coming. It's already here. Commerce is going digital and tax complexity is multiplying. |
| 0:07.0 | Tax rules evolve, rate shift, data floods in. Vertex connects it all. |
| 0:15.0 | A global tax compliance platform powered by tax-ready data and intelligence systems. |
| 0:21.6 | Smarter tech, continuous tax compliance, built-in confidence. |
| 0:26.3 | Learn more at vertexinck.com. |
| 0:32.5 | One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. |
| 0:42.2 | Welcome to the NBA Daily Ding on the Athletic NBA Show. |
| 0:46.4 | Ding, ding! |
| 0:47.5 | How about we can just watch basketball? |
| 0:50.4 | I like that idea. |
| 0:55.7 | Good morning and welcome to the Daily Ding here on the Athletic NBA show. |
| 1:00.4 | I am Jared Weiss. |
| 1:01.7 | I'm joining in on a Thursday morning. |
| 1:03.9 | I am with Mark Schindler here. |
| 1:05.7 | Daniel Lehman is our producer. |
| 1:07.4 | And Mark, this is an exciting return for you and I getting back on. but I don't think this was the biggest return in the NBA on this evening. |
| 1:14.9 | Yeah, Kevin Durant played. |
| 1:17.2 | It was really good to see him get back on court, man. |
| 1:20.7 | Kind of weird seeing him in a sunset form and back in 35, but yeah, man, there's a lot to dive into here. |
| 1:27.2 | I actually don't remember what his jersey number was in Brooklyn. I just said that. Is it like seven or something like that? I think it was seven. Yeah, right? All I know is that it wasn't 35. Yeah. I'm fried, man. It's, it's, yeah. You're right, because when I was watching the game, I'm like, something feels different. and it wasn't the color of the jersey. It was the jersey number. |
| 1:47.2 | 35. Yeah. You're right, because when I was watching the game, I'm like, something feels different. And it wasn't the color of the jersey. It was the jersey number. |
| 1:54.4 | 35. Kevin Durant, as we know and love him. He played 27 minutes, 23 points, 10 for 15 shooting. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.