East Preview: Contenders, Playoff Locks, Play-in teams and the Cellar Dwellers
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🗓️ 11 October 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
The Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, Tray Edwards, Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil, Rich Hofmann and Jay King (from a wedding in Massachusetts) gather to preview the Eastern Conference. Who's in, who's out? Who might make it, who might miss the cut. Commence,
The Order: ORLANDO Magic, INDIANAPOLIS Pacers, TORONTO Raptors, NEW YORK Knicks, DETROIT Pistons, ATLANTA Hawks, CHARLOTTE Hornets, CLEVELAND Cavaliers, BOSTON Celtics (with the Kid), CHICAGO Bulls, PHILADELPHIA 76ers, MIAMI Heat and the MILWAUKEE Bucks.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, bless you guys. |
| 0:05.7 | Welcome to the Athletic NBA show, Monday through Friday. |
| 0:08.4 | On the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:13.2 | Brough. |
| 0:15.6 | New York strip steak? |
| 0:17.1 | This is the basketball buds. |
| 0:19.8 | Braise beef short ribs? |
| 0:21.9 | Dang. |
| 0:22.9 | With Zach Harper and your favorite athletic writer. |
| 0:26.6 | Hey, mad at me, bro. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm gone. |
| 0:30.5 | Welcome to the BasketBuds edition of the Athletic NBA show podcast on the Athletic Podcasts Network. |
| 0:35.9 | I'm Zach Harper. |
| 0:36.7 | We got a full squad, but a different |
| 0:38.9 | squad today. Because James Edwards III is traveling. Jay King is at a wedding, allegedly, the 13th wedding |
| 0:47.7 | he's been to in the last month. Is he a priest? I don't know. I don't know what's going on with him. |
| 0:53.0 | I don't know if he's marrying these people. I don't know if he's like giving them away, but he's at too many weddings. But we are going to try to check in with a hopefully drunk J.K. at some point during either the ceremony or the reception. But we are previewing the Eastern Conference for the upcoming 21-22 season, |
| 1:13.6 | Western Conference preview will be done on Tuesday by the tampering edition of the Athletic NBA Show podcast. |
| 1:16.8 | So we got me, Zach Harper, we got Mo Dachiel, we got Rich Hoffman, |
| 1:20.3 | we got Trayvon Edwards, we got Dave DeFour, |
| 1:23.0 | Jade Hoy is producing, |
| 1:24.6 | and we're going to do this with a favorite of our friend Seth Bartna. |
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