East Tiers REVEALED | Does the Lakers Bubble Title Need an ASTERISK? | Kuminga Says No To Warriors

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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We're tiering the entire Eastern Conference today, debating if the Orlando Magic are true contenders or just pretenders with a fatal offensive flaw. Plus, with Jonathan Kuminga rejecting another offer from the Warriors, we break down what's next in his restricted free agency saga.

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0:00.0	We're talking tears today.
0:02.2	Who's a contender and who is a pretender in the Eastern Conference?
0:06.0	Jonathan Caminga turns down another deal from the Golden State Warriors.
0:10.0	Darrell Moray says the Lakers bubble championship needs an asterisk,
0:14.0	and Locked on Thunder says our top 100 list needs seven players from the title team.
0:19.4	Is it fair or foul?
0:20.9	I'll ask Madden Hayes today on lockdown.
0:28.5	You are Locked on NBA,
0:30.9	your daily NBA podcast,
0:33.4	part of the Locked On Podcast Network,
0:36.0	your team every day. Welcome to Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:39.8	Welcome to Locked-on NBA.
0:41.9	Thanks so much for making us your first listen of the day.
0:44.3	We are free and available wherever you get your podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network,
0:50.1	your team every day.
0:51.6	This episode is brought to you by Monarch Money.
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0:54.9	with Monarch Money. Use code Lockdown NBA at MonarchMoney.com for 50% off your first year. I'm
1:01.5	Doug Branson, host of Lockdown Hornets, and your shot clock Sherpa guiding you through the NBA's
1:06.0	biggest stories every day with the help of Lockdown's local experts. And I have two of the best
1:10.2	with me, as always, from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt Moore. Matt. I watched Back to the Future last night. And for the first time, noticed that the plutonium that he uses for fuel is under his bed in the opening sequence during the title sequence when Marty walks in the room. I've seen that movie 700 times. I never noticed the plutonium was under his bed. That can't be safe. I don't know if Marty's going to live to. I don't know. He went to the future, but I don't know if he's going to live to 88. From the Lockdown Bulls podcast, he's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacher Report. It's Hayes. Heyes. I love how my intro has changed every day this week. Yesterday, the Monday, I was one of the writers for Chicago sports. Then I was a video content creator. Now I'm just a content creator. Doug got me covered. The best guy in the business. I've been trying to really drill it down because I want to make sure it fully encapsulates everything
2:00.9	that you do. So I landed on creator because I did not want to box you in. I thought when I said
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