Episode 179: The BIG Season Preview with Zach Lowe
The Young Man and the Three
ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2023
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
The NBA season starts today! And we are so psyched to welcome in NBA genius analysis Zach Lowe. Let's waste no time and get to it. Topics include: offseason trades of Damian Lillard to The Milwaukee Bucks to Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics, how much Zach believes in Chris Paul to The Golden State Warriors, how Bradley Beal helps Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns the looming James Harden Philadelphia 76ers question and whether Harden moves the needle for a team like The Los Angeles Clippers, why the guys aren't super high on Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and The Dallas Mavericks, plus other favorites like LeBron James, Anthony Davis and The Los Angeles Lakers and why Nikola Jokic and The Denver Nuggets could have a VERY good repeat season, Zach sharing what teams he’s excited about in his NBA League Pass rankings and why, discussing with JJ what teams could realistically make the conference finals and which teams they might be higher on than others, the new rules limiting players from sitting back-to-backs, and so much more.
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| 0:28.0 | Welcome to the Old Man of the Three with J.J. Reddick and Tommy Alter. |
| 0:30.8 | Brought to you by 344 Productions. This is episode 179 Zach Lowe. |
| 0:35.1 | We have a special season preview. |
| 0:37.8 | We are recording today, Monday, October 23rd, |
| 0:41.7 | one day before the start of the NBA regular season. |
| 0:45.3 | I cannot tell you guys how excited I am for this NBA season to be covering it, |
| 0:51.9 | whether it's through the podcast, |
| 0:53.7 | first take, calling games, |
| 0:56.0 | I will be in San Antonio Wednesday night |
| 0:58.2 | for ESPN's opening night. |
| 1:00.3 | We got Dallas and San Antonio that night, |
| 1:02.0 | we got Boston, New York in the early game. |
| 1:04.4 | But before we get to Zach and our exhaustive season preview, |
| 1:08.7 | I just want to temper some fan bases expectations, We do talk a lot about most of the teams. We talk a little about some teams. |
| 1:20.6 | Every team in the NBA, all 30 30 at least get a mention but there are a few |
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