Episode 8: The 2024 Conference Finals

Mind the Game with LeBron James and JJ Redick

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Mind the Game podcast with JJ Redick and LeBron James. We have a fantastic show for you all today covering all things 2024 NBA Playoffs. First up, we discuss Bronny James going through the combine and the NBA draft process and what it's like for LeBron as a father. Then we dive into the NBA Playoffs - starting with a conversation around the MVPs of these playoffs - the role players. Guys like Naz Reid, P.J. Washington, T. J. McConnel and more. Then we dive into the Eastern Conference Finals between Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers and Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. We discuss why the Celtics are so difficult to guard and how Indiana makes defenses uncomfortable. Then we dive into the Western Conference Finals between Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks. LeBron and JJ discuss Ant and Luka's ability to go away from ballscreens like Dwyane Wade and how the Wolves make the court smaller with their defense. Finally, LeBron weighs in on the hate Caitlin Clark has gotten so far in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever. Subscribe to Mind the Game with LeBron James and JJ Redick YouTube channel today for more NBA insight, analysis, highlights and more.

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0:00.0	Are we like ready because J.J. has a hard 45 minutes out.
0:02.8	Sound speed. It's probably going to dent a little bit, but who cares?
0:05.8	It's like poking out of the button, right?
0:10.8	It's like dents it right there. Yeah, see like here and here.
0:14.0	Exactly.
0:15.0	We're recording.
0:17.0	Oh, well I made the pot.
0:19.0	I'm trying to help you.
0:20.0	You didn't, you haven't put me on your pod yet?
0:23.0	Yeah, you can like that.
0:25.0	All right, good good, Jason. Welcome to Mind the Game with LeBron James and J.J. Reddick brought to you by Uninterrupted and 342 productions.
0:45.8	This is episode 8.
0:47.4	We discuss everything about the conference finals.
0:51.3	In particular, we talk about the identity of these four teams
0:56.2	the importance of role players in the NBA playoffs we have a discussion on
1:01.2	Caitlin Clark we have discussion on baitland Clark. We have discussion on Brony James.
1:04.0	There is a few technical things we talk about in this episode.
1:08.0	A lot of this stuff we have discussed before, so you can always reference previous intros and previous episodes for any of the lexicon
1:16.7	that we may discuss in this episode.
1:20.0	There's a few things I want to just break down real quick.
1:22.1	This will be quick. I promise you.
1:24.5	And this is just pick and roll coverages.
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