GAME NIGHT: Pistons Cade Cunningham A DARK HORSE MVP Candidate | Will LeBron's Injury DERAIL Lakers Season?

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Cade Cunningham's MVP-caliber performance stuns NBA fans. Is the Detroit Pistons star ready to join the league's elite? Hosts Jackson Gatlin (@Locked On Rockets) and David Ramil (@Locked On Heat) break down Cunningham's impressive 26-point preseason outing against the Milwaukee Bucks. The hosts analyze the New York Knicks' overtime victory, Cleveland Cavaliers' defensive prowess, and LeBron James' injury impact on the Los Angeles Lakers. They also dissect the annual NBA GM survey results, debating surprising picks for best shooting guard and franchise cornerstones.

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0:00.0	On today's show, why Cade Cunningham may be a dark horse MVP candidate, what LeBron's injury
0:06.0	means for the start of the Lakers season, plus the most surprising picks on the annual GM survey.
0:11.6	It's all coming up right here at Locked on NBA game night.
0:14.5	When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for Locked on NBA game night.
0:19.7	All the postgame reactions to every game across
0:22.3	the league every single night with insights only the hosts that locked on can provide it's the
0:28.5	true NBA fans one stop for all the actions every game every night it's locked on NBA game
0:36.6	night tipping off now.
0:39.2	What is up and welcome to another edition of Locked-on NBA game night. Every game, every single night.
0:45.0	I'm your host, Jackson Gatlin, also host of Lockdown Rockets right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network.
0:49.2	You are team every single day. And joining me is my partner in crime, the host of Locked-on Heat, David
0:55.8	Ramil. David, how represented were the Heat in the Locked-on NBA GM survey?
1:02.4	Not well. I don't think they got mentioned at all. Even Bamboe getting ignored as one of the most
1:07.5	versatile defenders in the NBA, which frankly, I'm flummoxed by that.
1:11.7	But you know what? I know Houston Rockets player who got some shine in that department, a guy who might be a pretty solid perimeter defender, if I'm not mistaken. Hey, well, we'll get to the heat getting snubbed in the GM survey a little bit later on. First, I want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by Fanduel. right now new customers can bet just five dollars and if your bet wins you'll get three hundred dollars in bonus bets to use all across the app head on over to fanduel dot com to get started and on today's show we're going to be tackling the preseason games from our thursday night slate uh kate cunningham looking like at least through a coupleseason games, like he's about to take another leap forward in his career potentially,
1:47.0	an all-MBA caliber leap, a MVP-level leap.
1:50.9	We'll get to that.
1:51.6	We'll hear about the who doesn't love a good overtime preseason game
1:55.3	between the Knicks and Wolves, what the Knicks have cooking over there,
1:58.9	some of the changes to their offensive system,
2:01.2	bulls, calves, thunder, and hornets, and more, as well as the impact of LeBron James's injury and what
2:08.0	that means for the start of the Lakers season.
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