Hour 1: Beast In The East

First Take

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4.2 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Get ready for a Friday edition of First Take as the crew breaks down the latest across the NBA! In a wide open Eastern Conference, which team is under the most pressure? Plus, expectations for the Purple and Gold as they prep for a big off-season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	Welcome to first take on a feel-good Friday, clearly a casual Friday as well.
0:35.0	A lot to unpack today.
0:36.1	It's an arms race in the West. Is it true that
0:38.4	LeBron, Luca, and the Lakers may be closer to a chip than many believe? Meanwhile, the East,
0:44.0	yes, wide open next season. With that in mind, someone here thinks we may be sleeping on
0:48.5	Joe L. Embed in the Sixers. And are we trending more and more towards prospects trying to dictate where they want to
0:55.3	play? Major disagreement on if this is problematic. It's first take. Let's get it.
1:05.7	Hey, hey, good morning, everybody. Welcome into first take here at Hudson Square.
1:12.3	I got to get used to saying that.
1:13.6	Brian Winhorse in the building, Tim McMahon, Danny Green.
1:15.8	Guys, how we feeling?
1:16.6	How we doing?
1:18.2	Great, great.
1:20.3	Feeling good.
1:22.2	All right.
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