Hour 1: Waive Time

First Take

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4.2 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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First Take returns this Wednesday to talk all the latest news around the NBA! The crew discusses the Bucks letting go of Dame and signing Myles Turner and what that could mean for Giannis...Plus, who is most likely to trade for LeBron if he is made available? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	Hello, first take on a Wednesday.
0:35.1	I'm Evan Cohen.
0:35.8	We've got David Dennis Jr.
0:36.9	Tim Bontemps and Brian Winhorse with us. A lot to talk about.
0:41.1	But we start with the big news from yesterday. In a shocking move, the longest-tenured Indiana Pacer. Miles Turner will now be wearing a Milwaukee-Bucks jersey next season.
0:53.2	The big man signed with Milwaukee to a four-year
0:55.4	$107 million deal. And in doing so, the bucks waved and stretched Damian Lillers' remaining
1:01.6	contract. He is expected to admit at least a bulk of the next year rehabbing from an Achilles
1:08.1	tear. Let's check in with Wendy's reaction live on the show yesterday
1:12.2	when this all happened. If I'm an Indiana Pacer right now, I'm absolutely disgusted. I am sick to
1:20.9	my stomach. If I'm Tyrese Halliburton, I am breaking things right now. If I'm Rick Carlisle,
1:26.0	I'm furious.
1:27.5	It's just what's happened because they were unwilling to spend a little bit of luxury tax
1:32.0	money to hold this team in place for a year when Halliburton came back to go to a team
1:37.3	that they hate.
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