Hour 1: What Does Cade's Return Mean for the Eastern Conference?

First Take

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🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First Take begins with Cade's glorious return! The Pistons star point guard dropped 13 pts and 10 ast in his first game back after missing a month with a collapsed lung. Should the rest of the Eastern Conference look at the Pistons as free eats, or tenacious contenders? (0:00) Then, who's more likely to win the West: Thunder or the field? (17:40) Next, the Texans exercised their stars 5th year options and Lamar is participating in offseason workouts. Kevin Clark and Jason McCourty have all your offseason storylines covered! (25:00) Finally, star's legacies are suffering because of the NBA's 65-game rule. Players will miss All-NBA teams because of freak injuries. Season's will be misremembered. Will the NBA change the rule? (39:10) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:02.5	Brian Padda, Senior Defensive Lyman from Miami.
0:12.9	Gunned down.
0:14.3	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:18.0	A hour before he died, he was on the phone. Argued what about this might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	The biggest one of conviction being placed him to arrest.
0:26.5	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:29.0	Listen now.
0:32.8	They'll be so excited to see Kate Cunningham step on the court here.
0:37.3	Kate up the right side. Goes past Rollins and lays it up and in.
0:41.3	Good to let him get his ribbon back.
0:43.3	Asar with a swipe.
0:45.3	Asar loves to Kate.
0:48.3	Dynamite dumped by Cade.
0:50.3	Cade to four courts.
0:53.3	Put it down.
0:55.7	Taken away.
0:57.0	Codeman's a corner and Cade.
1:02.2	Hustle to block that shot.
1:04.2	Wow.
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