Hour 2: Best of The West

First Take

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4.2 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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First Take continues as the crew analyzes the Western Conference and who we should fear the most amongst the top including the Lakers, Clippers and Warriors? Plus, should we give Aaron Rodgers the benefit of the doubt? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.5	Saturday night from Fenway Park,
0:35.3	7-Eastern, 4 Pacific,
0:37.2	when they take on the firefighters.
0:38.6	Coverage begins at 6 with Banana Ball Live.
0:42.5	The Lakers finally got their big man.
0:45.2	After clearing waivers yesterday, DeAndre Aiton agreed to sign a two-year deal with Los Angeles.
0:50.6	The former number one overall pick is the first player to average at least 10 points
0:55.2	and 10 rebounds in each of his first seven seasons in the NBA since Dwight Howard.
1:00.8	Lakers head coach, JJ Reddick, was a big fan of Aiton during his time on first take back
1:06.3	in 2022.
1:08.1	Take a listen.
1:10.5	Aitin's fantastic. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. He's okay. Well, okay. Okay, that's fine. He's fantastic at punishing mismatches in the two-man pick and roll with him and CP. They're the number one offensive doer among high-volume pick-and-roll players. So he is fantastic. He he's going to be fantastic and he's 20 years old
1:28.8	CP's going to have that with any rolling big so that's not
1:31.2	okay he had it with DeAndre George
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