Is It Do or Die For Trae Young's Hawks Tenure & Can the Spurs Make the Leap?

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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NBA Media Day is here and optimism is sky-high across the league — but which teams are truly ready to take the leap? In today’s episode, Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore and Haize break down the biggest storylines of the new season, from the league-wide return of defense to whether Trae Young can prove he’s worth a long-term extension. They debate which young stars are poised to break out — Anthony Edwards, Evan Mobley, Franz Wagner, Tyrese Maxey and more — before diving into Atlanta Hawks and San Antonio Spurs previews. Can the Hawks’ offseason upgrades actually fit? And who will become Victor Wembanyama’s long-term co-star — De’Aaron Fox or rookie Dylan Harper? Tap in for bold predictions, honest skepticism and some necessary cold water as we kick off our Locked On NBA team preview series.

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0:00.0	Good afternoon and welcome to Lockdown NBA.
0:03.1	It's Media Day across the NBA and we're asking our host, what are the biggest expectations
0:07.7	and trends going into the season?
0:09.1	Plus, we start our team preview series with the Hawks and the Spurs.
0:12.5	Can Trey Young get the Hawks over the hump and who will emerge as Wembe's co-star?
0:16.0	All of that and more on today's Locked On NBA.
0:28.5	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:33.4	Part of the Locked on Podcasts Network, your team every day.
0:38.0	Welcome back to Lockdown NBA.
0:41.4	However you're tuning in on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app, thanks so much for making us.
0:42.8	Your first listen every day.
0:45.1	Today's episode is brought to you by Fandual.
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1:11.5	Head to theFandual.com to get started. I'm Wes Goldberg, and today we are kicking off our NBA team preview series the only way the Lockdown Podcast Network can do it. We'll do that here in a second, and we're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast, senior NBA writer over at the Action Network.
1:12.7	Matt Moore, Matt.
1:14.8	It's muscle watch season, baby.
1:19.3	15 pounds of muscle, trim down, slim down.
1:22.9	Everybody's in the best shape of their lives, ready for the best season they're ever going to have.
1:23.5	The best part about Media Day is the one, one day of the NBA calendar season where there is nothing but unbridled optimism and nothing to stand in its way except me and Hayes.
1:34.9	We're here to stop all that nice optimism because that's not what we're here for.
1:39.6	Bulls and Bears created for Bleach Report host of Locked on Bulls, Hayes.
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