J Dub returns for OKC + Are the Lakers title contenders?

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the return of Jalen Williams for the Thunder, the Victor Wembanyama problem, and the Rockets wasting a 40-point night from Kevin Durant. Then, Dan Woike joins the show to discuss the Lakers improvement since the break and Luka's MVP case.

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Host: Dave DuFour

With: Es Baraheni and Dan Woike

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0:00.0	Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for March 24th,
0:05.0	2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Esperi. Coming up, J. Dub is back for the Thunder. They smack the Sixers.
0:12.0	Wemby is ridiculous and the Lakers winning streak is over.
0:16.0	Good morning, everybody.
0:24.4	What is up?
0:25.9	S.
0:26.3	How are you?
0:27.0	Morning, morning.
0:27.8	I'm doing well, man.
0:29.5	Yeah.
0:29.8	We're almost there.
0:30.6	We're almost to play off time, Dave.
0:32.4	Sure.
0:33.0	But I still had a big Monday night in the NBA.
0:35.8	We got Dan Wojke after the break.
0:38.7	We're going to talk about the Lakers and whether or not they're title contenders,
0:41.8	which is starting to feel like they are, even after what was a solid loss to a good team.
0:47.2	Yeah.
0:48.1	This is still figuring out without K, by the way.
0:50.1	Dennis Jenkins.
0:51.3	Absolutely.
0:52.0	Look great.
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