KD passes MJ + Post All-Star Glow-ups
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
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Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita react to Kevin Durant passing Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list, his chances of passing Kareem, and the Thunder getting healthy. Then, the gang takes a look at the Lakers winning streak, the Hawks rise to the 6 seed, and Boston’s dominance with Jayson Tatum.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily, presented by Amazon Prime for March 23rd, |
| 0:05.2 | 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Esperi and Zena Keda coming up. |
| 0:10.1 | KD passes MJ on the all-time scoring list. |
| 0:13.4 | J-dub is back, and we're going to talk about some of the teams that have been more impressive since the All-Star break. |
| 0:26.4 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:28.4 | What's up, guys? |
| 0:33.7 | You guys watch college basketball all weekend or are you grinding NBA tape like I am? |
| 0:34.1 | A little bit. I'm grinding NBA tape, truthfully. |
| 0:36.6 | I think I'm a little bit more on the college, women's side. Of course. That's right. Yeah, it's a little bit of both for me. Yeah. Well, let's do a plug, by the way, for no off season. Yes. That is our women's basketball podcast hosted by Zena Kitas. Go and check that out. Anything crazy happen in the tournament over the weekend, Zena? |
| 0:55.0 | Like on the women's side? |
| 0:55.7 | I will just say this. |
| 0:57.6 | The committee knows exactly what it's doing once it gets past the first round. |
| 1:01.6 | You're not really going to get upsets on the women's side. |
| 1:03.9 | But that four or five, those combinations have been some incredibly exciting, really |
| 1:10.0 | tough matchups. |
| 1:12.0 | So now I would say the madness is really about to start on the women's side. |
| 1:17.5 | Zena, just a heads up, and this is not college related. |
| 1:20.0 | I am going to bug you about tempo stuff in the coming months. |
| 1:23.6 | I'm just going to keep bugging. |
| 1:24.7 | There we go. |
| 1:25.1 | Yes, I'm very excited. |
| 1:26.4 | Another favorite team to wrap up. |
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