Kevin Durant to the Warriors? | Luka is a Laker
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🗓️ 5 February 2025
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Summary
Add Kevin Durant’s name to the list of superstars with a potential new home as we approach the NBA’s trade deadline. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to Luka Doncic’s introductory press conference as a Laker, the Celtics big win over the Cavs, and the Nets stolen win over the Rockets. Then, the Athletic’s Anthony Slater joins the show to reveal how long the Golden State Warriors have been pursuing a reunion with Durant, what a trade might look like, and who the Warriors have in mind as a fallback.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita & Anthony Slater
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. |
| 0:09.1 | Coming up, Luca Dantich, he's a Laker, and they introduced them. |
| 0:13.0 | So we're going to talk about that press conference a little bit. |
| 0:15.0 | The Celtics, ooh, they handled the calves pretty easily, Zena. |
| 0:19.3 | And we got Anthony Slater to break down a potential Kevin Durant trade to the Warriors. |
| 0:30.4 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:32.0 | Good morning, Zina. |
| 0:34.0 | If Kevin Durant gets traded to the Warriors after Luca Dachzich got traded to the Lakers, I don't know. |
| 0:40.4 | My brain is not even fix itself. |
| 0:44.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:45.5 | From the Luca trade, Zeta. |
| 0:48.6 | Let's talk about the press conference. |
| 0:51.0 | The Lakers, Rob Polinka, had Luca Dantzich out there for his introductory press conference. He Lakers, Rob Polinka had Luca Donchich out there for his introductory press |
| 0:55.8 | conference. He got to answer questions. |
| 0:58.6 | Rob Polinka |
| 0:59.4 | described the trade |
| 1:02.0 | as a gift. He said, |
| 1:03.8 | it's a gift. Yes, we know. |
| 1:05.7 | It's a gift. |
| 1:07.6 | I want to talk about Luca's part of this. |
| 1:09.7 | Because I think Luca came across as |
| 1:12.2 | surprises we all are, Zina. |
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