Lauri Markkanen and Brandon Ingram Trade Rumors, Can the Nuggets return to glory?, and Can the Timberwolves compete for the title?

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🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Zach Lowe is joined by Tim MacMahon to discuss the lingering trade rumors surrounding Lauri Markkanen and Brandon Ingram heading into the 2024-25 NBA Season and what they make out of the Phoenix Suns. Then, Adam Mares joins the show to figure out if the Denver Nuggets can find a way back to being a championship level team and finally Jon Krawczynski joins to discuss the moves the Minnesota Timberwolves have made this offseason, and if they are ready to take over the west this season. (1:50) Lauri Markkanen trade rumors (7:00) What is the plan for the Utah Jazz? (13:30) Will Brandon Ingram get moved? (22:15) Can the Phoenix Suns bounce back next season? (35:15) Tim MacMahon's early pick to win the western conference. (42:08) Adam Mares on the Denver Nuggets (51:25) How does Denver improve their offense? (1:03:30) What will Russell Westbrook's impact be for the Denver Nuggets (1:12:30) Jon Krawczynski on the Minnesota Timberwolves (1:18:30) Does Anthony Edwards have another leap in his game? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now the low post.
0:05.0	Welcome to the low post podcast. It's late July. Nothing is going on and one of the reasons nothing is going on to McMahon is that we have these two
0:14.0	contract slash trade situations in the Western Conference and this is going to be an
0:18.4	all Western Conference podcast. We have enough of the East, enough Philly, enough
0:22.4	Boston, enough New York that are these situations
0:25.9	that are just in a holding pattern, the higher profile one, which you're all over, is Lowry
0:30.3	Marketing in Utah.
0:31.9	I think every die-hard
0:33.0	NBA fan now knows August 6th is the first day
0:36.8	that he can get raised up in salary
0:39.4	and extended forward.
0:41.3	That just happens to be exactly six months before the trade deadline in the 24-25
0:46.4	season which means if he even takes one extra day to sign that extension if he's not
0:51.6	traded before then by the, which is theoretically possible,
0:55.0	he cannot be traded during the upcoming of A season. He will be a member of the Utah Jazz.
0:59.2	Then, less heralded, perhaps, is the Brandon Ingram situation, he's up for a massive extension.
1:07.0	I haven't really heard much buzz that the pelicans are psyched about giving him that massive of an extension.
1:12.0	I also haven't heard much buzz to McMahon
1:16.0	about Brandon Ingram being traded anywhere imminently. I could be wrong. Sometimes I
1:20.4	miss the buzz. Sometimes the buzz goes in other directions, but I'll tell you right now.
1:25.0	It's hard as hell to build a Brandon Ingram trade
1:28.3	in the Cooper Flag draft year.
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