LeBron James makes season debut + Pistons win 10th straight

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the season debut of LeBron James, discuss how his return affects the Lakers, and breakdown the Pistons big winning streak. Then, Jared Weiss joins the show to talk about the Spurs comeback win over the Grizzlies and how they will deal with Victor Wembanyama's injury.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Es Baraheni and Jared Weiss

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody

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0:00.0	Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for November 19th, 2025.
0:11.7	I'm Dave Dufour here with Esparaheni.
0:14.1	Coming up, LeBron is back and the Lakers look better.
0:17.4	The Pistons win again.
0:19.4	And we've got Jared Weiss here to talk about Victor Wemann Yama,
0:23.2	missing some time, and the Spurs picking up a win.
0:31.3	Good morning, everybody. Good morning, S. Another big night in the NBA. How's it going, buddy?
0:37.3	Yeah, I'm good, man.
0:38.6	Good.
0:39.0	Look, I am good because LeBron James is back and playing basketball, year 23 for number 23, you know?
0:45.6	Yeah, he is back.
0:47.8	He made his debut October 29, 2003.
0:54.4	Just to put that in perspective.
0:56.5	That's absurd.
0:57.2	That was so long ago.
0:58.5	So 23 years later, LeBron James, by the way, look great physically.
1:04.2	What were you doing in October 2003?
1:07.9	You know what?
1:08.9	I was doing some professional wrestling stuff for sure.
1:12.8	100% for sure.
1:14.4	Play fighting with my buddies.
1:15.7	Yeah.
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