Magic & Hawks TARGET Cavs' Crown | Is Bam Adebayo UNLEASHED? | Longshot NBA Award Picks

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4.3 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We're examining which upstart team in the East, the Orlando Magic or the Atlanta Hawks, has a better shot at challenging the Cleveland Cavaliers for the top spot. Then, we look at some intriguing longshot picks for NBA awards and explore if Bam Adebayo is the key to Miami's resurgence.

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0:00.0	Which Eastern Conference team is poised to steal the Cavaliers Crown?
0:03.9	What are some good long-shot flyers to take on NBA awards this season?
0:07.8	And is Bam Otabio due for a career year?
0:11.4	I'll ask Matt and Hayes, all of that and more today on Locked-on NBA.
0:20.6	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:27.5	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:33.7	Welcome to Locked-on NBA.
0:35.8	Thanks for making us your first listen of the day. We are free. We are
0:39.2	available wherever you get your podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
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0:55.7	I'm Doug Branson, host of Lockedon Hornets and your shot clock Sherpa guiding you through
0:59.9	the NBA's biggest stories every day with the help of Lockdown's local experts.
1:03.9	And I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast.
1:07.9	He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network.
1:10.6	It's Matt Moore, Matt. I'm getting ready to start doing some Trailblazer deep dives. I'm very excited this week and to start looking at Shaden Sharp, Denia, Scoot Henderson. Is there anything there? I'm really excited to dive in and learn a little bit more about the Blazers and exactly who they are. This is the time of year I get to catch up on teams that I politely put aside during the course of the season because I didn't think they were going anywhere. If you find anything on Scoot Henderson, please let me know. I went pretty hard in on him over Brandon Miller during that draft. And Hornets fans, fans of Lockdown Hornets, they're still letting me hear about that one. From the Lockdown Bulls podcast, he's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacher Report. It's Hayes, Hayes. Basketball's getting closer and closer, and you could start filling it. And I'm actually going to issue a challenge to my co-host here for Matt.
2:01.2	Okay.
2:02.7	I want to shave my beard down.
2:06.4	I want to do a beard shaving competition between now and the start of the season with Matt Moore.
2:06.9	There you go.
2:08.6	How does that work? I'm sorry, beard shaving competition.
2:10.4	Oh, beard growing competition.
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