MVP Leader, All Star Game Blame, One Trade Away, Pretenders/Contenders + National Anthem
The Athletic NBA Daily
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🗓️ 11 February 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this week's Point of Contention Marcus Thompson and Ethan Strauss debate. Hosted by Zach Harper.
Take 1: Who is the MVP frontrunner?
Take 2: Does the league not care about the players?
Take 3: Western Conference, One Trade Away!
Take 4: Contenders and Pretenders in the East?
Take 5: Should the National Anthem be played at games?
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| 0:32.5 | Welcome to the Athletic MBA show, Monday through Friday. |
| 0:35.6 | On the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:40.6 | I do have a take. |
| 0:42.1 | Point of contention. |
| 0:44.1 | Katie, you can be a head coach. |
| 0:45.2 | I can be a head coach. |
| 0:46.3 | Welcome to point of contention. |
| 0:48.0 | Five subjects, five minutes, five points of contention. |
| 0:51.4 | Come up on the show. |
| 0:52.8 | MVP talk in February also money contenders in |
| 0:58.7 | the east and west and the old star spangled banner in this A area legend author of two best |
| 1:07.5 | selling books about the warriors, Marcus Thompson, Marcus. |
| 1:12.1 | Happy Black History Month. |
| 1:13.4 | I hope it's going well. |
| 1:17.2 | I'm curious, what were your thoughts on the halftime show during the Super Bowl? |
| 1:20.4 | I did not watch it. |
| 1:25.7 | I watched all of the memes about metaphors for people being lost, |
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