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The Athletic NBA Daily

MVP Leader, All Star Game Blame, One Trade Away, Pretenders/Contenders + National Anthem

The Athletic NBA Daily

The Athletic

Comedy, Sports, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 48 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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Athletic MBA Show, one day through Friday, on the Athletic Podcast Network.

0:05.0

I do have a take.

0:10.0

Point of contention.

0:11.0

Katie, you can be a hecko.

0:13.0

I can be a hecko.

0:14.0

Welcome to Point of contention.

0:16.0

Five subjects, five minutes, five points of contention.

0:19.0

Come up on the show.

0:20.0

MVP talk, in February.

0:24.0

Also, money, contenders in the East and West, and the old star-spangled banner.

0:31.0

In this A-area legend, author of two best-selling books about the Warriors, Marcus Thompson Marcus.

0:38.0

Happy Black History Month.

0:40.0

I hope it's going well.

0:41.0

I'm curious what were your thoughts on the halftime show during the Super Bowl.

0:46.0

I did not watch it.

0:48.0

I watched all of the memes about metaphors for people being lost.

0:53.0

And I was reminded why I didn't watch it.

0:56.0

So, it was a very happy halftime show.

0:59.0

You know what I did?

1:00.0

I ate.

1:01.0

I went and made myself some food and skipped the weekend because it was not worth not eating.

1:08.0

Yeah.

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