NBA Apr. 2 | What You Need To Know

No Dunks

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Comedy, Basketball, Sports

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Nikola Jokic’s stats are falling since the acquisition of Aaron Gordon but that only helps his MVP chances, Trae Young is also deferring and his team is winning more, LaMarcus Aldridge has a very successful debut as the Nets starting center, Victor Oladipo has a less successful debut for the Miami Heat, some Toronto Blue Jays love, motivational posters, and a Boyz II Men shout out. Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc Subscribe to The Athletic for $1/month: http://www.theathletic.com/nodunks Subscribe to The Athletic for $1/month in Canada: http://www.theathletic.com/nodunkscanada

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0:00.0	On today's show, Nicola Yokic's nuggets are playing great, but does that hurt his MVP chances?
0:10.4	The Hawks-Trey Young is growing before our eyes.
0:13.5	Lamarcus Aldridge has a very successful debut for the Nets, and they say Victor Oladipo had a successful debut for the heat, but I'll tell you why that's not true.
0:22.7	They, they said that who is they?
0:25.8	Hey, I'm Tassmellis, and this is what you need to know in the NBA for Friday, April 2nd.
0:35.9	Good morning to everyone out there. Let's get into it. The Nuggets had a wall-to-wall win over the Clippers on the road as much as I berate the Clippers play. That's a very solid win for the Nuggets, beating a team ahead of them in the West. They now sit tied for fourth in the West.
0:55.1	The Nuggets are moving on up.
0:57.2	Nicole Yokic had a quiet, 14, 7, and 7.
1:00.9	Since Aaron Gordon was acquired at the deadline,
1:03.6	Yokic is being a little quiet.
1:06.2	He's averaging only 14 shot attempts per game.
1:09.4	An MVP candidate, that few of shots per game, that's four to five shots less per game
1:15.4	or fewer per game than he was shooting earlier this season.
1:19.3	The numbers are going down, so naturally you'd think that would hurt his MVP chances.
1:23.4	But no, because Yokic is looking even more like his usual self, getting those involved around him,
1:32.1	those guys become bigger threats.
1:34.3	Yokic becomes an even bigger threat himself.
1:37.5	It's that old adage in basketball.
1:39.2	You got to shoot when you're open.
1:40.9	The team around him is better.
1:42.4	The wins will follow.
1:43.9	Plus, Yokic's stats are so
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