NBA Playoff Lessons, LeBron vs the Lakers, Giannis vs Jaylen Brown & WCF Game 6 Preview

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The NBA Finals are almost here, so Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore and Haize zoom out to discuss the biggest lessons from this year’s playoffs. Is elite 3-point shooting still the key to winning, or have teams shown that multiple ball-handlers, versatility and decision-making matter even more in today’s NBA? Then, it’s Make It/Take It with three major questions. Should the Los Angeles Lakers make the first move in bringing back LeBron James, or should LeBron’s camp decide what comes next? If Jaylen Brown becomes available, would he be more valuable on the trade market than Giannis Antetokounmpo? And will the Knicks’ long layoff before the NBA Finals help them rest — or cool off their 11-game heater? Finally, the crew previews Thunder-Spurs Game 6, with Oklahoma City one win away from returning to the NBA Finals. Did the Thunder figure something out in Game 5? What is at stake for Victor Wembanyama? And can the Spurs force a Game 7? Subscribe to Locked On NBA Daily for daily NBA playoff coverage, Finals analysis and smart basketball debate.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Locked-on NBA Daily.
0:03.9	What have these playoffs taught us about winning in today's NBA?
0:06.6	We'll debate the biggest lessons, including whether three-point shooting is really as important as we thought.
0:10.9	Then make-take-it on LeBron's Lakers future, Jalen Brown's trade value,
0:14.9	and then we look ahead to a huge Thunder Spurs game six.
0:18.4	Locked-on NBA Daily starts now.
0:26.4	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:31.3	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:37.9	Hello, and welcome back to Locked on NBA Daily.
0:40.7	I'm West Goldberg.
0:41.4	That's Matt Moore and Hayes.
0:43.1	A ton to get to today.
0:44.1	We have Make It Take It in the next segment.
0:46.7	We're going to look ahead to a massive game six between the Spurs and the Thunder tonight.
0:50.0	But before we get to that, guys, no games last night.
0:53.4	That's a good time to zoom out on the playoffs so far, days away from the start of the NBA finals.
0:59.8	Now is probably as good time as any to reflect on the season,
1:03.0	and specifically what we've learned about what works in today's NBA.
1:07.0	Before we jump in, I ask both of you to come up with one playoff lesson from these playoffs so
1:13.9	far, Matt. We'll start with you. We're in a very different era to me, is it? You know, so as these
1:20.4	teams evaluate, we've talked about this week, we've talked about teams looking at Yanisana and
1:23.8	Kumpo and looking at Kauai Leonard and looking at Anthony Davis. Those are all guys over 30 with a lot of miles on them. And the teams that are having success are teams that don't. Pistons had not outrageously good season, made the second round, probably would have won the conference finals, which is like a little, or not one of the conference finals, but one second round with like a little more, just a little bit more, a little bit more weaponry. And they're mostly built on young guys. Thunder obviously built on young guys. She's getting up there, but the rest of those guys are still super young. The Spurs are starting, you know, a second year player and rely on a third year player in Dylan Harper as well as a third year player in Victor Webiniamomenyama who's I don't know how to like evaluate Victor as a third-year player
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