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First, we want to thank all of our listeners.

I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Hope you guys get to kick back and enjoy some basketball.

Hey, and boy, oh boy, do we have a great show for you today?

First, we have Zach Carper, J. King, Josh Eustis,

the BasketBuds Gang, previewing the Christmas Day games.

Next, we have David Aldridge and Marcus Thompson with a look at the NBA's Christmas past.

After that, the nerdishy wrote crew, Dave DeFore, Seth Partnow, and Mo Daciel bring you a very nerdy Christmas, followed by the tampering fellas, Sam Amick, Fred Katz, and Anthony Slater

hand out some gifts to some teams in the form of some juicy trades.

And finally, slam and jam Christmas with myself, Alex Spears, and J.E. Skeets of No Dunks.

We do some Christmas trivia. And boy, it gets a little heated. There's some competition there.

Hope you guys enjoy the show in the holiday season with good friends and family.

And here is the BasketBuds crew previewing the Christmas Day Games.

Welcome to the Athletic NBA Show podcast BasketBuds Edition, Christmas Day Games edition.

That's right.

We are previewing all five Christmas Day games for you.

You sneak away from your family.

If you're like Josh and his family,

you open up all your presents on Christmas Eve so you get them.

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