NBA Starts Today! Zion's Status, Lakers preseason woes, and does Ayton deserve the max?
The Athletic NBA Daily
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🗓️ 19 October 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Sam Amick, Anthony Slater and Will Guillory break down opening night, the Pelican's upcoming season, what Zion's status is, Ben Simmons playing soon? and does Deandre Ayton deserve the max?
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| 0:00.0 | Athletic NBA show listeners, it's me, Zach Harper. |
| 0:04.0 | Be sure to check out our live stream opening day extravaganza Tuesday, October 19th. |
| 0:09.3 | We'll be live at 3 p.m. Eastern for our tip-off mailbag extravaganza previewing this season, |
| 0:15.1 | as well as the two big matchups tonight. |
| 0:17.2 | Warriors versus Lakers, it's Stefan LeBron. |
| 0:19.5 | And then the Nets try to ruin the Bucks |
| 0:21.4 | championship banner ceremony. Check out our Twitter at Athletic NBA Show for a link to the show. |
| 0:27.7 | It's me, it's Dave DeFour, it's Andrew Schleck, it's David Aldrich, and some special guests |
| 0:32.5 | will be taking your questions on this upcoming NBA season and more. |
| 0:37.4 | It all kicks off at 3 p.m. Eastern. Check out at Athletic NBA show on Twitter for more details. |
| 0:42.7 | Athletic NBA show for more details. |
| 0:46.8 | Hello, Athletic NBA show listeners. I'm Andrew Schlect. And starting this week, |
| 0:51.6 | the NBA Daily Ding will move to the Athletic NBA show feed. |
| 0:56.0 | Monday through Friday, you'll be able to catch up on all the previous night's action |
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| 1:05.4 | Dave DeFore, myself, Trayvon Edwards, Keith Parrish, Jared Weiss, Mo DeKeele, and special guests, |
| 1:12.2 | and also your favorite athletic NBA beat riders will break it all down every single morning, |
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| 1:22.0 | Your friends will think that you're a basketball genius, but be sure to tell them why. |
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