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Nerder She Wrote: In Defense of Defense

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🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour and Coach David Thorpe

Appreciating Defense

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Rundown: 

Allen Iverson story time with Coach

Let's talk about defense 

Thunder without Roberson are good

Westbrook has been great

Memphis too

Men in the middle

Marc Gasol

Elasticity

Jaren Jackson is going to be a Hall of Famer

Like a running back

The "Economy of Movement"

Faking effort 

Joakim Noah back

If he's healthy...watch out. 

Motor and energy are off the charts

Timberwolves 

Karl Towns fools gold? 

Andrew Wiggins 

Derrick Rose unreal

Dario Saric

Who would have thought?

Lakers 

Lonzo's defense

Kuzma

Anthony Davis future

Final thoughts

End

 

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Jade Hoy from the Back to Back Podcast.

0:07.3

Thank you for joining us this Thursday for the Nerders She Wrote Pod with Dave Dufour and Coach David Thorpe.

0:13.6

I got Dave with me here.

0:15.8

How'd the show go today, Dave?

0:17.5

A little two-man game, pick and pop with me and coach Thorpe talking NBA defense.

0:22.4

And we've got some surprising thoughts, at least to Jade, about Jaron Jackson.

0:27.6

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I think the link works for that. Hello and welcome to the back-to-back podcast Thursday show, Nerger she wrote.

1:41.7

I am Dave DeFore, your host, joining me as always.

1:48.6

Coach, David Thorpe, coach, people have been clamoring to know this, the answer to this question.

1:51.8

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