NPDS - James Harden gets his wish! Roger Goodell comments on Epstein Files, international games, and more! (Episode 1409 Hour 1)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘chase’ as in ring chasing as in James Harden as in Clippers as in Cavaliers as in the NBA. James Harden is now on the Cavaliers. No more LA, no more Kawhi Leonard, no more Steve Ballmer. (13:20) NPPOD. (16:20) It’s Super Bowl week! That means Roger Goodell is meeting with the media. Epstein Files. Coaching hirings. International games. 18-game schedule. You name it! (35:00) Review: Secret Mall Apartment. (37:00) Robert Kraft is not getting into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Wow. No Patriots. No Kraft, no Belichick. (42:10) Let’s talk RSNs. Baseball is at a breaking point with regional sports networks. MLB is getting the rights. Let me explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Chase, that's been up and personal word of the day. It is Wednesday, February 4th,
0:44.1	2026. And Jimmy Harden is chasing an NBA championship. That's right, in one of the most
0:54.0	anticipated, least interesting, shocking
0:57.9	pre-trade deadline moves. NBA trade deadline is February 5th at about 3 p.m. Eastern.
1:04.8	It was announced late last night that James Hardin has been traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
1:13.6	The reason why that's noteworthy is that James Harden gets traded and moved all the time.
1:21.6	James Harden over welcomes his stay just about everywhere he's been.
1:26.6	Since his first finals appearance and only finals appearance with the Oklahoma City Thunder
1:33.3	back in the days of Durant, Westbrook at all, that big three, James Hardin has tried
1:40.5	to be the man on each team to zero success.
1:48.6	The Nets, the Sixers, and now the Clippers.
1:54.1	The Clippers who have been the subject of not just Pablo Tori finds out investigations.
2:03.0	It's not just about the salary cap circumvention
2:06.6	and Kauai Leonard.
2:10.0	Steve Balmer has attempted with the Clippers
2:13.0	to invest an amount of money to build a team
2:16.7	that was expected in Intuituitome, the host of the
2:20.2	All-Star game coming up next week. The thought was that the Clippers were a winning organization
2:27.1	now and really were going to compete for a title. If not, you may remember, compete to take over L.A. That was the purpose of James
2:37.6	Harden. Never was it James Hardin's purpose. But the purpose of James Harden was to make the Lakers
2:46.5	somehow subservient to the clip joint.
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