ODDBALL - NBA Minus One: How Good Are Teams Without Their Stars?

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What happens when every NBA team loses its best player? Amin and Izzy analyze how teams would perform without their biggest stars. They break down the New York Knicks without Jalen Brunson, the Los Angeles Lakers without LeBron James (not Luka Doncic), and the Milwaukee Bucks without Giannis Antetokounmpo. Does Oklahoma City become a lottery team without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander? To close the show, ’tis the season: they fill out a bracket and decide which team would take first without its star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Draft King's Network.
0:10.7	Hey, Izzy, you know that moment when you're out watching hoops and the server comes over and asks the table,
0:15.1	what can I get you guys?
0:16.3	And everybody freezes up.
0:18.0	You know what you should do?
0:19.3	What should I do?
0:20.0	I mean, you got gotta have some confidence.
0:22.4	Or, as Yeagermeister calls it, shot fit-ins.
0:25.4	If everyone's struggling, take charge.
0:28.0	Just order for the whole table.
0:29.6	A round of ice-cold Jaeger Meister shots.
0:32.4	Damn, that's cold.
0:33.5	Because apparently, we've been drinking Yeagermeister all wrong.
0:37.2	Wait a second.
0:37.9	How should we be drinking it?
0:38.9	We should be drinking ice cold.
0:40.8	I'm talking zero degrees Fahrenheit ice cold.
0:43.8	I'm talking tailgating in Buffalo for a playoff game cold.
0:48.1	You know what?
0:49.2	I've never been tailgating, Izzy.
0:50.9	That's right.
0:51.3	I've never been tailgating.
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