All right, welcome to RealGM Radio.

Joining me today, Matt Issa, you know him as an NBA writer at SB Nation, Forbes Sports, Opta Analyst, really knowledgeable guy who I always enjoy talking with in person. He's joining the radio show for the first time here, and I'm excited to talk about a whole bunch of topics. We're going to discuss which teams that we believe in the most at the top of the Eastern Conference. through the top four, the Celtics, the Cavs, the Knicks, and the Pistons. We actually start recording this episode right as news breaks about Cade Cunningham's Collapsed Lung and that he's going to be out for an extended period of time now for the Detroit Pistons. Might be back in time for the playoffs. We discuss how that impacts Detroit. Who needs to step up in the meantime and what this means for their chances to make it to

the NBA finals.

So we dive into all of that.

And then finally, we end with a conversation going through a bunch of our candidates

for Most Improved and a bigger conversation about what most improved should actually

mean and what kind of

players should be awarded in that category.

So really fun episode.

Hope you enjoy it.

Let's jump in.

All right, welcome to another edition of Real Jam Radio.

Good friend of mine, Matt Issa is here, first-time guest on Real GM Radio.

Really excited to talk with you.

Thanks for jumping on.

We got a bunch of stuff to get to.

I want to talk about the top of the Eastern Conference and just basically who do we think is going to come out of the East at this point

because I do think it's a really interesting question. Plus I want to talk about some most improved player candidates, something think is going to come out of the East at this point? Because I do think it's a really interesting question.

Plus, I want to talk about some most improved player candidates,

something I know you wrote about recently.

But let's start with the big news from this morning.

Cade Cunningham is going to be out for quite a while

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