Reminisce History, Young's Hawks, Too Cute Lakers, Fearless Luka, Time Tempo and Across the NBA with Steve 'Irving Gervin' Smith
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🗓️ 26 May 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
NBA's / TNT's Steve 'Smitty' Smith drops by to talk with David and Marcus, reminiscing about his signature move, paradigm shifts in the NBA and changing the mind of a nation. Runnin' with Magic and Gervin. "Giving back is part of our heritage," said DA. Then talking about the poised Atlanta Hawks and Trae Young's Game 1 performance against the Knicks. Small ball vs Bigs. Lakers in trouble? Clippers gonna wake up? "Luka is not scared of anybody." Donovan Mitchell's time and rhythm. How will the Nets do without a BIG? Jrue Holiday has changed the Bucks. Finally...get your time machine out...what team needs a "Smitty right now? And James Wiseman on the trading block confusion. What did Bob Myers say?
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| 0:00.0 | Let me know when you're ready, Jay. |
| 0:02.2 | I am ready, sir. |
| 0:03.5 | All right. Welcome to the Athletic MBA show Monday through Friday. On the Athletic Podcast Network. And it's another addition of hoops adjacent on the Athletic NBA show. David Alder here in Hot as Hell, D.C. Actually, it's not that hot. It's not that hot yet. It just feels hot to me. Anyway. Hey, we got a cool breeze out here. I'm just saying. |
| 0:00.4 | Shut up. |
| 0:01.1 | I don't want to hear that more. |
| 0:02.3 | Shut up. |
| 0:03.3 | Shut up. It's not that hot yet. It just feels hot to me. Anyway. Hey, we got a cool breeze out here. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm just saying. |
| 0:21.5 | Shut up. |
| 0:22.2 | I don't want to hear that. |
| 0:24.2 | Shut up. |
| 0:24.3 | Shut up. |
| 0:25.3 | Shut up. |
| 0:26.8 | Why are your A's talking to Portland? |
| 0:31.1 | Right. |
| 0:32.6 | And Las Vegas. |
| 0:33.6 | And Las Vegas. |
| 0:34.4 | They take it a fact-binding trip. |
| 0:35.4 | They shut all up and down the West Coast. |
| 0:38.3 | Lusies. |
| 0:39.3 | Man, I tell you what, though. |
| 0:42.3 | We got to talk about the dubs and we will talk about that and a whole bunch of NBA playoff |
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