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🗓️ 2 November 2024
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Summary
Saturday Slam N Jam
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the NBA Headlines of the week including Paolo Banchero's injury, Nuggets and Bucks struggling and a Wemby 5x5. Then the guys discuss the Rookie of the Year odds and their favorite things from the week including their favorite players, quotes, and more. In part 2 Bryce Simon of the Game Theory and Pistons Pulse podcasts joins to discuss the Pistons and if there is anything from their early start that indicates good progress. Then in the final segment they play a fun and stressful edition of Andrew vs. the Beat, a game show hosted by Alex Speers where Andrew and Bryce go head to head in Pistons trivia.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Alex Speers and Bryce Simon
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Saturday Slaman Jam. I'm your host, Andrew Schlect. With me, as always, is my good friend, Alex Spears. Today on the show, we are going to go through some |
| 0:23.2 | headlines. We're going to talk rookie of the year. We are also going to go through our favorite |
| 0:28.2 | things and then at the tail end of the show, we're going to have our buddy Bryce Simon come on |
| 0:33.9 | to discuss the Detroit Pistons and of course do some ridiculous trivia. |
| 0:39.5 | That is very fun. |
| 0:40.6 | Very much looking forward to that. |
| 0:42.3 | But before we get to any of the trivia, any of the chaos, Alex, tell me about the top |
| 0:48.8 | stories in the NBA this week. |
| 0:51.0 | Well, Andrew, the top story this week was our first 50-point game of the season. |
| 0:56.1 | In a game against Indiana, Paulo Bencaro bullied the Pacers, getting to the line 22 times |
| 1:01.3 | in route to a 50-13-9 line. |
| 1:06.1 | Paulo's 37 points in the first half tied a franchise record for most points in a half, |
| 1:10.4 | previously set by Tracy McGrady. |
| 1:12.9 | Through five games, Bencaro is averaging 29 points per game for the 3 and 2 Magic. |
| 1:17.4 | Unfortunately, later in the week, we would find out that Paulo had a torn right oblique. |
| 1:22.6 | It's terrible. |
| 1:23.2 | It will keep him out for the next four to six weeks, a significant blow for the young magic team. |
| 1:28.4 | Paulo, who averaged 4.4 three-point attempts per game last season, took nine three-pointers |
| 1:33.9 | in that 50-point game. |
| 1:35.4 | Another data point in what has been an historical start to the NBA season from three. |
| 1:39.8 | Currently, NBA teams are taking more than 40% of their shots from three, the highest attempt rate ever. |
| 1:46.3 | Owen Phillips noted in his blog, the F5, the rise in three-point attempts is largely coming from an increase in pull-up attempts from behind the art. |
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