SGA Lifts OKC Over Jokic, Nuggets! Plus, Should LeBron be an All Star?

The Zach Lowe Show

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Zach is joined by Kirk Goldsberry to break down OKC’s latest win over Denver before recapping the trades thus far. Then, Rob Mahoney comes to share his thoughts on the All-Star rosters and Paul George’s suspension before closing the show with their Rookie of the Year picks. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (1:51) Kirk Goldsberry joins the show! (7:56) Takeaways from Thunder-Nuggets (16:22) If Denver wants to beat the Thunder, they need Aaron Gordon (20:26) Early MVP discussion (28:05) Kings trade for De’Andre Hunter (40:13) Hornets continue to be a blast to watch (42:25) Blazers make deal for Krejci (46:57) Rob Mahoney on this year’s All-Stars! (49:59) Are we surprised LeBron got a spot? (59:33) Lets move on to the East (1:08:20) Paul George suspended 25 games (1:25:50) Who should be Rookie of the Year? Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Kirk Goldsberry and Rob Mahoney Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto This episode is presented by State Farm®️. Dishing the assists you need off the court. State Farm®️ with the Assist. #ULTRAinstructor could get you closer to the action! https://michelobultra.com/instructor MICHELOB ULTRA®️ ULTRA Instructor. No Purchase Necessary. Open to US residents 21 plus. Begins on January 30, 2026 and ends on February 22, 2026. See Official Rules at https://michelobultra.com/rules for free entry, entry deadlines, prizes, and details. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.8	exclusions apply. 18 plus scummelaware.org.com. Coming up on the Zach Lowe show, it is trade deadline week.
0:40.9	Kurt Goldsbury and Rob Mahoney are here to help us sort through everything.
0:44.8	We do talk about the deadline coming up.
0:47.6	We do mention the honest situation.
0:49.3	And we had actual trades over the weekend.
0:51.4	The Kings and the Bulls were allowed to somehow trade with each other.
0:54.1	I think this should be banned. But it ended up with the Kings getting DeAndre Hunter. Why, how, who, Kian Ellis is involved, what happened. Portland and Atlanta made a minor trade that I kind of like for one of the teams. We get into that. And then we talk all stars, all star snubs, All-Star roster. Should LeBron be in the All-Star team? We talk about the Knicks' recent surge.
1:14.4	Kirk and I do it. All-Stars, All-Star snubs, all-star rosters, should LeBron be in the All-Star team?
1:12.2	We talk about the Knicks' recent surge.
1:14.4	Kirk and I do a deep dive on Thunder Nuggets, one, the first clash of these two Titans
1:19.4	during the season, the Thunder win easily.
1:22.0	Both teams missing lots of players.
1:24.8	We talk about rookie of the year.
1:26.9	Just a whole lot of stuff going on in the NBA as everyone gears up for these last three days before the trade deadline. So we got Kurt Goldsbury. He talks about his MVP ballot, actually. We talk about that since that's a Shayy Yoguch thing, as always. And then we got Rob Mahoney taking a break from all of his other podcasting to slum it on here. So that's all coming up after this on The Zach Lowe Show. This episode of the Zach Lowe Show is brought to you by State Farm. Life's better when you've got the right help. Think of that perfect pass that sets everything up, smooth, effortless, just what your team you did. That's the kind of assist State Farm offers, whether it's online or in person.
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