Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA Daily on today's show. It could be argued that the bucks should tank for the rest of the season, but Janus could get in the way of that. Meanwhile, after what we saw at the trade deadline, is the East still wide open? Plus, we are officially worried about NBA All-Star Weekend.

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Hello, and welcome back to Locked-on NBA Daily, part of the Locked-on podcast network, now the number one sports podcast network. However, you're tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app. Thanks for making us your first listen every day. Today's episode is sponsored by Fandual. The winner games are on, and there's no better way to follow them than with a bet on Fandual. FanDuel, play your game. I'm Wes Goldberg and today we're talking about whether the bucks should tank for the rest of the season or go for the playoffs. We'll take stock of the Eastern Conference and then talk about these embarrassing all-star event lineups. We're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me, as always, from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. it's Matt Moore, Matt. Trayette lines over. I still haven't recovered.

My body's still a wreck from the trade deadline. I still don't know where Dale and Terry is. Does anyone know where Dalit Terry is? He's back at his mama's house, Matt. That's where he is. From the Lockdown Bulls podcast, also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleach Report. It's Hayes. From Tuesday to Thursday after the trade deadline, I had done 25 podcasts. 25. That's a lot. That's a lot. We're all tired. We're all recovering. I don't know if you guys could tell, but I'm congested.

I don't even know.

I got sick from the trade deadline.

I don't even know what's going on. I got science infection. It's great. Yep. That's, hey, but we're playing through it. We're playing through it. Before I jump into today's topics, I did have a question for you guys, because I'm watching the Super Bowl last night.

And here are these two teams, the Patriots and the Seahawks, who nobody saw making the Super

Bowl before the season started. I think I saw a stat that they were both like 100 to 1 odds,

even at the beginning of the playoffs to make the Super Bowl, something like that. I was trying to

think what NBA comparison would it be for the finals in June?

Two teams that are kind of at a point in their rebuilding process,

maybe playing better as the season goes on,

but definitely long shots to make the finals.

Matt, do you have any thoughts?

So we can kind of talk about that specific kind of framework as in like nobody saw

them coming.

I have a different one though.

The Seahawks were the best team in football.

If you kind of take a holistic look at both sides of the ball all season, they were a

legitimate champion.

Like they were absolutely incredible. Great season, so happy for Sam Darnold,

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