Should the NBA expand to Seattle and Las Vegas?
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Hawks extending their win streak to 10 games with a win over the Magic, the upcoming NBA expansion vote, and whether Seattle and Las Vegas are the best choices for new teams. Then, Dan Woike joins the show after the Lakers beat the Rockets in a playoff showdown to discuss Luka's MVP chances, LA's win streak, and LeBron James as a role player.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and Dan Woike
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily, presented by Amazon Prime for March 17th, |
| 0:13.5 | 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Esparheny. Coming up, the Hawks keep winning, beating the magic. |
| 0:20.7 | S has to apologize for that one. We're going to talk about some expansion news that dropped yesterday. |
| 0:26.0 | And we got Dan Wojke to talk about the Lakers winning streak continuing. |
| 0:32.8 | Good morning, everybody. What is up, S? |
| 0:36.6 | Good morning. Hope you came hungry up? S. Wow. Morning. |
| 0:38.0 | Hope you came hungry. |
| 0:39.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.7 | Got to eat some crow. |
| 0:42.0 | How about that? |
| 0:43.0 | I do. |
| 0:43.5 | I do have to eat some crooks. |
| 0:45.3 | It was not Magic City Night and it was not the Magic's Night either. |
| 0:50.3 | It was not. |
| 0:52.1 | Yeah, maybe Luke Cornett needs to eat some crotch, too. |
| 0:55.0 | But whatever. |
| 0:55.7 | That's another story for another day. |
| 0:58.1 | Pretty incredible game from the Hawks. |
| 1:00.8 | It was an incredible game. |
| 1:01.8 | And they led the entire game. |
| 1:03.6 | I mean, they controlled this just the entire time. |
| 1:07.2 | Jalen Johnson, 24 points, 15 rebounds, 13 assists, triple double. |
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