Stephen A. Smith and Jeff Van Gundy

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4.7 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Zach talks to ESPN's Stephen A. Smith about the new-look Lakers, the Nets as favorites, the Knicks and Damian Lillard, and more; then ESPN's Jeff Van Gundy stops by to talk about Team USA in Tokyo and the biggest offseason moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.7	Greatness starts with G. And now the low welcome to the low post podcast where free agency is
0:42.4	mostly in the books. We're all about to take a break from the NBA. But before we do,
0:47.8	I wanted to zoom out and go over the big picture landscape with someone who talks on our airwaves
0:53.8	every day about the NBA. It's his favorite league, I think. The one and only. The greatest showman
0:59.5	in show business and TV for ESPN. Steven A Smith. How are you? What's up, man? How you doing, man?
1:05.5	Glad to finally be here. I'm thrilled to make it happen. You are out in L.A. So let's start there.
1:12.4	You talked. I was listening to you on first take a few days ago talking about Russell Westbrook
1:17.5	in the amount of pressure that's on Russell Westbrook. But tell me about, you know, how do you
1:21.6	think he fits with LeBron? How do you looking for him? How does he have to change his game or does
1:26.0	he have to change his game? Well, listen, I think I think both have to modify it to some degree. LeBron
1:30.9	can't be as ball dominant as as he has been making all the decisions because that's one of the
1:37.8	reasons Rustin want to be in Houston anymore. As you well know, because he didn't want to be,
1:42.6	you know, sitting on a sidelines playing the role of spectator being on a court playing the role
1:46.4	of spectator watching James Arden. Well, that's not going to change with LeBron James. He's happy
1:50.4	to be back home. He's happy to be in L.A. He's happy to be on a title contender, which he is on.
1:55.4	We get all of that. But in the end, he's still Russell Westbrook and, you know, credit to him,
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