The LeBron Hail Mary with Ramona Shelburne and Rookie Check-in with John Hollinger

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🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Zach and ESPN's Ramona Shelburne discuss the Warriors attempting to trade for LeBron James, LeBron's future in LA, the recent surges for both teams and whether they can do damage in the playoffs. Then John Hollinger of the Athletic weighs in on Rookie of the Year and checks in rookies in Charlotte, Memphis, Washington, Toronto, Utah, Houston, and more. Plus: Klay Thompson coming off the bench, Deni Avdija's recent play, the Bucks falling to 3-7 under Doc Rivers, much more! 1:00- Ramona's reporting on how close LeBron to the Warriors was to happening. 15:00- What are LeBron's goals at this stage of his career? 25:15- Are the Lakers and Warriors latest stretch sustainable? 30:05- The Warriors commitment to build a contender around Steph. 39:49- John Hollinger joins 40:00- Brandin Podziemski replacing Klay Thompson in the starting lineup 46:45- Keyonte George, Taylor Hendricks, and the Utah Jazz 54:30- GG Jackson Jr. and the Memphis Grizzlies 1:01:45- Concern level for Milwaukee 1:07:35- Brandon Miller's impressive season 1:17:50- Scoot Henderson's confusing rookie year 1:20:30- Houston Rockets' Guard Room 1:24:40- Rapid Fire Rookies 1:32:24- Rookie of the Year debate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now the Low Post.
0:03.0	Welcome to the Low Post podcast.
0:07.0	We have arrived at the all-star break of the NBA season.
0:11.0	And one of the big stories in the league right now is that two of the
0:14.1	league's old lions left for dead dynastic and or marquee franchises have
0:21.2	reinvented themselves in this beautiful sort of slow organic
0:25.8	process of self-discovery. The Los Angeles Lakers are eight and three in their
0:30.7	last 11 games. The Golden State Warriors are 8 and 4 in their last 12 games and you can hear the head
0:36.8	honchos at ESPAN and ABC. Are they going to be contenders? Can they be contenders? Can they be contenders?
0:41.8	Can we have long playoff runs? but before we get to that conversation
0:45.2	The head Hotchos at ESP and in ABC did backflips and cartwheels because Adrian Wojnorowski and our other guests today, Ramona Momo Shelburne, dropped a neutron bomb on the
0:58.2	NBA world this week by reporting that the Golden State Warriors cloak and dagger under the cover of
1:05.4	Nightfall tried to trade for LeBron freaking James at the trade deadline in a deal
1:12.0	that would have been partly brokered by
1:14.4	Dreyman Green who has an incredible talent for being at the center of
1:18.0	literally everything that happens in the NBA at least by his own telling of it
1:21.7	that would have paired Stephen Curry and
1:23.9	LeBron James two of the defining stars if not the two defining stars of the
1:27.8	last 25 years it did not happen I have a million questions and luckily I have Ramona Shelburne here. How are you?
1:34.8	I'm good. We got to use the word clandestine in the lead. Did you like that?
1:40.3	I say clandestine. Is that wrong? I think you can go either way I think it's
1:45.5	clandestine or clandestine but we have said the low-post land speed record for most
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