Will Giannis stay in Milwaukee?
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Timberwolves win over the Cavs, the Pacers snapping their 13 game losing streak, and condensation in Chicago. Then, Sam Amick joins the pod to close the book on the Trae Young trade, discuss possible AD destinations, and his exclusive interview with Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Sam Amick
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 January 9th, |
| 0:13.8 | 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Zena Keda. Coming up, Cavs and Wolves matched up. We're going to |
| 0:19.6 | talk about that game a little bit. The Pacer snapped, their 13 game losing up. We're going to talk about that game a little bit. |
| 0:24.4 | The Pacer snapped or 13 game losing streak. We're going to hit that. |
| 0:30.0 | And I sat down with Sam Amick and asked him the question we all want to know is Janus leaving Milwaukee. |
| 0:41.5 | Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Zena. Good to see you. Hope you're doing okay out there in Chicago. You got the athletic show tomorrow morning. |
| 0:45.1 | Doing great. Excited to get back on it, starting New Year's Strong. |
| 1:06.3 | Yeah, absolutely. Before we talk about the Timberwolves Cavaliers game, we would like to also send our thoughts and prayers to everyone in Minneapolis, to the family of Renee Nicole Good, and join the Timberwolves and the entire country in the world in sending our condolences and thoughts. |
| 1:19.6 | The Timberwolves had a moment of silence before the game for Renee Nicole Good, whose life was tragically and recklessly taken from her by a federal agent in Minneapolis the other day. |
| 1:26.4 | But again, yeah, our thoughts and prayers to her family and friends and everybody affected by this. |
| 1:31.6 | There was a basketball game as heavy as all of our hearts were. |
| 1:32.7 | There was a basketball game. |
| 1:35.0 | And it was pretty good. |
| 1:39.1 | You know, the Timberwolves, they pick up another win, 131, 122. |
| 1:41.4 | They defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers. |
| 1:44.4 | It's a good win for them in a string of good wins. |
| 1:47.0 | They've been 15 and 5, Zina, since Thanksgiving. |
| 1:49.6 | We've talked about their offense. |
| 1:54.0 | They've got a number one guy in Anthony Edwards who typically shows up every single night. |
| 2:00.2 | But that number two guy, Julius Randall, 28 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, the playmaking. I mean, the way that they're able to use Anthony Edwards off of Julius Randall, we got to see that against the top level defense in the Cleveland Cavaliers, at least when everybody's out there and playing at their best. |
| 2:11.1 | And they were able to score, I mean, 131 points on this Cavs defense is still something. |
| 2:15.6 | You have four players in 20 or more scoring. |
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