Wizards win the Lottery + Wemby ejected; Wolves win
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita react to the Knicks sweeping the Sixers, discuss New York's title chances, and the controversy around Victor Wembanyama's ejection as the Wolves beat the Spurs. Then, the gang debates the winners and losers of the NBA Draft Lottery and whether the Wizards will trade the number one pick.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for May 11th, |
| 0:03.3 | 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Esperiheena and Zena Keda. |
| 0:07.2 | Coming up, the Knicks complete the sweep, the wolves fight back, and the Wizards won the lottery. |
| 0:19.6 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:22.3 | What is up, guys? |
| 0:24.7 | Zena completely overdressed for a podcast. |
| 0:26.1 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:29.3 | If you guys are watching on YouTube, you are missing out. |
| 0:32.3 | Speaking of, hey, congratulations, Zena. |
| 1:29.7 | Zina made her WNBA ION TV national debut. You absolutely bodied that. I appreciate it. It was fun. It was fun. It was a packed weekend of games. Lots of good action. I don't know if you guys caught Dallas, Indiana. The future of the WMBA is bright, y'all. Just saying that. Yes, it is. Now that there's a Toronto WMBA team, of course. Toronto, Portland made their state news. Now S can care about the WMBA. Unlike me, Zina, you know what? I've been an ally for a long time. Big WNBA fan. Wow, as he is doing you dirty. He threw me under the bus. Wow. I know both of you guys are hoop lovers. That's right. Thank you, Zina. Yes. I appreciate you. And I appreciate the fact that you look like you're an extra in men in black right now. With the suit, it's fire. All right. I was like, which music video is Zena going to go reenact after the show? |
| 1:33.1 | Hey, the Knicks, guys, let's talk about the Knicks. |
| 1:34.5 | They finished the sweep. |
| 1:37.2 | The Sixers just, they had nothing. |
| 1:38.2 | All right. |
| 1:44.4 | It was, I don't want to say they rolled over because the Knicks really just shot the cover off the ball. |
| 1:48.2 | Unbelievable shooting performance by the Knicks in this game. They put up 144 points in regulation, 144, 114, 114. |
| 1:53.3 | They go 21 of 29 from three. |
| 1:56.5 | Incredible. |
| 1:57.4 | Just not much you can do, you know, when a team is that hot. |
| 2:01.4 | Look, the series is over now. |
| 2:03.5 | I think that we want to start with the Knicks here because they're the winners. |
| 2:07.5 | We've watched them win six straight games now. |
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