Wolves over Lakers? + The Jokic Bump
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🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Nikola Jokic is the best player in the NBA and we have our national writer at the Athletic Fred Katz to discuss some nuances in his approach and game. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita discuss Fred’s article on Nikola Jokic and what other players in the NBA are saying about his game. In part 2 Fred sticks around and the crew discusses their favorite Playoff matchups including Nuggets/Clippers, Wolves/Lakers and the return of Damian Lillard.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Fred Katz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6276862/2025/04/16/nikola-jokic-christian-braun-mentorship-nba-mvp-denver-nuggets/
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
| 0:09.0 | His game might be over, but yours isn't. |
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| 0:41.4 | Coming up, it's the playoffs. |
| 0:43.2 | Fred Katz is here to talk about the Yokechpump, |
| 0:45.3 | and we're going to break down some of the pivotal series as we march toward the finals. |
| 0:55.9 | Good morning, everybody. Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:57.4 | Good morning, guys. |
| 0:57.9 | How's it going? |
| 0:59.3 | Good morning. |
| 1:00.5 | It's going well. |
| 1:03.8 | We're taking a little break before the playoffs start. |
| 1:07.0 | Shout out to the play-ins being the play-ins. I love this pace. |
| 1:08.4 | Fred Katz is here right off the jump. |
| 1:10.7 | Fred, this is about as a light of a schedule as you've had all year, right? |
| 1:15.6 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:16.4 | Yeah, nothing. |
| 1:17.2 | It's not like I've had features that I've been working out forever coming out all week. |
| 1:21.9 | It's not like I'm working on, you know, post-mortem stuff for 17 teams whose seasons are over and preparing for the playoffs |
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