Worried about the Mavs? + How bad is the East?
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🗓️ 16 November 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Saturday Slam and Jam
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers break down the top stories of the week including Chet's injury, Wemby and Giannis' big nights, and the red hot Cavs. Then the guys break down their favorite things of the week including quotes from Chauncey Billups, the play of the Pistons, how bad the East is, and more.
In Part 2 Tim Cato of the All City Network joins to discuss the very strange start from the Dallas Mavericks. What is killing them in crunch time? What is with the defensive effort? and more
In the final segment the guys plan a fun edition of Andrew vs. The Beat, where Andrew takes on Tim in a Mavs trivia game.
Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers
With: Tim Cato
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Saturday Slamin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily on today's show. |
| 0:16.9 | We're talking about Janus. |
| 0:18.3 | We're talking about the Pistons and our other favorite things. |
| 0:21.3 | We're going to talk to Tim Cato about the strange start for the Dallas Mavericks. |
| 0:25.6 | And then to end, we're going to do a little Mavs trivia. |
| 0:29.6 | To start, though, Al, tell me about the top stories this week. |
| 0:33.3 | Well, Andrew, our top story this week is unfortunately an injury. |
| 0:37.8 | But it's an important one because it's an injury that could shape the Western Conference race |
| 0:41.7 | and the title race in general. |
| 0:43.6 | Chet Holmgren, who had gotten off to an all-star start this season, |
| 0:47.3 | he broke his right Iliac wing after a nasty looking fall under the rim. |
| 0:52.1 | The Thunder announced that a return to play plan won't be |
| 0:55.7 | shared for 8 to 10 weeks, but that Chet is expected to return in the 24-25 season. The Thunder |
| 1:01.7 | remained number one in the West as a Friday afternoon at 10 and 2, but face a challenging |
| 1:05.6 | stretch ahead until Isaiah Hartinstein hopefully returns later this month. It's not wearing his brace |
| 1:10.5 | anymore, Al. |
| 1:11.2 | The brace is off. So just saying, just saying, get ready. Breaking your brace news for me and |
| 1:16.1 | Drew. From one number seed to another, the Cleveland Cavaliers continue their early season rampage |
| 1:23.5 | this week, stretching their undefeated streak to 13 games. This week's wins included a very |
| 1:28.7 | impressive shalacking of the Golden State Warriors, as well as back-to-back wins over the desperate |
| 1:33.8 | Milwaukee Bucks. The Cavs are now entering historical territory, Andrew. Their 13 wins to start the |
| 1:39.5 | season is currently the sixth best start to a season in NBA history. Wow. And as if Cavs fans needed |
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