Zach Lowe On NBA Season Tipoff

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The NBA tips off tonight, in time to ensure Christmas basketball in 2020! Headed into the season, LeBron’s Lakers still sit atop the West, and maybe the entire league. Mavericks star Luka Doncic appears to be the early frontrunner for MVP, but does he have what it takes to earn that status? And with Giannis Antetokounmpo signed and Kevin Durant returning from injury, can Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo repeat last year’s surprising playoff run? Zach Lowe brings us the latest on the James Harden situation, and more. Then, Josh Hermsmeyer breaks down the best and worst of movie football coaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	James, now that you've been in camp for about a week, do you feel any better about this situation now than you did before you arrived?
0:08.0	Next question.
0:12.4	That was James Hardin yesterday, fanning the flames that have engulfed the Rockets locker room and may now be spreading around the league.
0:21.6	Today, with the NBA tipping off tonight,
0:25.6	Zach Lowe takes us into that story and beyond.
0:29.6	Dissecting everything.
0:30.6	You need to know about the power players who'll decide this season.
0:35.6	I'm Pablo Torre.
0:39.5	It's Tuesday, December 22nd.
0:42.7	This is ESPN Day.
0:51.0	Zach, what are you wearing?
0:54.9	I am wearing a Philadelphia 76ers hat for you. And just to prove that I am agnostic and just a fan of all the league,
0:59.6	this is my Timberwolves fleece that I have on.
1:02.8	I'm like Homer Simpson when he holds the pennant that just says sports.
1:06.1	That's how I am with the NBA.
1:07.4	I am a fan of everybody.
1:08.7	I want everybody to succeed.
1:10.5	Zach Lowe is a senior NBA writer for ESPN and host of the Low Post podcast. His season preview,
1:16.4	a ranking of all 30 teams, is out now on ESPN Plus. You are the person I wanted to talk to you
1:23.9	today for a couple of reasons. Number one is your polygamy about all of these
1:28.3	NBA franchises. The other, though, is that you're super plugged in, man. You talk to people
1:33.5	around the league all the time. You're texting, your calling. So if you were to generate, Zach,
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