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The Dragon and the Wolf connect after an unannounced vacation day last week. We address the social justice issues which led to the NBA’s boycott (6:10), riff on the Chris Paul-James Harden legacy Game 7 (29:01), preview the Nuggets-Clippers series (48:09), talk about the Eastern Conference playoffs (1:02:59), “Soccer is for P******” featuring Lionel Messi’s Barcelona drama (1:19:37), “Gully Music for the Streets” featuring Nas’ “King’s Disease” (1:26:05) and the losses of basketball and movie titans (1:39:31). Twitter Instagram Email - FadeTheMedia@gmail.com
The Towel Boys break down how the epic duel between the Chris Paul/James Harden led Rockets and the Death-Lineup led Warriors changed the landscape of the NBA and basketball as a whole.
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Nick Angstadt (Locked On Mavs) and Sam Amick (The Athletic) discuss Kawhi Leonard's Free Agency situation, Chris Paul & James Harden's current relationship status, and if Jimmy Butler could end up on the Rockets (and if that's even a good idea). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The NBA Draft is in less than 48 hours! SO... NBA straya has you covered with our second COMPLETELY UN-INFORMED MOCK DRAFT for the ENTIRE FIRST ROUND! Plus... Al Horford now wants OUT of Boston, and the Houston Rockets have a Chris Paul-James Harden problem. We also look at landing spots for D'Angelo Russell -- Boston, Utah, Orlando!? - as well as figure all the problems the LAKERS and CELTICS have *Insert tears here*. There's also a BEAUTY of a flame-grilled take in Outback Takehouse... Finally, we look at EVERY SINGLE PICK of the FIRST ROUND of the NBA DRAFT, and figure out what each team needs and just pick whoever the hell we want. ... and we close out with a NEW JINGLES HR! Get around it! – and get around us at twitter.com/NBAstraya – facebook.com/NBAStraya – NBAStraya.com AND BUY MATT LOGUE'S AWESOME NEW BOOK - 'HOOP DREAMS DOWN UNDER'
Carmelo Anthony is a Rocket. It's a situation that will make or break his legacy in the court of recency bias. It could also make or break the greatest team the Rockets have assembled. Is this really worth the risk? Is there any chance Melo changes his ways? In a sign of the times, we're focusing on the SPACE FORCE over water on Mars and a trip to the Sun by NASA. Also, another bad look by the Clippers firing Bruce Bowens for simply criticizing Kawhi Leonard. It's Lindo Zay Tuesday, so the takes are out in full force.
After a disappointing second-round exit in the 2017 playoffs, the Rockets were busy during the offseason, trading for star point guard Chris Paul and adding defensive specialists Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and P.J. Tucker. Those moves have been bearing fruit thus far, as last week they became only the third team since 2015 to win the season series over the Golden State Warriors. To help us assess how much of a threat these Rockets pose to the defending champions, we brought back Salman Ali, managing editor of Red Nation Hoops, for his second appearance on the show. He takes us through how Rockets GM Daryl Morey was able to engineer this roster in the offseason, the new dynamic of the Chris Paul-James Harden pairing and the rumors that Houston might be at the top of LeBron James’ free agency list in the coming off-season. Blast off with these clutch excerpts below:4:22-4:42: “The Rockets are probably more health-dependent than any other team outside of maybe Cleveland. They’re so dependent on health. If any of their main guys gets hurt, there’s a significant drop-off. Even when Luc Mbah a Moute went down, their defense went down the toilet for a good stretch there.”10:14-10:58: “He [Chris Paul] is so different at running an offense than James Harden…Chris Paul is like that kid who studies all week, gets the 92 on a test, and James Harden is that dude who just walks in and gets a 98 after not studying. The offense clearly runs a lot smoother with James Harden, and it feels a lot more effortless…With Chris Paul, it’s different. It’s effective; it’s damn effective. But it’s just more calculated, and I guess maniacal in the way that Chris Paul targets defenses’ weaknesses. James Harden thinks the game, obviously, but he thinks the game at a different level. He plays the game more fluidly.”17:52-18:33: “To me, if they’re gonna answer the Death Lineup for the Warriors, they’re gonna have to play P.J. Tucker at the 5, because he’s the only one who can defend Draymond [Green], defend Durant and defend Curry on switches. The Warriors are gonna try to get their best matchup no matter what, and that involves playing the Steph-Draymond pick ‘n roll over and over and over again until the Rockets fade. And in my opinion, P.J. Tucker is kind of like Walmart Draymond. And their P.J. Tucker-at-the-5 lineup is kind of my favorite. It’s P.J. Tucker, Trevor Ariza at the 4, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute at the 3, Chris Paul at the 1, James Harden as a 2. That’s my favorite lineup.”28:16-29:59: “The Rockets are absolutely gonna pursue it [acquiring LeBron James]. If we’ve learned anything from Daryl Morey it’s that he’s aggressive and he’s gonna try anything to get what he wants. His general thing is you need three guys, right? And he’s talked about it ever since he came to the Rockets: You need three All-Star-quality players to truly compete with the best of the best for championships…but the question is will they have a chance of landing him? That’s always been the central question. That’s gonna be the central question in LeBron’s free agency this summer. Can the Rockets clear enough cap space to get LeBron straight up in free agency? Or will they try to facilitate some sort of opt-in trade like they did with Chris Paul? I think that [a trade for James in which he opts into the final year of his contract] is the most interesting scenario.”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dans l'épisode de la semaine, Tom et Ben se concentrent sur les Rockets, l'équipe la plus en forme de la ligue. Actuellement sur une série de 13 victoires de suite, les hommes de Mike d'Antoni réussissent la prouesse d'être à la fois parmi les meilleures attaques et les meilleurs défenses de la ligue. Si le fait de voir Houston enchaîner les cartons offensifs n'est pas vraiment surprenant, leur niveau défensif lui peut étonner. Il s'explique à la fois par les renforts de cet été mais aussi par l'application nouvelle que met cette équipe dans la tache défensive. Ce début de saison de Houston, c'est aussi le triomphe du duo Chris Paul-James Harden qui, en seulement quelques matches, s'est déjà affirmé comme un des meilleurs backcourt de la ligue. A tel point que certains commencent à se demander si cette équipe pourrait venir gêner les terribles Warriors... Au cours de l'overtime, Tom laisse sa place à Arthur pour revenir sur le retour de Paul George à Indiana, un des événements malheureux de la semaine dernière. Conspué par la quasi totalité du Bankers Life Fieldhouse, l'ancien ailier star des Pacers n'a pas vraiment eu l'accueil mérité par un joueur de son standing... Sommaire Introduction: 39s Débat autour des Houston Rockets: 3m06 Overtime: 45m35 Instrumental de fin d'épisode: Late Night
Here’s Episode 15 of The Jim Rome Podcast which features Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey. He talks about why he thinks his team can give the Warriors a series in the playoffs, whether or not the Warriors could beat the ’95-96 Chicago Bulls, how James Harden is even better than last season, why the voters screwed up the MVP voting last season, and how Mike D’Antoni makes the Chris Paul-James Harden marriage work. Plus, executive producer Adam Hawk sits down for a few minutes to recap his first year on the job and give a look behind the curtain of working for The Jim Rome Show. Plus, there's another batch of your voicemails. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Chris Paul-James Harden era got off to a brilliant start in Thursday's 142-116 win at Phoenix, with the two Hall-of-Fame guards combining for 59 points and 17 assists on better than 50% shooting from the field. Our Ben DuBose breaks down all the key storylines, including how the contrast in styles between the two floor generals could further benefit the Rockets (12-4) in the weeks and months ahead. #Rockets #NBA #CP3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Chris Paul-James Harden era got off to a brilliant start in Thursday's 142-116 win at Phoenix, with the two Hall-of-Fame guards combining for 59 points and 17 assists on better than 50% shooting from the field. Our Ben DuBose breaks down all the key storylines, including how the contrast in styles between the two floor generals could further benefit the Rockets (12-4) in the weeks and months ahead. #Rockets #NBA #CP3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex is joined by Big Drew to answer all the hard hitting questions surrounding the NBA offseason. They talk about Kyrie and the Knicks (1:40), the Tim Hardaway Jr. contract (9:00), where is Lebron going to play in 2018 (13:37), Clippers/Jazz (17:50), NBA summer league standouts (21:04), John Wall contract extension (25:30), top 15 players in the league (34:25), Timberwovles expectations (37:35), can Chris Paul/James Harden co-exist in Houston (40:50), best of available free agents (43:36), Paul George happy in OKC (44:50), what's up with the spurs (47:00), who's a dark horse to make the Eastern Conference All Start team next season (49:13), where is Isaiah Thomas playing next season (51:40), is Philly a playoff team next season (54:50)