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Alex Speers

πŸ‘€ Speaker
11727 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

I forgot. Oh, my gosh. I feel like we'll always associate James with the Pistons, even though he is literally on the opposite team now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

I forgot. Oh, my gosh. I feel like we'll always associate James with the Pistons, even though he is literally on the opposite team now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

I forgot. Oh, my gosh. I feel like we'll always associate James with the Pistons, even though he is literally on the opposite team now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it is time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week. Last week, the wheel landed on the Portland Trail Blazers. Now, the Blazers' play in dreams were officially eliminated this week. After their second half push, during which they had an above 500 record, they had a positive net rating.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it is time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week. Last week, the wheel landed on the Portland Trail Blazers. Now, the Blazers' play in dreams were officially eliminated this week. After their second half push, during which they had an above 500 record, they had a positive net rating.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it is time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week. Last week, the wheel landed on the Portland Trail Blazers. Now, the Blazers' play in dreams were officially eliminated this week. After their second half push, during which they had an above 500 record, they had a positive net rating.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

The Blazers are now, though, waiting for the draft lottery, where they will likely have the ninth or 10th best odds per cleaning the glass for the season. The Blazers have the 23rd ranked offense, 17th ranked defense. Andrew, if the Blazers are a favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

The Blazers are now, though, waiting for the draft lottery, where they will likely have the ninth or 10th best odds per cleaning the glass for the season. The Blazers have the 23rd ranked offense, 17th ranked defense. Andrew, if the Blazers are a favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

The Blazers are now, though, waiting for the draft lottery, where they will likely have the ninth or 10th best odds per cleaning the glass for the season. The Blazers have the 23rd ranked offense, 17th ranked defense. Andrew, if the Blazers are a favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So Scoot Henderson, his rookie season was a little bit worrying, but he seemed to find his footing this season, proved his efficiency, shot 38 percent from three on good volume in his final 46 games. So now that Blazers fans kind of breathe a little easier, knowing that he's probably not a bust, what parts of his game does he need to develop for him to take that next step?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So Scoot Henderson, his rookie season was a little bit worrying, but he seemed to find his footing this season, proved his efficiency, shot 38 percent from three on good volume in his final 46 games. So now that Blazers fans kind of breathe a little easier, knowing that he's probably not a bust, what parts of his game does he need to develop for him to take that next step?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So Scoot Henderson, his rookie season was a little bit worrying, but he seemed to find his footing this season, proved his efficiency, shot 38 percent from three on good volume in his final 46 games. So now that Blazers fans kind of breathe a little easier, knowing that he's probably not a bust, what parts of his game does he need to develop for him to take that next step?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

He's got to make layups.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

He's got to make layups.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

He's got to make layups.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

What do you think that is? Because, you know, at least last year he shot, you know, over 80% from the line. He seems to be developing his touch from the outside. Like, is it a touch issue around the rim or a footwork issue?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

What do you think that is? Because, you know, at least last year he shot, you know, over 80% from the line. He seems to be developing his touch from the outside. Like, is it a touch issue around the rim or a footwork issue?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

What do you think that is? Because, you know, at least last year he shot, you know, over 80% from the line. He seems to be developing his touch from the outside. Like, is it a touch issue around the rim or a footwork issue?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

Before I ask you about the draft lottery, I did want to ask about Shaden Sharp because he seems to have taken like a kind of nice post-All-Star break jump. You know, he's playing a little better post-All-Star break. How much of that do you feel is real?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

Before I ask you about the draft lottery, I did want to ask about Shaden Sharp because he seems to have taken like a kind of nice post-All-Star break jump. You know, he's playing a little better post-All-Star break. How much of that do you feel is real?