Mike Vorkunov
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601 appearances
6 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 27 Jul
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Ich weiß, dass es ihre Sache ist, und ich weiß, dass sie es auch brauchen, um ihre Zeit für ein volles Spiel zu behalten. Sie spielen so hart und all das. Aber... OKC ist genauso tief, und ich fühle mich, als wenn du in deinem 8., 9., 10.
Bestplayer für wichtige Minuten in einer Finale gegen ein Team wie OKC, das kann dich ein bisschen mehr schaden, als es könnte gegen die Knicks oder die Bucks, weil sie nicht die gleiche Dämpfung haben.
Ja, ich glaube, das ist recht. Und ich habe noch mehr Fragen. Ja, ich glaube, das ist ein guter Punkt, weil ich gesagt habe, ich habe noch mehr Fragen über OKC, ob sie beliebig scoren können. Wie können sie mit Indy scoren? Ich glaube, das ist, du weißt, sie haben wirklich versucht, das gegen Denver zu tun, wie du gesagt hast, und Denver ist nicht ein tolles defensives Team.
Ja, aber sie haben einen Weg gefunden. Ja.
I just struggle to see the way that Indy takes this. I don't know what you guys think.
I guess maybe if they just turn up the three-point volume so much, like they start to math their way to a win, maybe, I don't know.
Weißt du, was mit J.J. Barea passt? T.J. McConnell.
Welcome to the Saturday Slammin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we're talking to Mike Vorkanoff about the NBA lottery, and then Kaitlin Cooper stops by to talk about the Indiana Pacers, and then we'll do some Pacers trivia. I'm your host, Andrew Schleich. With me, I have Alex Spears and our buddy, Mike Vorkanoff from The Athletic. Mike, what's up?
Looking forward to that. So Mike, this week you got to witness one of the most dramatic and bizarre draft lotteries in NBA history. You're one of the media members invited to the lottery drawing room where the actual draft order is determined in front of team officials and other media members. What were some of the highlights from that overall experience for you?
It's probably such a cool environment, too, because it... because you don't have your phones, like that's probably the first thing that people go to after like an event like that. And you not having that forces you to like actually interact with people. I'm sure it just creates like one of the more like unique environments that you can be in right now in sports.
Man. I need to go at some point because it's just like it's so fascinating to me. You know, I think it's just it is one of the cooler days. It's it's just hard whenever the conspiracies just make more sense in your brain than like the actual results, especially when it's tied to like it's not tied to, but it feels like it's tied to the Luca trade.
Just like it just gets more muddy and more messy, you know, for the league itself. But yeah. I don't know. It's been such a wild week. I just can't believe it.
Yeah, I think even in the future, this may all get lost and you're like, wait, how did they get this team? It's like, well, they traded Luka and then they ended up getting this team. Yeah, it's crazy. So let's keep talking about the Mavericks a little bit. The Mavs won. The Mavs win also had a lot of NBA people talking about whether they need to be any changes made.
about flattening the lottery odds to make this kind of scenario even less likely. In your conversations around the league, what is your impression of how teams feel about flattened lottery odds and whether there would be a push to revisit the draft lottery reform?
Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's been fascinating. It's been totally unpredictable. I feel like as the playoffs go on, I feel like I just know less and less about what's going to happen or what these teams are going to do. It's kind of great to cover. It makes it kind of a lot more fun. Last question, Mike. You cover the business of basketball for us here at The Athletic.
Looking ahead to this summer, what are some stories that you expect to be following? Expansion? Maybe the Blazers sale? What are some other things?
Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. All right, Andrew.
Give me Denver, Boston. Really? Wow.
You know, I'm just going with my gut, I guess. I have no idea. I have nothing to back any of this up with.
Part of it is I just wanted to put you in a weird spot. It's really my only mission within all of this.
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