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Mike Zakarian

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297 total appearances

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The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

We've been doing it three weeks now. This is our third week. Third time. And if you're watching on YouTube, you can see the results of the past two weeks. Pretty fun to look at it. You know, the Lakers were taken in the round two, both of the last two weeks, out of the playoffs now. Timberwolves. By me, twice in round two. By you. Kept being fooled. Fooled again. Fooled again.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

The Wolves didn't even make an appearance yesterday. Until last week, they were taken in the third round. Let's see about this one. Now, Mike, because you're our guest, this is a snake draft. You get to decide which slot you would like to draft from. So if you're like really confident, you think you know who's going to win the championship, you would take the number one pick.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

The Wolves didn't even make an appearance yesterday. Until last week, they were taken in the third round. Let's see about this one. Now, Mike, because you're our guest, this is a snake draft. You get to decide which slot you would like to draft from. So if you're like really confident, you think you know who's going to win the championship, you would take the number one pick.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

The Wolves didn't even make an appearance yesterday. Until last week, they were taken in the third round. Let's see about this one. Now, Mike, because you're our guest, this is a snake draft. You get to decide which slot you would like to draft from. So if you're like really confident, you think you know who's going to win the championship, you would take the number one pick.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

But maybe you want to hedge and you want to be number three because then you get three and four. So it's up to you. Yeah, I think I'm going to hedge. I'm going to go third. Third. Okay. Yeah. So looking over, it looks like, Andrew, you've never had the number one pick, which means you're going to get the number one pick this week. Who would you like to take?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

But maybe you want to hedge and you want to be number three because then you get three and four. So it's up to you. Yeah, I think I'm going to hedge. I'm going to go third. Third. Okay. Yeah. So looking over, it looks like, Andrew, you've never had the number one pick, which means you're going to get the number one pick this week. Who would you like to take?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

But maybe you want to hedge and you want to be number three because then you get three and four. So it's up to you. Yeah, I think I'm going to hedge. I'm going to go third. Third. Okay. Yeah. So looking over, it looks like, Andrew, you've never had the number one pick, which means you're going to get the number one pick this week. Who would you like to take?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

So that leaves me the option of taking Boston for the third week in a row. Yep. But... I want to honor the fact that the Cavs are making me rethink things in this past week. Oh. The way in which they dismantled Miami. And I get it. It's Miami. But... Yeah, we just talked about this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

So that leaves me the option of taking Boston for the third week in a row. Yep. But... I want to honor the fact that the Cavs are making me rethink things in this past week. Oh. The way in which they dismantled Miami. And I get it. It's Miami. But... Yeah, we just talked about this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

So that leaves me the option of taking Boston for the third week in a row. Yep. But... I want to honor the fact that the Cavs are making me rethink things in this past week. Oh. The way in which they dismantled Miami. And I get it. It's Miami. But... Yeah, we just talked about this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

But if you're going to be impressive beating them, that's how you would do it. That's where you just leave no questions. Sure. And... They just look so good, especially offensively. They really look like they just cannot be stopped. So in honor of that, I'm switching it up this week because it's getting closer for me. And so I'm going Cleveland with my number two pick.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

But if you're going to be impressive beating them, that's how you would do it. That's where you just leave no questions. Sure. And... They just look so good, especially offensively. They really look like they just cannot be stopped. So in honor of that, I'm switching it up this week because it's getting closer for me. And so I'm going Cleveland with my number two pick.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

But if you're going to be impressive beating them, that's how you would do it. That's where you just leave no questions. Sure. And... They just look so good, especially offensively. They really look like they just cannot be stopped. So in honor of that, I'm switching it up this week because it's getting closer for me. And so I'm going Cleveland with my number two pick.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

also say they've always played OKC very well. They have so many perimeter defenders to throw at Shea and Dub, and those games have always been exhausting to watch. And if it ends up as a conference finals, the Wolves and the Thunder, those are going to be some ugly games because I feel like every Wolves Thunder game has been disgusting over the last two years.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

also say they've always played OKC very well. They have so many perimeter defenders to throw at Shea and Dub, and those games have always been exhausting to watch. And if it ends up as a conference finals, the Wolves and the Thunder, those are going to be some ugly games because I feel like every Wolves Thunder game has been disgusting over the last two years.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

also say they've always played OKC very well. They have so many perimeter defenders to throw at Shea and Dub, and those games have always been exhausting to watch. And if it ends up as a conference finals, the Wolves and the Thunder, those are going to be some ugly games because I feel like every Wolves Thunder game has been disgusting over the last two years.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

alright so my second pick you know what I'm going to guarantee myself a conference finalist by taking the Indiana Pacers so now Andrew I'm guaranteed I get one okay all the way to the conference finals already and who would you like to take Andrew you get two picks two picks let's see I'll take I'll take Denver Now you're going to take both sides of the game seven?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

alright so my second pick you know what I'm going to guarantee myself a conference finalist by taking the Indiana Pacers so now Andrew I'm guaranteed I get one okay all the way to the conference finals already and who would you like to take Andrew you get two picks two picks let's see I'll take I'll take Denver Now you're going to take both sides of the game seven?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

alright so my second pick you know what I'm going to guarantee myself a conference finalist by taking the Indiana Pacers so now Andrew I'm guaranteed I get one okay all the way to the conference finals already and who would you like to take Andrew you get two picks two picks let's see I'll take I'll take Denver Now you're going to take both sides of the game seven?

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Contender Draft | Slam N Jam

Are you saying you favor Denver in game seven as the home team?