Beal vs. LaVine | Who can beat the Thunder in the west?
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What recent events are affecting the NBA?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for January 10th, 2025. Coming up, the Cavs were playing the Raptors in what could have been a letdown game, but luckily Darius Garland exists. Kelly Yuko stops by to talk about the Rockets and the Grizz and to let us know which team is a better fit for Jimmy Butler. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, S. Morning, morning. A little bit of, we got some bad news to just start the show. First, the Hornets game against the Lakers out here in LA postponed due to the massive LA fires, which if you're listening or watching, you no doubt know about. We wanted to send out our thoughts and prayers to everybody affected by these fires. I've had a lot of friends, you know, personally have a lot of friends who have had to evacuate. Me too, yeah. We learned today that Lakers head coach JJ Redick, his house was lost in a fire. You know, so it's a very sad time around here, but generally everywhere. So definitely want to send out our thoughts to everybody affected by the fires. The basketball game. Guess what? They can make it up.
Some of it does not matter.
Not a big deal.
Exactly. Other bad news. Sixers bright spot. Jared McCain going to be out for the year with that torn meniscus after surgery. We had gotten an update that he was healing pretty well. But, you know, about a month ago and we got the news today that he was not going to make a return this season. A lot of people are thinking about the Sixers as this dark horse. If they're a play in team or if they're the sixth seed. I wonder if people feel.
as strongly now that they know jared mccain is going to be back for a potential playoff run yeah i mean he he and spurts here was their x factor right uh especially as a score working well next to maxi uh it's a shame that he's going to be missing the season but also makes sense given the fact that it's a knee injury so you want to give him that time especially as a young guy to like get back to full strength before pushing him in the postseason um In terms of them being a dark horse, I actually think the thing that's affecting them the most is Paul George not being what he's supposed to be. Truthfully, just not being as good as you'd hope he'd be when you signed him in the summer. In terms of being a dark horse, I think that's it, man. You've got to get Paul George to be the guy that you signed, and that will change things. But who knows?
Still a little bit of season left for him to turn it around. Yeah.
And also Embiid dealing with a foot sprain. You got to get him healthy again. Yeah. Just been a rough season for them. The Cavs were set up in what I can only describe as the ultimate letdown game. I mean, this is the second night of a back-to-back for them. Almost there. They had the Super Bowl last night, you know, against the Thunder. And the game was close. I got to tell you, I was sweating a little bit. They wind up pulling it out, 132-126. Darius Garland just... Just clutch time. By the way, no Donovan Mitchell in this game. They gave him the night off and Darius Garland had a great clutch performance, hit another clutch shot. Just again, back to what we say about the Cavs. They just have a guy who steps up every single night.
Totally. Yeah. It felt like when the Cavs put the gas on the, you know, put the pedal on the, whatever you want to call it. Like they just were running away with things. Second quarter, it was Jared Allen just dominating. And then in the fourth quarter, it was Darius Garland just carving everybody up. I will say, I think that the Cavs need, need, need to have four All-Stars. Like, I think they have to have them. When you think about what Jared Allen has done this season as a rim protector for them, obviously Evan Mobley is going to get his first All-Star nod. Donovan Mitchell is going to get his All-Star nod. And the way Darius Garland has performed this season, the bounce back that he's had, we talked about, like,
the growing process, the growing pains of what he had to endure last year compared to this year. He's an all-star. He is. I'm wearing an all-star shirt. You see the all-star shirt? Yeah. They need to have four all-stars this year.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent events are affecting the NBA?
0:07–8:14
2
Who is the better trade candidate: Bradley Beal or Zach LaVine?
8:14
3
What are the implications of Jared McCain's injury?
1:21–17:55
4
How do the Rockets and Grizzlies match up for the playoffs?
17:55
5
What role does Desmond Bain play for the Grizzlies?
9:39
6
Can the Cavs maintain their winning streak?
6:04–20:27
7
How has Alperen Şengün improved defensively?
20:27
8
What strategies will teams need for playoffs?
19:10–26:27