Klay Thompson and Anthony Davis combined for 50 points as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Sacramento Kings to move on in the Play-in tournament. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Miami Heat win, Tyler Herro’s development, and debate the futures of the Kings and Bulls. Then, the Athletic’s Christian Clark joins the show to breakdown the Mavs winning formula, how they stack up against the Grizzlies, and Nico Harrison’s closed-door press conference.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Es Baraheni & Marcus ThompsonExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson Moody Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: What happened with the Sacramento Kings GM?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Before we get started, a little bit of an addendum to the show. As soon as we finish recording, as you know, because you were a part of this, the Sacramento Kings and former now GM Monty McNair mutually decided to part ways. We just got that news. Yeah. What's your initial reaction? I'm sure it's not shock.
Chapter 2: Why did the Kings struggle this season?
No, I'm not shocked at all, although it is funny that they let go of their GM after the two major moves that just happened over the last six months. You would think that they probably trusted the person who made those decisions, but nonetheless, this is just another set of rash decisions by the Kings. I'm not surprised that they let go of their GMs.
It just shows a history of Vivek Ranadive basically continuously doing this, firing coaches, letting go of GMs, trading players very quickly. Like that's just the way that the Kings have operated. And it's funny because when we talk in the pod about Kings versus Bulls.
Spoiler alert. Yeah.
I have a clear cut.
Yeah. Spoiler alert. We mentioned patience and how that can be a benefit to you. And the Kings, you know, listen, I will say this. They gave it a shot, but you double down on fool's gold. You know, that three seed year, it was very clear that that team had some issues. I don't think anyone should be surprised that they've wound up where they are, except. Yeah. Didn't take that long.
That's the thing. It's really unfortunate from a Kings fan perspective to get to this point, but it is what it is.
Well, anyway, that's our addendum. Now to the rest of the show. Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, the Heat and Mavericks are moving on in the play-in. Christian Clark's here to talk about the Mavericks facing the Grizzlies. And we debate who has the worst future between the Bulls and the Kings. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, us. Good morning, Chicago. Both.
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Chapter 3: How did the Miami Heat perform in their latest game?
The one in California? Yeah.
No, the purple one.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Play in last night. The Heat looked pretty good. Tyler Hero continuing his most improved player campaign. Try to say that just once and stumble over it. Had 38 points. I mean, the Heat just dominated this game. The Bulls really just they showed nothing. No fight at all. In Chicago, they got booed. Fans were leaving with about five minutes to go.
About as bad as you can get for the Bulls.
Yeah, it was funny listening to the broadcast and Mike Breen, you know, the Bulls cut it to like 17 or something.
It turned into a roast.
It turned into a roast. Yeah, yeah. And, you know, they're trying to cut back into this lead. They're down 17 and Mike Breen is trying to get you interested in this game. He's like, all right, well, you know, they're down 17. Let's see if they can make a run in his very casual Mike Breen type of way. But you're right. The heat dominated in this one.
There wasn't a soul on the Bulls who could guard Tyler Herroff. There wasn't one single player on there that could even remotely guard him. He was getting tons of opportunities to get downhill. The driving was there, the pull-up shooting. He was feeding Kalil Ware and Bam Adebayo. It was basically free money for what the Heat were trying to do offensively.
Bulls, we've kind of been fans of the fun, interesting season, but now it's over. And now you have tons of questions heading into a pretty interesting offseason for them.
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Chapter 4: What challenges do the Bulls face after their playoff exit?
Chapter 5: How did Tyler Herro's performance impact the game?
There wasn't a soul on the Bulls who could guard Tyler Herroff. There wasn't one single player on there that could even remotely guard him. He was getting tons of opportunities to get downhill. The driving was there, the pull-up shooting. He was feeding Kalil Ware and Bam Adebayo. It was basically free money for what the Heat were trying to do offensively.
Bulls, we've kind of been fans of the fun, interesting season, but now it's over. And now you have tons of questions heading into a pretty interesting offseason for them.
Yeah, for Miami, look, this is a team that they had a weird year, right? The Jimmy Butler saga. The, I don't know, up-and-down play of most of the team outside of Tyler Hero. And Bam Adebayo even had an up-and-down season. But this game, they got contribution from just about everybody. We got to talk about Davion Mitchell. I do believe it's in your contract that anytime he has – A nice game.
Anytime Davion Mitchell has an on night offensively, we have to talk about off night. He was five and five in the game. He really has provided a spark for them off the bench since he's gotten there. And it's something it's funny. It feels like Miami always has a guy like that. And he might be one of the best ones that they've had.
Yeah, no, he definitely fits the heat culture aspect of things. with the way that he guards defensively at the point of attack. And this was a really important year for Davion. He was entering a contract year. It was like, all right, are you going to stay in the NBA as a rotation player?
Goes to Toronto, obviously was good enough to get traded for Miami, and now is contributing to a team that might be on – in the playoffs, he's shooting the lick out of the ball too. Also he's shooting like 45% from three as a heat. So it just, it works well. It pairs well with what Tyler hero can do in the back court. So it makes sense for them.
I imagine they resign him this summer just because of how good he's played for them.
Yeah. And the heat they've got the Hawks Friday in, in the play in matchup. You know, this we've never had a 10 seed make it out of the play in. Feels like we got a good shot here. I just like how the Heat looked in their win a lot more than I liked how the Hawks looked in their loss.
I think that especially the end of the game for the Hawks, just, you know, you never like to see your best player getting ejected out of what was clearly frustration. A little bit with the referees, but I think, you know, Trey Young wasn't happy about the loss either.
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Chapter 6: What does the future hold for the Bulls and Kings?
Yeah, the Jonas Valanciunas play in streak is over. That's done. And it's it's one of the more unfortunate intricacies of the.
play in history but yeah look this this team I think with the way that they were set up obviously missing Malik Monk is big just because of his ball handling the shooting and etc what he can provide for them offensively but the Zach Levine DeMar DeRozan formula does not work defensively they were getting cooked at the point of attack and then they had no size to answer against Anthony Davis and Derek Lively and those guys so Sabonis just struggled in this one and
They are also headed for a very interesting off season. So you look at the bulls.
Well, they just had an interesting season, right? Like this is, they got, you know, there's no De'Aaron Fox. There's no Mike Brown now. Mike Brown gone. Right. Yeah. Basically your head coach and your, your point guard, your best player, both out the door. You go into the summer. You you've got DeMar DeRozan, Zach Levine. I mean, you got somehow older and worse and,
During the course of the season, that's pretty rare to pull off.
I wonder if they start to entertain the idea. And I know it's crazy to suggest because of how many wholesale changes they've made over the last six months. But I do wonder. if they start to kick around the idea of trading DeMontis a bonus and just completely starting new.
Because he's the only guy on this team that has a lot of value, that would probably receive tons of interest around the league because of the fact that he's- Maybe not tons, but there's interest compared to DeMar DeRozan and Zach Levine. That's where I'm at.
See, I would disagree. I would say that there would be more of a market for DeMar DeRozan and Zach Levine because they're two guys I can tell you what they do. They can get you a bucket. They can get their own shot. They can... Usually create for other people. Damanis Sabonis is a really good rebounder and he is efficient as an offensive player, but his the the the limitations game. Yeah.
Defensively, he he puts a the Sabonis ceiling on your defense because he's He is your five, and he just doesn't provide much rim protection. He does make up for some with rebounding and positioning, but it's just not that. He can just be abused. And then offensively, he doesn't bring enough because you can sag off. You can dare him to shoot. He just doesn't have a lot in his bag.
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Chapter 7: Can the Bulls recover from their current situation?
I want to ask you, like, who has the the brighter future, which is probably going to be mediocre, just given the history of these two franchises. But which of these two teams you think feel like they could be the sixth seed? If everything breaks right for them over the course of the next few years, could be the sixth seed. Which one?
I can't believe I'm going to answer this question this way. But it's the Chicago Bulls that have the brighter future. And there's a couple of different reasons for this. One, they're younger, right? They're not relying on, you know, a Sabonis who's going to be 29 or DeRozan who's in his late 30s and Levine who's like getting up there slowly. I think you have Kobe White.
Very interesting to see what they'll do with him this summer because he is contract extension eligible. He's not going to sign that extension because it's not enough for him. And, you know, basically he's going to walk into free agency next summer. Yeah. How are they going to extend Josh Giddey, who was good in the second half of the season?
I thought there's he's another player who has clear holes defensively, some limitations. So like how much are you going to invest? Yeah, totally. How much are you going to invest in him long term? That's a big question for Chicago. But there's there's upside like. Modest Booz Ellis, very interesting player. Maybe he pops for them in year two, showed some bright spots.
They will have their pick this year. Maybe they land a guy. And so I think if you had to answer the question, it's the Bulls, even though both sides, you're not really excited about the prospect of whatever's going on in the future, you know? Yeah.
I mean, the thing about the Bulls is I will give them credit for stability. Yeah. Yeah. Billy Donovan's been there for a while. They don't just go and fire guys. But at a certain point, you've got to figure out who can be in there and get results. Who can be the guy? Yeah. Maybe that's not the right move for the Bulls. But, yeah, I think I'm with you.
Also, you know, I'm pretty high on Kobe White. I think he's good. I think Vooch is a piece that if he wants to come back and play next year, he's pretty good. But if they want to move on, they probably can get something from him. You know, I know he had a lot of teams interested in him this year. So, yeah. Man, the Kings. They just can't seem to pull themselves out of that hole.
Out of being the Kangs. It's such a wild thing to think about. The Light the Beam season was maybe one of my most entertaining teams of the decade. They were so much fun to watch. The fans were incredible. The vibes around that team was just incredible. I got a little Light the Beam thing behind me right now. It was so great to watch them.
To fall from grace like this, I think a part of it is just being way too confident in one single good season that they had.
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Chapter 8: What are the prospects for the Kings moving forward?
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The Dallas Mavericks are moving on in the play-in to face the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Here to talk about it, Christian Clark from The Athletic. He covers the Mavericks for us over there. Christian, the Mavs got the win in Sacramento, had some highlight moments. What was your favorite thing from the Mavericks' win?
Yeah, I mean, the Mavericks are leaking oil those last 20, 25 games. The Luka trade, Kyrie Irving injury, a bunch of other injuries. They're going to have a chance to make it to the playoffs. I think my favorite moment from this game, I mean, I enjoyed Clay Thompson's kind of explosion in the second quarter and him getting a little play in redemption. But I got to go with Brandon Williams.
I mean, the Mavericks were... So depleted at guard, they basically started Najee Marshall at point guard. Brandon Williams, who started the season on a two-way deal, was questionable coming into this game with injury. He played, and he played really well off the bench, 17 points. I mean, guys got game.
Yeah, he went on a little run by himself there for a few minutes. Yeah, he knocked down some threes. He just looks comfortable as a score, which is really cool to watch for a guy who obviously spent time in the G League. And the way that's translating to the NBA is fun. I'm curious if because of this run, is he a part of the long-term plans now?
Do you expect him to be on the Mavs next season and onwards because of the way that he's been playing recently? Yeah.
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