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The Athletic NBA Daily

How far can the Pistons go?

28 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

8.367 - 32.927 Dave DuFour

Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for January 28th, 2026. I'm Dave DuFour here with Espera Henning. Coming up, Evan Mobley is going to miss some time. We're going to talk about the Cavs options without him. And the Pistons picked up a big win over the Nuggets. So we got Hunter Patterson on to talk about it. Good morning, everybody. What's up, Bess?

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32.967 - 46.39 Dave DuFour

How's it going, buddy? Morning, sir. How's it going? You know, not too bad. I was listening to the Pablo Torrey Finds Out podcast right before the show. Very interesting topic. Oh, yeah. Did you happen to catch it?

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Chapter 2: What are the implications of Evan Mobley's calf injury for the Cavaliers?

46.37 - 50.777 Es Baraheni

I've definitely listened in. And yeah, very interesting.

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51.077 - 72.831 Dave DuFour

Yeah. We're not going to talk about it here because we don't have the legal budget of that show. But go and check out how Torrey finds out. It is. Yes. A fascinating NBA owner related episode. And no, it's not Steve Ballmer. And no, we have not forgotten about the aspiration scandal either. We're just waiting on all star guys.

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72.891 - 73.232 Hunter Patterson

Yeah.

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73.272 - 96.459 Dave DuFour

Release those files. S Evan Mobley going to miss some time. Another calf strain, just an epidemic going around the NBA. It's too bad. There's not a vaccine for calf strains because we certainly could use it. He's going to be out until after the all-star break. The Cavs finally getting their legs underneath them, just as Evan Mobley, you know, strains his calf.

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97.12 - 115.56 Dave DuFour

And, you know, they won six of their last seven. We talked about Jalen Tyson coming on. I mean, Donovan Mitchell's having probably the best season of his career. And if they can get their way up into the top three, I think he could sneak himself into that, maybe that top five MVP vote by the time we get down to it. You know, he's top five in scoring and everything.

115.54 - 131.028 Dave DuFour

I mean, just having an incredible year. But, you know, this is a big blow for them when they're really trying. In my opinion, it seemed like they were really making a push to get to the all-star break and figure out who they are going to be. You know, the DeAndre Hunter thing hasn't really worked out for them. I don't know.

131.048 - 135.696 Dave DuFour

This is just another setback for a team that I felt like was figuring things out.

136.337 - 160.11 Es Baraheni

Can we just have a moment here and talk about the Cavs? I mean, like the calf in general. It's a tricky muscle. It bothers me because I've had a couple ankle injuries. And so that kind of shoots up to calf related injuries. And it's crazy to me the amount of calf related injuries we've had this year. We have both watched the NBA for a very long time. You longer than me.

161.744 - 164.649 Es Baraheni

I didn't mean to say that, but you know, it's just ridiculous.

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