Saturday Slam N JamAndrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball, the Most Improved Player odds, and more of their favorite things from the week. Then Zena Keita joins to discuss the Warriors and their surprising rise in the Western Conference. In part 2, Trevor Lane of the Lakers Nation podcast joins to discuss the wild week of the Lakers including his moment in the press conference with JJ Redick, covering 39 year old LeBron, the Lakers defense and more. Then the guys finish off the week with a fun trivia game of Andrew vs. the Beat. Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex SpeersWith: Zena Keita and Trevor LaneExecutive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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welcome to the saturday slam and jam here on the athletic nba daily so glad to have you with us on today's show we are breaking down the most improved player odds xenakeda will join us to talk warriors and then trevor lane joins the show to talk about the los angeles lakers but before that Alex, please tell me about all the NBA headlines this week.
Well, Andrew, the top story this week was what went down in the 76ers locker room. After a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Joel Embiid confronted Marcus Hayes, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hayes had written a recent article about Embiid missing games. And to really hammer the point home, Hayes thought it'd be a good idea to mention Embiid's son and his deceased brother.
Now, you're probably thinking that actually sounds like a terrible idea. Alex, and you'd be right. It absolutely was a terrible idea. And Joel let him know that in the locker room, a conversation that eventually got physical with Embiid shoving Hayes, all leading to a three-game suspension for Embiid. Nobody does it quite like the Sixers, do they?
Just a never-ending supply of things you've never seen or heard before. And unfortunately, the NBA suspension isn't even the worst news for the Sixers this week because not only did they lose Tyrese Maxey for weeks with a hamstring injury, they are one in six dead last in the Eastern Conference.
They're already seven games back of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are officially the last undefeated team in the NBA. This week, the Cavs beat the Bucs in back-to-back games by three total points. In the second game, Darius Garland scored 39 to best Damian Lillard's 36. As
of Friday the Cavs are 9 and 0 second ranked offense fifth ranked defense by the time you hear this episode though maybe the Cavs will finally lost because their opponent on Friday night is none other than the Golden State Warriors who got Steph back this week and have won five games in a row the Warriors have a point differential of plus 15.8 largest in the league
And while maybe you could quibble with the quality of their opponents through the early part of the season, wasn't the case this week as the Warriors went into Boston and beat the defending champs 118 to 112. Now, Steve Kerr was showered with booze throughout the game as a result of his despicable behavior at this summer's Olympics when he only played the Celtics who are good.
Jason Tatum got back at Kerr and continued a strong start to the season by scoring a game high 32 points. But in the end, it was Steph Curry's 27-7-9 that got the win. Now, from a two-time MVP to a three-time MVP, Nikola Jokic continues to dominate the league. And this week, he helped the Nuggets get an improbable and much-needed win over the previously undefeated Oklahoma City Thunder.
And I say improbable because Jamal Murray was out with a concussion. Aaron Gordon, out for weeks. with a calf injury, which meant that Jokic was playing with the Calvin Booth All-Stars.
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