Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam
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Welcome to the Saturday Slamma Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we're doing the good, the bad, the what? And buckle up, everybody. It's Wizards Week. Josh Robbins is here to give you all his Wizards knowledge and to entertain you. Let's be honest. And then we'll do some trivia. Before we get to Alex, I want to tell you about our friends. who do an F1 podcast here on The Athletic. The F1 season reaches a dramatic climax this week. And for the first time since 2010, three drivers can still win the title. Follow all the buildup and all the fallout from the final Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi this weekend with The Race, wherever you get your podcasts. Go check it out. It's good stuff. With me, as always, is my good friend, Alex Spears.
Alex, please tell me what happened in the NBA this week.
Andrew, our top story this week is the situation in Milwaukee. After missing a four-game stretch during which the Bucs went 0-4 and dropped as low as the 11th seed in the East, Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to the lineup this week. But unfortunately, the return of Giannis wasn't enough to avoid an embarrassing loss on Monday night to the Washington Wizards, who were drunk with power off their two-week stint on the Wheel of Fandom. All right. Complicating matters, in the first few minutes of a game against Detroit, Giannis pulled up with a calf strain, an injury that is expected to keep him sidelined for another three to four weeks. The one bit of good news for Bucs fans this week is that the Bucs actually won that game against Detroit, 113 to 109, despite Giannis only playing three minutes.
The Bucs are currently 10 and 13, 10th in the East. Now, from a player potentially asking to leave a franchise to a player being asked to leave, Chris Haynes reported late Tuesday night that the Los Angeles Clippers were sending future Hall of Famer Chris Paul home. Get out of here. The move came just days after CP3 had announced that this would be his final NBA season. Subsequent reporting from the athletic Sam Amick, Law Murray, and Joe Varden revealed that the reasoning behind the Clippers' dismissal of CP3 was essentially that Chris Paul was really annoying, arguably the one thing that everyone knows about Chris Paul. Now, here's a fun Chris Paul stat from friend of the show, Law Murray. The Clippers have not had a losing season since acquiring Chris Paul in December 2011.
And in fact, the other 29 teams have all had at least one losing season since the Clippers last losing season in 2010-11. Wow. Now, unfortunately for the Clippers, that streak appears to be coming to an end, as the Clippers currently sit at 6-16, 13th in the West, though they did get a nice win in their first game post-CP3, a 115-92 win over the Hawks. Some other Clippers news this week, Joe Varden reported that, quote, will boy i i i hope i hope i hope they don't dilly-dally andrew because i don't know i don't know if one franchise could survive the loss of both sga and lawrence frank Now, as everyone knows, the Clippers' poor play doesn't just affect them. It has league-wide ramifications because of the Clippers' first-round pick, which is owned by the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are currently on an 11-game winning streak with a 21-1 record.
This week saw the return of All-Star Jalen Williams, who returned to the court for the first time following offseason wrist surgery. The Thunder still aren't whole, however, because J-Dub's first game back was also the first missed game for starting center Isaiah Hartenstein, who will be out for two-plus weeks due to a right soleus strain. But if the Thunder win their next three games against Dallas, Utah, and Phoenix, they will tie the 2015-16 Warriors record after 25 games at 24-1. But those three games may be tougher than they initially appear, beer listener, because Dallas and Utah are two bad teams that have looked a little frisky this week. For the Mavericks... Anthony Davis returned to the court and immediately changed the Mavericks' fortunes.
The Mavericks have won three in a row, including impressive wins at Denver and against Miami.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–5:58
2
What are the highlights of this week's NBA games?
5:58–31:10
3
How is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander improving this season?
31:10–1:09:13
4
What is the current state of the Chicago Bulls?
1:09:13–1:19:40
5
Why are point guards becoming less essential in the NBA?
1:19:40–1:20:38