The Zach Lowe Show
Luka’s Emotional Night in Dallas: Scenes From Last Night’s Lakers-Mavs Game With Marc Stein. Plus, More NBA Awards With Kirk Goldsberry.
10 Apr 2025
Marc Stein gives Zach the inside story on Luka Doncic’s highly anticipated return to Dallas (0:48). He and Kirk Goldsberry then run down a slew of NBA awards (45:55), including Rookie of the Year (1:08:22), Coach of the Year (1:27:16), and Defensive Player of the Year (1:36:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Coming up on the Zach Lowe Show, we got Mark Stein reflecting on a crazy and emotional night in Dallas with Luka Doncic's return. And then Kurt Goldsberry, my old buddy, helps me pick some more of the NBA awards. Hope you enjoy it. Welcome to the Zach Lowe Show on a Thursday morning coming off a wild and absolutely memorable Wednesday night in the NBA.
We had, beware the Spurs, the late season Spurs, just like they did to the Nuggets last year in a catastrophic loss for Denver that cost them the number one seed and upended their entire playoff run. The Warriors drop an inexplicable home game to the Spurs going from, hey, we might get the fourth seed to, uh-oh, we might be in the play-in if we don't get some breaks along the way.
The Suns farted their way out of a fartastic season in Phoenix. Kevin Durant didn't even play. He's not eligible for All-NBA. But we have to start with the main event in Dallas. the return of Luka Doncic, and we are joined by the Hall of Famer, the one and only Steinlein on Substack, podcast for DLLS Sports, one of the greats of all time, my friend Mark Stein. How are you?
Zach Lowe. Great to see you, my friend. I am... the least morning person you know. But when the Zach Lowe bat signal hits the phone, you got to figure out how to show up. So it's great to be with you, man. Great to see you and great to be with you.
What a moment last night in Dallas. A worst case scenario for Nico Harrison and the Mavericks where the entire crowd is cheering for Luka. Luka is... in a way that actually surprised me. I assume they were showing it on the Jumbotron when they showed the video showing his reaction. He looked legitimately hurt. I mean, vulnerable and hurt and just naked for the world to see.
Like every part of someone who did not want ever to leave Dallas and was indeed ready to buy a house, as you've written, in your newsletter, which everyone should subscribe to, and sign on the dotted line for $70 million a year when the Supermax inevitably hit his agent's Bill Duffy's email box.
And then he goes out and drops 45 points on the Dallas Mavericks while Anthony Davis sort of lopes around, looking a little stiff, a little slow, and as he has since he got to Dallas, taking a lot of mid-range jumpers because he's playing a lot of four as we're in year 10 of somehow still arguing what Anthony Davis' best position is.
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