The Relegation Zone Draft With Rob Mahoney!
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Coming up on the Zach Lowe Show, Rob Mahoney is here to talk about everything that's going on in the NBA, which is a whole lot of nothing. We're still waiting for LeBron. How long will we be waiting? Why are we waiting? Where do we think he's going to go? Where do we think he should go? We talk all about that. We have a trade. The Lou Dort era is over in Oklahoma City. A starter, a stalwart, gone to Atlanta in a salary dump. And Zachary Resache, the number one pick in the draft just two short years ago. in a draft that's shaping up to be an all-time crossroads moment for a bunch of teams off to Dallas in that same trade. We talk about that. And we do it while we rank the nine teams who at least start the season in relegation zone danger based on where they were in the standings last year, their outlook this year.
What’s the status and significance of LeBron James’s free agency wait?
Some of these teams are going to be maybe better than that, especially the Dallas Mavericks with Kyrie Irving healthy. But we just do a fun draft, an intrigue draft. Who are we most interested in? That's the only criteria you can draft whoever you want. So it's a good way to talk about the Washington, Chicago, Memphis, Dallas, Sacramento, a whole bunch of teams. Rob Mahoney, we're going to deep dive all those teams in rapid fire succession. Their outlook for this season, their outlook beyond all that. Lots of fun stuff coming up on the Zach Lowe Show.
Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show. It's almost vacation time. It's July 21st, day 22. Waiting for LeBron. We're running short on food and water. No decision has been made. Rob Mahoney is here on his way out the door to undisclosed locations for vacation. LeBron, are you bringing a microphone in case LeBron signs while you're on a boat somewhere?
Okay.
It simply won't be happening for me, but I've already eaten three of our fellow media members as we wait for this to unfold. You know, it's, it's desperate times out here.
We have that left to go and connected to that. We have James Harden and Draymond green still sitting unsigned and we have jail endurance still sitting unsigned in a, in a pro what could be a prolonged restricted free agency standoff, a good old fashioned standoff at the restricted free agency. Okay. Corral Rob, do you have any leftover thoughts on LeBron James? Do you, are you, have you, Have you, I crossed the Rubicon yesterday where I'm like, I now no longer I'm planning any of my life around this. I'm going to go swimming. If I want to go swimming, I'm going to make dinner plans. If I'm going to have dinner plans, I might have the second glass of wine. If I want to have the second glass of wine and the takes will probably be even hotter with that.
So that's where I am. I don't, I'm not mad at it. Like people who have, when my contract has come up in various iterations and People will tell you I am a very slow decision maker, not to compare myself to LeBron James and what's at stake for him. So I empathize. I'm just not planning my life run anymore, LeBron.
I think it's totally reasonable. We have talked ourselves in and kind of out of or maybe just into whatever the next possibility is as they have come up. I've enjoyed it. I've had a good time kicking around all this. We've done the whiteboards and such along the way. I just think we're cool for now. Call us when a decision is made. Report it somewhere. I'm thrilled to find out whatever it may be. But yeah, the days of just kind of hanging on every minute until this happens. I think both we are too late in the summer for all that, for all of our sakes. And also LeBron is a very important player, but maybe not that player anymore.
I got to tell you, I haven't left my voice note yet for Rich. No, I did speak to him yesterday about matters unrelated to this. Didn't really make a case for for Spotify ringer for LeBron where I, you know, maybe maybe I should have. Yeah, I will say. Where would you start? Do you think like what's what's the pitch for us? certainly not a financial one. I don't think, I don't just like leave, leave the L word legacy, like make your legacy bigger than what you did on the court, bigger than what you did with the schools in Akron.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:06–0:55
2
What’s the status and significance of LeBron James’s free agency wait?
0:55–7:35
3
How are teams reacting to lingering unsigned stars like Harden and Draymond?
7:35–30:21
4
What is the 'relegation zone draft' and which nine teams are included?
30:21–35:56
5
Why are the Memphis Grizzlies the top intrigue pick despite a low win projection?
35:56–1:08:53
6
What unknowns make the New Orleans Pelicans a high-intrigue team?
1:08:53–1:29:49
Speakers
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