Hoops Corner

Eastern Conferences Highs and Lows

The guys are all back this week to talk about the highs and lows of the Eastern Conference! From the Cavaliers' dominance in the East to the Bucks freefalling, the guys take a look at the best and worst in the East while also showing love to Raptors legend Vince Carter.

Vince Carter gets his jersey retired (0:30)

Cavaliers running through the East (8:00)

Celtics showing championship pedigree in their title defense season (21:25)

Philadelphia needs Embiid and George back ASAP (28:45)

What are these Milwaukee Bucks? (43:45)

Stats Corner (55:45)

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Ep. 244 - Week 1 look back

The guys are back this week looking back at an epic first week of the season! They hit on all the big topics like the Celtics pure dominance and the Nuggets lackluster performances, OKC's depth chart, and Trae Young's new due.

Grizzlies' bench is deep but can they perform? (2:00)

OKC's dominance (9:00)

Nuggets don't know what they're doing (16:00)

Lakers love (28:00)

Stats Corner (35:15)

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Ep. 242 - Western Conference Over Unders

Join us for part 1 of our over unders for the Western Conference. There are a couple of surprises in there and some JUICY locks that might get you thinking!

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Ep. 243 - Eastern Conference Over Unders

Join us for part 2 of our over unders for the Eastern Conference. There are a couple of surprises in there and some JUICY locks that might get you thinking!

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Ep. 241 - KAT/Randle Trade

After a brief hiatus, the guys are back this week talking about the KAT-Randle Trade in a post-Woj NBA world! Then we tackle some of the major news pieces from last week's media day before we all get ready to watch some pre-season basketball

KAT-Randle/DVV Trade (1:30)

Will Lakers wanna get LeBron and Bronny thing over with? (20:00)

Clippers going Harden-centric? (27:00)

Giannis and Dame still didn't work out over the summer (33:15)

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Ep. 240 - Under 23 Draft

The guys are back this week with a special episode since everyone loves a good draft! This time around, they're drafting the best players under 23 years old. Listen to them get heated over how to build a team, the prospects of young players, and how valuable is LaMelo Ball!

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Ep. 239 - Highest Expectations

On this week's episode, the guys talk about players and teams that are coming into the season with the most eyes watching them and the highest expectations on them. Some names are really obvious *looking at your Philadelphia 76ers* and some others are mind blowing!

• Desmond Bane, Ja Morant, and the rest of the Grizzlies after an off-year (3:00)
• Scottie Barnes needs to step up and lead the North (8:45)
• Will Zion Williamson's new look translates to games played? (16:15)
• Orlando Magic's promising young core (24:30)
• Joel Embiid and Paul George NEED to show up in the playoffs (29:00)
• Jamal Murray can't perform like he did for Team Canada (44:30)
• Milwaukee Bucks have to have a HUGE year from their aging core (57:00)

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Ep. 238 - Raptors Deepdive with Sean Woodley of Locked On Raptors

On today's episode, Peter and Josh welcome on Sean Woodley from the Locked On Raptors podcast. The guys chit chat about Team Canada's disappointing Olympic performance and then deep dive into everything Raptors from young players to the potential of Immanuel Quickley.

------EDITOR'S NOTE------

This was recorded on August 8th, just after Team USA beat Serbia in the Semi-Finals so a lot of the conversation about the Finals was all speculative.

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Olympics basketball talk (0:30)

How will the Raptors structure their roster and what the team's identity will be going forward? (11:00)

Were we all expecting Quickley to get a nice 5 year deal? (25:45)

Reliving the 2019 Championship run and the fallout of it (43:00)

Favourite Raptors ever and pick up comps (49:00)

Locked on Raptors X: @LockedOnRaptors

Locked on Raptors Instagram: @LockedOnRaptors

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Ep. 237 - Point guards on the move and Olympic Basketball

The guys are back together to talk about the Olympics and some of the most recent signings in the NBA!

• Favourite Olympic sports (0:30)
• The Tyus Jones rebuilding project (3:00)
• What’re the Nuggets gonna do with Westbrook in 2024 (13:30)
• Jarrett Allen re-signed in Cleveland but for what? (25:30)
• Olympic basketball better watch than NBA? (33:00)

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Ep. 236 - Darrell Wonge on the Knicks

We bring back friend of the pod, former professional player, current filmmaker, and New York native Darrell Wonge to talk about his lifelong fandom of the Knicks. We go deep into his history of following the franchise, the hardships of the team, and his own personal college and professional career playing ball. We finish off by talking about his career growth in the film industry and the ups and downs that has come with it. Darrell is one of the best story tellers out there, this is an episode you definitely do not want to miss!

Darrell's Instagram: @donowonge

Darrell's TikTok: @donowonge

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