Hello, friends. The Dime Podcast is here to recap everything that transpired during a bizarre and highly entertaining NBA trade deadline. Be sure to subscribe everywhere and anywhere you listen to podcasts (Omny, iTunes, Google) so you can have the newest episode as soon as it goes up, and if you’d like, feel free to leave a review.
This week’s podcast is simply a two-man operation as we chronicle the goings-on around the league on deadline day, from the crazy and intriguing behavior of the Cleveland Cavaliers to the nitty gritty from the league’s bottom tier.
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Here’s the full rundown for this week’s show:
- The whimpers of early trades involving Jameer Nelson and Dante Cunningham
- Stunned realization that the Lakers and Cavs were making a big deal
- Why in the world are the Cavs sending a first round pick to Los Angeles?
- Isaiah Thomas wasn’t close to the only problem in Cleveland
- A new nickname for Jordan Clarkson
- Searching for teams with big-time 2018 salary cap space
- LeBron’s defensive effort and its effect on the Cavs as a unit
- The plight of Dwyane Wade’s children (and Martin) in cold weather
- Larry Nance Jr. plays hard, and that matters
- Figuring out Cleveland’s new rotation
- The buyout market and the work of Kendrick Perkins
- A very short Atlanta Hawks update
- Ranting against coach-GM combinations
- Salary management and the pitfalls of a relatively flat cap
- Trades that include a player immediately being waived
- The three-team deal involving Doug McDermott, Devin Harris and Emmanuel Mudiay
- Buyers were tough to find on the trade market
- The Pistons’ future
- Matthew Stafford and Detroit stardom
- Credit to Magic Johnson and the Lakers
- A wildly theoretical Luol Deng-Joakim Noah pride
- How professional athletes think differently than normal human beings
- The splendor of a player-coach-GM combination
- The Wizards being quiet despite turmoil
- First round picks are overvalued again
- Not everyone has superstar upside and that is fine
- Two types of players that are drafted late in the first round
- Re-litigating the Giannis draft pick
- The outlook of the East for the rest of the season
