July 2, 2025 • 31 mins
We're back on the Daly Dose after a short break to dissect the thrilling NBA Finals, where the Oklahoma City Thunder narrowly defeated the Indiana Pacers.
The NBA offseason is already in full swing with major moves across the league. The Los Angeles Lakers are shaking things up, the Phoenix Suns are chasing history, the Boston Celtics are clearing house, and the Detroit Pistons are facing a potentially significant setback.
We'll also break down the winners and losers from the 2025 NBA Draft.
And in light of Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton's Game 7 injury in the Finals, our Daly Dose Top 5 counts down the five most devastating NBA postseason injuries of all time!
The NBA offseason is already in full swing with major moves across the league. The Los Angeles Lakers are shaking things up, the Phoenix Suns are chasing history, the Boston Celtics are clearing house, and the Detroit Pistons are facing a potentially significant setback.
We'll also break down the winners and losers from the 2025 NBA Draft.
And in light of Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton's Game 7 injury in the Finals, our Daly Dose Top 5 counts down the five most devastating NBA postseason injuries of all time!
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Wednesday, July second, twenty twenty five, you are listening to
the Daily Dose Sports podcast and I am your host,
Clinton Daily coming to the Maha City here in Denver, Colorado,
and we are back for another week of talking sports
with a dose of common sense. Hey, happy Wednesday to
you or I hope that you had a good weekend.
I hope your week is going well. And hey, don't
look now, but you are halfway to another weekend. And
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if you're here in the United States, at least you're
on your way to a three day holiday weekend as
we celebrate our Independence Day by well doing what we
normally do, eating way too much and using an abundance of.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Explosives rot flady.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
But I hope that you, your family and friends, everyone
in your world is staying strong and healthy right now now.
And I'm really hoping that as I come to you
today on July second, that we're not actually celebrating the
last few days of you having all your digits. Hey,
stay safe, kids, We know the problems that go on
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on the fourth of July. And yes, we are back
after a brief week off. I hope that you enjoyed
our best of show last week. Did a little bit
of an NBA Best of show, and yes, I took
some time off last week, took the family down to
Mexico for a week with some friends with some family,
spent a week in Mexico with the NPG mayor and
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his lovely wife, had a great time in the sun
eight phenomenal food. Just truly enjoyed the week off and
it was a much need to break for us.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
It's been a busy, busy year.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And you know, while we were down there, we did
watch Game seven of those NBA Finals down in the
hotel lounge last week at the Oklahoma City Thunder were
able to knock off the Indiana Pacers in Game seven,
one oh three ninety one, and they win the NBA title.
I'm gonna say they win their first NBA title, because yeah,
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we know another city long ago won it and that
city's franchise changed to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
This is their first title.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Spin it however you want, But you know what I
noticed when we're down in the hotel lounge watching that game.
No one else was watching, no one cared. And you
know what, it turned out it wasn't just at our resort.
It turns out it wasn't just in Mexico, no one watched.
Once again, the NBA pulled horrendous numbers. They had just
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ten point two million viewers per game. Uugh, this isn't good.
That is the lowest number since that horrible COVID season
and yet another example of how the NBA is failing
despite them telling us no, no, everything's fine, everything's good. Yes,
I know this was a small market finals, but it
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was an entertaining finals, and it just makes me think
that once again the NBA has shot themselves in the
foot over and over again with their poor product, their
players that don't want to play, and I hate to say,
their divisive politics. You know, Michael Jordan might have had
a pretty strong point when he said Republicans by sneakers too.
Shay Gildess Alexander was named the Finals MVP, even though
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his game is a little tough to watch. That doesn't
help the Finals ratings either, because it's not like he
has a spectacular Michael Jordan as game. He has this
ugly game of leaning into guys in drawing fouls and
spending most of his time.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
At the free throw line.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Course after the game, there was talking to sports media
world that maybe this Thunder team is an all time great.
I mean maybe, but they barely beat a one man
Denver Nuggets tea and I'm not even sure they win
the finals if not for Tyrese Holliburton blowing his achilles
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in Game seven. But as usual, the sports media world
likes to try to make things up that have no
factual basis to them whatsoever, especially at this time of year. Hey,
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Speaker 1 (04:50):
Hey, Today, on the show, like I said, we were
out last week, but a number of things are taking
place right now and we are going to recap a
few of the top stories and discuss what we are
learning from them. We will also take a very brief
glimpse at some winners and losers from last week's NBA Draft.
It was a bit of a fiasco, and we will
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have the return of the Dieotos Top five today.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Like we just mentioned, the.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Indiana Pacers lost Tyreese Holliburton to a blown achilles in
Game seven, and make no mistake, it was impactful.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Well, we have a few more injuries that have impacted
the NBA postseason. We'll get to that in just a little.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Bit, but first, you know, one of the first things
we learned is that NBA free agency, it might not
have the biggest names, but it does have those kind
of next tier guys moving around. Damian Lillard has been
cut from Milwaukee, Miles Turner is going to Milwaukee, and
the Phoenix Suns are trying to build a team that
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will literally not register a single assist next season. The
Sons traded away superstar Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets
for Jalen Green and Dylan brod last week, which means
that the Sons will not have Jalen Green, Dylan Brooks,
Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal on the same team. Get
ready for some ugly one on one basketball, kids, because
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none of those dudes like to pass. Meanwhile, I can't
believe what I'm saying this, but the Houston Rockets, They're
starting to look like a contender. To me, I really
like what they're building down there. Sure, Kevin Durant will
probably end up injured or whining about something, but hey,
that team is becoming dangerous. I really like what Houston
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is doing. Another big story in the NBA, and that
is that we have learned that Lebron James, well he's
gonna be Lebron James because Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron
James has exercised that fifty two point six million dollar
player option for the upcoming season that was announced on Sunday. James,
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of course, is the NBA's rear leading scorer, and he
says he wants to compete for a championship next season
and potentially beyond, and that he will closely be monitoring
the Lakers moves and web of the team is positioning
itself to field a title contending roster. That is what
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his longtime agent Rich Paul had to say. Here's what
Paul told at ESPN. Lebron wants to compete for a championship.
He knows the Lakers are building for the future. He
understands that, but he values a realistic chance of winning
it all. We understand the difficulty in winning now while
preparing for the future, but we do want to evaluate
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what's best for Lebron at this stage in his life
and career. He wants to make every season he has
left count and the Lakers understand that and are supportive
and want what's best for him.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Okay, a couple of thoughts on this.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
First, don't say you're taking that fifty two point six
million dollars and then talk about how you'll be closely
monitoring what the Lakers are doing to build a winner.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You took all the money, they can't do much. Here's
a question.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Is this just another passive aggressive statement by Lebron James, who,
by the way, not only leads the league in minutes
and seasons and points, but also leads the league in
passive aggressive statements. But is he saying this because maybe
he wants to go elsewhere? Because make no mistake, this
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new ownership that the Lakers have, I'm gonna get to
that in just a minute. They're not gonna build around him.
They're gonna build around Luka Doncicic. It sounds crazy, but
Lebron moving, I guess might be in play. Yes, he
has a trade exemption in his contract. But if you're
the new Lakers' owners, wouldn't you at least looking at it?
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And like I said, speaking up those new Lakers owners,
we've learned that the Lakers are finally taking a step
into the year twenty twenty five, well really into the
year I don't know two thousand, because it seems the
Lakers have sold their majority ownership for ten billion with
a B dollars to Mark Walter and diversified holding company
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TWG Global, which also owns the Los Angeles Dodgers. That
was a surprising move. I'm not sure anybody really saw
that coming. But it ends the bizarrely mediocre run of
Genie Buss, who they say will remain on as team
governor for the Lakers, at least for now. I've said
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over and over, but for a franchise that is supposed
to be one of the most prominent franchises on the planet,
why are the Lakers always run like a fading out
mom and pop shop. They spend money so bizarrely they
get upside down on contracts. They hire coaches that make
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zero sense, mostly because they're like old friends. Oh, Magic Johnson,
come on back. I know you never coached, but come
on back.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
You'll be great. Kurt rambus Byron Scott, Darvin Ham. What
are they doing?
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Genie Buss has been an unmitigated disaster. If the new
owners come in and run this like they run the Dodgers,
this will be a massive step into modern times for
the Lakers. Then again, in order to do that, like
I said, they may have to move past Lebron James
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because he's tying up a ton of money.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
It isn't just the.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Los Angeles Lakers that are in a bit of a transition.
We've learned that the Boston Celtics seem to be bringing
their franchise well completely to the ground. After that devastating
injury to Jason Tatum in the NBA playoffs, the Celtics
have now traded away both christophs Porzingis Andrew Holliday, which
does shed some serious contract money for them. It does
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also leave them with massive roster holes. Now I don't
think they're gonna burn it clear to the ground, and
they don't have to. They have now lowered their payroll
quite a bit. And here's what's crazy. The Eastern Conference
is still so bad. Honestly, the Celtics can still compete.
I don't think they're out of it yet. They could
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be a four or five seed easy enough, because the
East just isn't very good. But they did shed some
serious salary. Finally, we may not have learned it exactly,
but we were reminded that all these sports leagues jumping
into bed with sports betting just might have ramifications. Yes,
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it seems federal authorities are investigating Detroit Piston's guard Molik
Beasley on allegations of gambling related to NBA games and
prop bets. That was announced over the weekend. Beasley's NBA
future is in jeopardy after reports surfaced over the weekend
that the US District Attorney's office is investigating him for
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gambling on games.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Now, if true, Beasley.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Could be the second NBA player to get banned for
life by Commissioner Adam Silver.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
You might remember former Toronto Raptors for where John T.
Porter was the first one.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
However, Unlike Porter, Beasley could be a contributor to a
title containing team. He was playing pretty well. Detroit looked
pretty solid in the playoffs. They were looking like they
were building something. The nine year veteran had a breakout
year this year for the Pistons. He finished second in
the NBA six Men of the Year voting. Beasley shot
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over forty one percent from beyond the three point line.
He hit the second most three pointers in the league
while averaging a career best sixteen point three points per game. Now,
keep one thing in mind. This isn't the NBA investigating Beasley. Oh,
this is way above their pay grade. The circuits that
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cannot be cut are cut automatically in response to a
terrorist incident.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
You asked for miracles to give you the This is
not the NBA investigators looking at this.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Because investigators are looking at whether or not Malik Beasley
was shaving points. And I'll say this, if you go
look at some film I've looked at a little there
are let's say, some very odd coincidences.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
But here's the thing. That's not just a league.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Violation, that's a federal crime. This is serious if it's true.
Now you know these stories are just going to keep happening.
You tell these guys they can't bet, but betting is
literally everywhere. Somebody comes up a little short of money. Hey,
you know, I spent a little too much, had another divorce,
had another kid, and they know I could make some
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quick money. I know exactly where I could make some Yeah,
except the FBI is looking for exactly that. This would
be the second time it has happened in the NBA. Hey,
I hate to say this, I hate to keep parping on.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
This, but the NBA is a mess.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Thanks Adam Silver, bang up job you're doing, you weirdo alien.
Of course, the twenty twenty five NBA Draft took place
last week, and I don't want to dig into it
too much because so many of these kids aren't even
legally adults yet. But we did see a few winners
and losers that we can already glean already from this draft.
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But one thing I have to ask, why was the
draft last week? Think about it? The season ended on
what Monday and then the draft started on Tuesday? Was
why are you doing this? Shouldn't the NBA be smarter
than this? I mean, why wouldn't you have it later
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this month? Why woudn't you have it in July. Why
wouldn't you have a huge stage to have it on
instead of trying to sneak it under the radar. You're
not Major League Baseball trying to hold games in the
middle of the night. What are you doing the NBA? Honestly,
they just makes me shake my head. I just don't
understand it. And you know what it is. I realize
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we all look at our own eras and we say, well,
my era was wonderful, But you gotta understand my era
was wonderful. I got to watch Magic and Bird and
Doc and MJ and Barkley and all these amazing players
that wanted to play every night, and it was an event.
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It was a big thing. People tuned in, They got
big ratings.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
There was top.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Maybe the NBA is gonna catch up to the NFL.
Remember Mark Cuban was telling us that, hey, the NFL
better be careful.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
We're coming for him. Are are you really?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Because you're holding your draft on like a Tuesday night,
no one even knows what's happening, and no one's watching
your games. And I don't want to hear the nonsense
about well, no one watches TV anymore. Well, how come
they're watching the NFL. The NFL is pulling like twenty
four million on a Thursday night on like Amazon Prime.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
The NBA getting on my dog on nurse.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Anyways, now that I got that off my chest, we're
going to discuss some winners and losers from the NBA Draft.
I'm gonna name the Dallas Mavericks our first winner, as
they are coming off of maybe the most tumultuous season
in franchise history. Because you remember, they gave away superstar
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Luka Doncic for a bag of magic beans to the
Los Angeles Lakers. Why let the conspiracies run wild?
Speaker 2 (16:54):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Well, the Mavericks had a one point eight percent chance
of winning the draft lottery, but magically, maybe.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Those beans worked because they fit with the lottery.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
And as a result, they were able to select Duke
superstar Cooper Flag. Hey, Cooper Flag is the most short
being in this entire draft class. And I know people
get sick of Duke, and I know people probably got
sick of Cooper Flag being on every night in college basketball.
You know what, he's really good, he works really hard,
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He's a really good kid. He doesn't really seem to
have too many flaws in his game. Hey, if there
is a more sure thing that has come out recently,
I don't know who it is. Cooper Flag is Tim
duncan Ish. I mean he looks that solid. Dallas hit
the jackpot?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Was it fake?
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Should there be conspiracy theories about how Dallas went for
the most hated franchise by their own fans to suddenly, hey,
they're kind of building something in Dallas. Yeah, we should
look at all that. And also they got a stud
I love Cooper Flag. I think he's going to be
big time. I'm going to give a loser, though, and
I'm going to give it to overall number five selection,
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Ace Bailey out of Rutgers. Somehow, both Ace Bailey, who
has drafted at number five, and his Rutgers teammate Dylan Harper,
who is drafted at number two, were top five picks
despite the fact that their Rutgers team finished under five
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hundreds last season. Now, if you have two guys that
are top five picks, shouldn't you be able to win
a few games in college? That's a little weird, right,
It's a little strange. I Mean there are times you
get a weird situation or a really tough league. But
you were at Rutgers. Two top five guys couldn't win
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any games. Okay, but I digress, because the news gets
worse for Bailey. It seems that this young lad had
refused to work out for most of the teams that
were drafting in the top ten. He didn't like him,
so he wouldn't work out for him. They say he
wanted to go to either Washington, New Orleans, or Brooklyn instead.
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Ace Bailey got selected by the Utah Jazz. Now, to
be fair, he has a chance to go do something
in Utah. And to be fair, Utah would be a
great town. You win in Utah, that town will love you.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
And also.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
It's a dry county with a lot of dry women.
But hey, we're gonna have to see if he is
mature enough to now put that stuff aside and go
do his job. It doesn't seem like he will be
based on the choices he's made so far. It seems
like maturity could be an issue. But we'll see if
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he can actually go fit in and do his job
with the Utah Jazz. I'm gonna give one final winner,
and I'm going to give it to the San Antonio Spurs,
who did select Dylan Harper out of Ruggers with that
number two overall pick.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Now, again I just talked about it. I'm not sure
this pick makes sense.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
One, here's a kid out of Ruggers with his teammate
drafted at five. They didn't win anything. Kind of sketchy already. Also,
Harper is a really shaky shooter. Well what are you
going to be asked to do down in San Antonio. Well,
you're gonna be asked to knock down shots because then
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that will open up a lane for big man Victor
Wembin Yama.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Can Dylan Harper make them doubt it?
Speaker 1 (20:48):
I mean it doesn't look good based on what he
did in college, I would say probably not that much.
So that seems dicey already. However, I am going to
give the Spurs a winner. And do you know why?
Because Dylan Harper's mother, Maria, is going to be at
a lot of home games. And if you saw that
woman on draft night, then you know that she is
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the real MVPV. Dylan Harper's mom just don't know. Finally,
I will give our final draft loser.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Yes, I know. This is a short segment. But I
don't want to talk about the NBA draft that long.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
It's a mess anyway, But I'm going to give our
final draft loser to the New Orleans Pelicans, who are
a mess already.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
However, what they did on draft night it's bizarre. I
don't even know how to explain it. So get this.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
The Pelicans are already a mess, right They can't get
Zion Whimson to play, he's too fat for his own
legs or whatever. And we know they're probably not going
to be very good this coming season. Okay, so please
explain to me why in the world the Pelicans would
trade next year's first round pick, which by the way,
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is an unprotected pick, to Atlanta in order to trade
up for Maryland's big man, Derek Queen at number thirteen.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
One. You already have a big.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Kid in Zion, so why did you need this one
and two? If you're as bad as you kind of
look like you could be, that pick could easily be
a lottery pick, and you'll let it go for the
thirteen pick in this year's draft to a kid that
has some upside. But this isn't a franchise changer. Derek
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Queen really that's who you trade it up for. I
have no idea what they're doing. It is almost like
the Pelicans are trying to lose. This is seriously one
of the dumbest moves we have seen in NBA draft history.
I don't get it. I don't understand what they're doing,
and no one does now. As we we do so
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many weeks here at the daily Dose, we need to
get over to our daily dose top five. Like we
talked about earlier, the Indiana Pacers took the Oklahoma City
Thunder to a deciding seventh game last week, and hey,
early on in Game seven, it kind of looks like
Indiana might have a shot at pulling off the upset.
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Late in the first quarter, with the Pacers up eighteen sixteen,
Tyres Halliburton went down with an injury turned out to
be a blown achilles. Yeah, so he's basically gone for
a full calendar year. The Thunder, of course, went on
to win, and we all couldn't help but wonder what
might have happened if Halliburton has stayed healthy. But hey,
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it isn't the first time we have seen an injury
have a massive impact in the NBA postseason. Today, our
Daily Dose Top five is counting down the top five
most devastating NBA postseason.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Injuries of all time.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Up at number five, and we go back to the
year twenty seventeen, where the Golden State Warriors were cruising.
They rolled to a sixty seven and fifteen record with
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant and had swept
both Portland and Utah in the first two rounds. In
the first game of the Western Conference Finals, they ran
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into a surprising San Antonio Spurs team, and that Spurs
team had other ideas.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
The Spurs were a little older, and they were tough.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
They had Pau Gasol, they had LaMarcus Aldridge, and they
had Kawhi Leonard. And in Game one, the Spurs did
to the Warriors what no one else seemed to be
able to do. They actually had the Warriors on the ropes.
The Spurs had a twenty one point lead and they
looked more than capable of matching up for the Warriors.
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But then lightning struck. Kawhi Leonard stepped on his teammate's foot,
rolled his ankle, and was done for this series. Not
only did the Spurs lose Kawhi for the rest of
the series. They lost that game because the Warriors outscored
them seventy one forty nine in the second half, and
they would get swept and Kawhi would soon be headed
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out of San Antonio. Hey, maybe the Warriors were going
to win anyway. I don't know, but that first half
of that Game one, it sure felt like the Spurs
were going to be a problem with Kawhi in the lineup.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
And then he was gone. And that comes in at
number five.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
We arrive at number four, And for this one, we
go back to the year nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Ah, Yes, the glory days.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
The Detroit Pistons had lost the Eastern Conference Finals in
the worst way in the previous year in eighty seven.
Holding a one point lead, the Pistons allowed Larry Bird
and the Boston Celtics to steal the game away in
the final seconds. Well, now the Pistons were back. They
had beaten the Celtics in six games, and they would
face the Lakers in the NBA Finals. Well, tied it
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to a piece, the Pistons won Game five to take
a three to two lead. They put the Lakers on
the brink of elimination. Hey, two games left, just win one. However,
in Game six, Piston star guard Isaiah Thomas would suffer
an ankle injury and he just wasn't the same. Somehow,
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he hobbled the forty three points in Game six, but
the Pistons lost a heartbreaker, and in Game seven, Isaiah
couldn't go. He gave it a shot, but he just
didn't have his usual explosion and the Lakers would come
back and win the deciding Game seven. Hey, if Isaiah
Thomas is healthy, I think.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
The Pistons win that series in six.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Instead, they lost and would have to wait another year
to finally get that title. They come into date number four.
We reached number three on our list of impactful postseason
injuries in the NBA, and we go to the year
two thousand and three, where the Dallas Mavericks and San
Antonio Spurs had both finished with a sixty to twenty
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two record. It looked like they were on a collision
course in the NBA postseason. Well after Dallas b Portland
and Sacramento and the Spurs put away the Suns and
the Lakers. Here we go an all Texas blockbuster matchup
in the Western Conference Finals. It looked like it was
going to be amazing. The team split the first two games, Hey,
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we're in for a classic. And then in Game three,
Mavericks star Dirk Novitski would collide with Monogenobili and would
miss the rest of the series with the banged up knee.
The Spurs would win the series in just six games,
and you know, Dirk would have made a huge difference,
but he couldn't go, and that lands to Mavericks today
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at number three. We land at number two on our
list of postseason NBA injuries, and we go back to
the year twenty twelve, just one year removed from being
the youngest MVP in NBA history, Derreck Rose had led
the Chicago Bulls to the number one seed with a
fifty and sixteen record. They finished four games ahead of
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second place, and it looked what Chicago had their best
chance to win a title since the Michael Jordan era. However,
in their first round matchup against Philadelphia, Derek Rose blew
his acl hat Rose would never be the same. The
Bulls haven't been back in contention since. They would get
beat by Philly in that series in six games. Hey,
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it would be tough to come up with a more
devastating injury in the NBA postseason then Derek Rose in
twenty twelve. However, it only comes in today at number two,
So we must have a bigger one. Yes, we reached
the number one most devastating injury in NBA postseason history.
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And if Derek Rose and the Bulls were bad, then
this one has to be worse. And it is because
this team had won back to back titles. They were
on their way to a threepeat. However, not only that
the twenty nineteen Golden State Warriors lose Kevin Durant in
Game five of the NBA Finals to Toronto. He had
a blown achilles, but in Game six they also lost
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Klay Thompson to a torn acl The Raptors would close
out the Warriors in six games. Hey, the Indiana Pacers
gave the Oklahoma City Thunder all they wanted for six
and even part of seven games. They were on the
verge of maybe.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Pulling out an improbable title.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
However, they came up short and now they have to
wait most likely two years until Tyres is back fully,
if he ever is. But will the Pacers be like
the Bulls and take a bigger step backward or will
they be like the Pistons that had that injury to
Isaiah and while it set them back temporarily, they ended
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up rallying to go back and win titles the next
two seasons. We will see what Indiana has in store
coming next year. Hey, next week on the Dose, we
will of course be keeping an eye on all of
the movement going on in the world of sports, including
more NBA free agency, and you know, we might have
to take an actual look at Major League Baseball. I
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know we kind of tend to drift away from that
as much as possible, but I mean, they are past
the halfway point.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Might have to look a little bit at major League Baseball.
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Have a great week, and have a very safe and
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Mm hmmm rocks Flad and he
Wednesday, July second, twenty twenty five, you are listening to
the Daily Dose Sports podcast and I am your host,
Clinton Daily coming to the Maha City here in Denver, Colorado,
and we are back for another week of talking sports
with a dose of common sense. Hey, happy Wednesday to
you or I hope that you had a good weekend.
I hope your week is going well. And hey, don't
look now, but you are halfway to another weekend. And
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if you're here in the United States, at least you're
on your way to a three day holiday weekend as
we celebrate our Independence Day by well doing what we
normally do, eating way too much and using an abundance of.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Explosives rot flady.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
But I hope that you, your family and friends, everyone
in your world is staying strong and healthy right now now.
And I'm really hoping that as I come to you
today on July second, that we're not actually celebrating the
last few days of you having all your digits. Hey,
stay safe, kids, We know the problems that go on
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on the fourth of July. And yes, we are back
after a brief week off. I hope that you enjoyed
our best of show last week. Did a little bit
of an NBA Best of show, and yes, I took
some time off last week, took the family down to
Mexico for a week with some friends with some family,
spent a week in Mexico with the NPG mayor and
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his lovely wife, had a great time in the sun
eight phenomenal food. Just truly enjoyed the week off and
it was a much need to break for us.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
It's been a busy, busy year.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And you know, while we were down there, we did
watch Game seven of those NBA Finals down in the
hotel lounge last week at the Oklahoma City Thunder were
able to knock off the Indiana Pacers in Game seven,
one oh three ninety one, and they win the NBA title.
I'm gonna say they win their first NBA title, because yeah,
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we know another city long ago won it and that
city's franchise changed to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
This is their first title.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Spin it however you want, But you know what I
noticed when we're down in the hotel lounge watching that game.
No one else was watching, no one cared. And you
know what, it turned out it wasn't just at our resort.
It turns out it wasn't just in Mexico, no one watched.
Once again, the NBA pulled horrendous numbers. They had just
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ten point two million viewers per game. Uugh, this isn't good.
That is the lowest number since that horrible COVID season
and yet another example of how the NBA is failing
despite them telling us no, no, everything's fine, everything's good. Yes,
I know this was a small market finals, but it
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was an entertaining finals, and it just makes me think
that once again the NBA has shot themselves in the
foot over and over again with their poor product, their
players that don't want to play, and I hate to say,
their divisive politics. You know, Michael Jordan might have had
a pretty strong point when he said Republicans by sneakers too.
Shay Gildess Alexander was named the Finals MVP, even though
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his game is a little tough to watch. That doesn't
help the Finals ratings either, because it's not like he
has a spectacular Michael Jordan as game. He has this
ugly game of leaning into guys in drawing fouls and
spending most of his time.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
At the free throw line.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Course after the game, there was talking to sports media
world that maybe this Thunder team is an all time great.
I mean maybe, but they barely beat a one man
Denver Nuggets tea and I'm not even sure they win
the finals if not for Tyrese Holliburton blowing his achilles
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in Game seven. But as usual, the sports media world
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Hey, Today, on the show, like I said, we were
out last week, but a number of things are taking
place right now and we are going to recap a
few of the top stories and discuss what we are
learning from them. We will also take a very brief
glimpse at some winners and losers from last week's NBA Draft.
It was a bit of a fiasco, and we will
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have the return of the Dieotos Top five today.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Like we just mentioned, the.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Indiana Pacers lost Tyreese Holliburton to a blown achilles in
Game seven, and make no mistake, it was impactful.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Well, we have a few more injuries that have impacted
the NBA postseason. We'll get to that in just a little.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Bit, but first, you know, one of the first things
we learned is that NBA free agency, it might not
have the biggest names, but it does have those kind
of next tier guys moving around. Damian Lillard has been
cut from Milwaukee, Miles Turner is going to Milwaukee, and
the Phoenix Suns are trying to build a team that
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will literally not register a single assist next season. The
Sons traded away superstar Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets
for Jalen Green and Dylan brod last week, which means
that the Sons will not have Jalen Green, Dylan Brooks,
Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal on the same team. Get
ready for some ugly one on one basketball, kids, because
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none of those dudes like to pass. Meanwhile, I can't
believe what I'm saying this, but the Houston Rockets, They're
starting to look like a contender. To me, I really
like what they're building down there. Sure, Kevin Durant will
probably end up injured or whining about something, but hey,
that team is becoming dangerous. I really like what Houston
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is doing. Another big story in the NBA, and that
is that we have learned that Lebron James, well he's
gonna be Lebron James because Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron
James has exercised that fifty two point six million dollar
player option for the upcoming season that was announced on Sunday. James,
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of course, is the NBA's rear leading scorer, and he
says he wants to compete for a championship next season
and potentially beyond, and that he will closely be monitoring
the Lakers moves and web of the team is positioning
itself to field a title contending roster. That is what
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his longtime agent Rich Paul had to say. Here's what
Paul told at ESPN. Lebron wants to compete for a championship.
He knows the Lakers are building for the future. He
understands that, but he values a realistic chance of winning
it all. We understand the difficulty in winning now while
preparing for the future, but we do want to evaluate
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what's best for Lebron at this stage in his life
and career. He wants to make every season he has
left count and the Lakers understand that and are supportive
and want what's best for him.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Okay, a couple of thoughts on this.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
First, don't say you're taking that fifty two point six
million dollars and then talk about how you'll be closely
monitoring what the Lakers are doing to build a winner.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You took all the money, they can't do much. Here's
a question.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Is this just another passive aggressive statement by Lebron James, who,
by the way, not only leads the league in minutes
and seasons and points, but also leads the league in
passive aggressive statements. But is he saying this because maybe
he wants to go elsewhere? Because make no mistake, this
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new ownership that the Lakers have, I'm gonna get to
that in just a minute. They're not gonna build around him.
They're gonna build around Luka Doncicic. It sounds crazy, but
Lebron moving, I guess might be in play. Yes, he
has a trade exemption in his contract. But if you're
the new Lakers' owners, wouldn't you at least looking at it?
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And like I said, speaking up those new Lakers owners,
we've learned that the Lakers are finally taking a step
into the year twenty twenty five, well really into the
year I don't know two thousand, because it seems the
Lakers have sold their majority ownership for ten billion with
a B dollars to Mark Walter and diversified holding company
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TWG Global, which also owns the Los Angeles Dodgers. That
was a surprising move. I'm not sure anybody really saw
that coming. But it ends the bizarrely mediocre run of
Genie Buss, who they say will remain on as team
governor for the Lakers, at least for now. I've said
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over and over, but for a franchise that is supposed
to be one of the most prominent franchises on the planet,
why are the Lakers always run like a fading out
mom and pop shop. They spend money so bizarrely they
get upside down on contracts. They hire coaches that make
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zero sense, mostly because they're like old friends. Oh, Magic Johnson,
come on back. I know you never coached, but come
on back.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
You'll be great. Kurt rambus Byron Scott, Darvin Ham. What
are they doing?
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Genie Buss has been an unmitigated disaster. If the new
owners come in and run this like they run the Dodgers,
this will be a massive step into modern times for
the Lakers. Then again, in order to do that, like
I said, they may have to move past Lebron James
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because he's tying up a ton of money.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
It isn't just the.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Los Angeles Lakers that are in a bit of a transition.
We've learned that the Boston Celtics seem to be bringing
their franchise well completely to the ground. After that devastating
injury to Jason Tatum in the NBA playoffs, the Celtics
have now traded away both christophs Porzingis Andrew Holliday, which
does shed some serious contract money for them. It does
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also leave them with massive roster holes. Now I don't
think they're gonna burn it clear to the ground, and
they don't have to. They have now lowered their payroll
quite a bit. And here's what's crazy. The Eastern Conference
is still so bad. Honestly, the Celtics can still compete.
I don't think they're out of it yet. They could
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be a four or five seed easy enough, because the
East just isn't very good. But they did shed some
serious salary. Finally, we may not have learned it exactly,
but we were reminded that all these sports leagues jumping
into bed with sports betting just might have ramifications. Yes,
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it seems federal authorities are investigating Detroit Piston's guard Molik
Beasley on allegations of gambling related to NBA games and
prop bets. That was announced over the weekend. Beasley's NBA
future is in jeopardy after reports surfaced over the weekend
that the US District Attorney's office is investigating him for
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gambling on games.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Now, if true, Beasley.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Could be the second NBA player to get banned for
life by Commissioner Adam Silver.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
You might remember former Toronto Raptors for where John T.
Porter was the first one.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
However, Unlike Porter, Beasley could be a contributor to a
title containing team. He was playing pretty well. Detroit looked
pretty solid in the playoffs. They were looking like they
were building something. The nine year veteran had a breakout
year this year for the Pistons. He finished second in
the NBA six Men of the Year voting. Beasley shot
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over forty one percent from beyond the three point line.
He hit the second most three pointers in the league
while averaging a career best sixteen point three points per game. Now,
keep one thing in mind. This isn't the NBA investigating Beasley. Oh,
this is way above their pay grade. The circuits that
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cannot be cut are cut automatically in response to a
terrorist incident.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
You asked for miracles to give you the This is
not the NBA investigators looking at this.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Because investigators are looking at whether or not Malik Beasley
was shaving points. And I'll say this, if you go
look at some film I've looked at a little there
are let's say, some very odd coincidences.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
But here's the thing. That's not just a league.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Violation, that's a federal crime. This is serious if it's true.
Now you know these stories are just going to keep happening.
You tell these guys they can't bet, but betting is
literally everywhere. Somebody comes up a little short of money. Hey,
you know, I spent a little too much, had another divorce,
had another kid, and they know I could make some
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quick money. I know exactly where I could make some Yeah,
except the FBI is looking for exactly that. This would
be the second time it has happened in the NBA. Hey,
I hate to say this, I hate to keep parping on.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
This, but the NBA is a mess.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Thanks Adam Silver, bang up job you're doing, you weirdo alien.
Of course, the twenty twenty five NBA Draft took place
last week, and I don't want to dig into it
too much because so many of these kids aren't even
legally adults yet. But we did see a few winners
and losers that we can already glean already from this draft.
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But one thing I have to ask, why was the
draft last week? Think about it? The season ended on
what Monday and then the draft started on Tuesday? Was
why are you doing this? Shouldn't the NBA be smarter
than this? I mean, why wouldn't you have it later
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this month? Why woudn't you have it in July. Why
wouldn't you have a huge stage to have it on
instead of trying to sneak it under the radar. You're
not Major League Baseball trying to hold games in the
middle of the night. What are you doing the NBA? Honestly,
they just makes me shake my head. I just don't
understand it. And you know what it is. I realize
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we all look at our own eras and we say, well,
my era was wonderful, But you gotta understand my era
was wonderful. I got to watch Magic and Bird and
Doc and MJ and Barkley and all these amazing players
that wanted to play every night, and it was an event.
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It was a big thing. People tuned in, They got
big ratings.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
There was top.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Maybe the NBA is gonna catch up to the NFL.
Remember Mark Cuban was telling us that, hey, the NFL
better be careful.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
We're coming for him. Are are you really?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Because you're holding your draft on like a Tuesday night,
no one even knows what's happening, and no one's watching
your games. And I don't want to hear the nonsense
about well, no one watches TV anymore. Well, how come
they're watching the NFL. The NFL is pulling like twenty
four million on a Thursday night on like Amazon Prime.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
The NBA getting on my dog on nurse.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Anyways, now that I got that off my chest, we're
going to discuss some winners and losers from the NBA Draft.
I'm gonna name the Dallas Mavericks our first winner, as
they are coming off of maybe the most tumultuous season
in franchise history. Because you remember, they gave away superstar
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Luka Doncic for a bag of magic beans to the
Los Angeles Lakers. Why let the conspiracies run wild?
Speaker 2 (16:54):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Well, the Mavericks had a one point eight percent chance
of winning the draft lottery, but magically, maybe.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Those beans worked because they fit with the lottery.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
And as a result, they were able to select Duke
superstar Cooper Flag. Hey, Cooper Flag is the most short
being in this entire draft class. And I know people
get sick of Duke, and I know people probably got
sick of Cooper Flag being on every night in college basketball.
You know what, he's really good, he works really hard,
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He's a really good kid. He doesn't really seem to
have too many flaws in his game. Hey, if there
is a more sure thing that has come out recently,
I don't know who it is. Cooper Flag is Tim
duncan Ish. I mean he looks that solid. Dallas hit
the jackpot?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Was it fake?
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Should there be conspiracy theories about how Dallas went for
the most hated franchise by their own fans to suddenly, hey,
they're kind of building something in Dallas. Yeah, we should
look at all that. And also they got a stud
I love Cooper Flag. I think he's going to be
big time. I'm going to give a loser, though, and
I'm going to give it to overall number five selection,
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Ace Bailey out of Rutgers. Somehow, both Ace Bailey, who
has drafted at number five, and his Rutgers teammate Dylan Harper,
who is drafted at number two, were top five picks
despite the fact that their Rutgers team finished under five
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hundreds last season. Now, if you have two guys that
are top five picks, shouldn't you be able to win
a few games in college? That's a little weird, right,
It's a little strange. I Mean there are times you
get a weird situation or a really tough league. But
you were at Rutgers. Two top five guys couldn't win
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any games. Okay, but I digress, because the news gets
worse for Bailey. It seems that this young lad had
refused to work out for most of the teams that
were drafting in the top ten. He didn't like him,
so he wouldn't work out for him. They say he
wanted to go to either Washington, New Orleans, or Brooklyn instead.
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Ace Bailey got selected by the Utah Jazz. Now, to
be fair, he has a chance to go do something
in Utah. And to be fair, Utah would be a
great town. You win in Utah, that town will love you.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
And also.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
It's a dry county with a lot of dry women.
But hey, we're gonna have to see if he is
mature enough to now put that stuff aside and go
do his job. It doesn't seem like he will be
based on the choices he's made so far. It seems
like maturity could be an issue. But we'll see if
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he can actually go fit in and do his job
with the Utah Jazz. I'm gonna give one final winner,
and I'm going to give it to the San Antonio Spurs,
who did select Dylan Harper out of Ruggers with that
number two overall pick.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Now, again I just talked about it. I'm not sure
this pick makes sense.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
One, here's a kid out of Ruggers with his teammate
drafted at five. They didn't win anything. Kind of sketchy already. Also,
Harper is a really shaky shooter. Well what are you
going to be asked to do down in San Antonio. Well,
you're gonna be asked to knock down shots because then
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that will open up a lane for big man Victor
Wembin Yama.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Can Dylan Harper make them doubt it?
Speaker 1 (20:48):
I mean it doesn't look good based on what he
did in college, I would say probably not that much.
So that seems dicey already. However, I am going to
give the Spurs a winner. And do you know why?
Because Dylan Harper's mother, Maria, is going to be at
a lot of home games. And if you saw that
woman on draft night, then you know that she is
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the real MVPV. Dylan Harper's mom just don't know. Finally,
I will give our final draft loser.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Yes, I know. This is a short segment. But I
don't want to talk about the NBA draft that long.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
It's a mess anyway, But I'm going to give our
final draft loser to the New Orleans Pelicans, who are
a mess already.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
However, what they did on draft night it's bizarre. I
don't even know how to explain it. So get this.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
The Pelicans are already a mess, right They can't get
Zion Whimson to play, he's too fat for his own
legs or whatever. And we know they're probably not going
to be very good this coming season. Okay, so please
explain to me why in the world the Pelicans would
trade next year's first round pick, which by the way,
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is an unprotected pick, to Atlanta in order to trade
up for Maryland's big man, Derek Queen at number thirteen.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
One. You already have a big.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Kid in Zion, so why did you need this one
and two? If you're as bad as you kind of
look like you could be, that pick could easily be
a lottery pick, and you'll let it go for the
thirteen pick in this year's draft to a kid that
has some upside. But this isn't a franchise changer. Derek
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Queen really that's who you trade it up for. I
have no idea what they're doing. It is almost like
the Pelicans are trying to lose. This is seriously one
of the dumbest moves we have seen in NBA draft history.
I don't get it. I don't understand what they're doing,
and no one does now. As we we do so
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many weeks here at the daily Dose, we need to
get over to our daily dose top five. Like we
talked about earlier, the Indiana Pacers took the Oklahoma City
Thunder to a deciding seventh game last week, and hey,
early on in Game seven, it kind of looks like
Indiana might have a shot at pulling off the upset.
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Late in the first quarter, with the Pacers up eighteen sixteen,
Tyres Halliburton went down with an injury turned out to
be a blown achilles. Yeah, so he's basically gone for
a full calendar year. The Thunder, of course, went on
to win, and we all couldn't help but wonder what
might have happened if Halliburton has stayed healthy. But hey,
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it isn't the first time we have seen an injury
have a massive impact in the NBA postseason. Today, our
Daily Dose Top five is counting down the top five
most devastating NBA postseason.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Injuries of all time.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Up at number five, and we go back to the
year twenty seventeen, where the Golden State Warriors were cruising.
They rolled to a sixty seven and fifteen record with
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant and had swept
both Portland and Utah in the first two rounds. In
the first game of the Western Conference Finals, they ran
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into a surprising San Antonio Spurs team, and that Spurs
team had other ideas.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
The Spurs were a little older, and they were tough.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
They had Pau Gasol, they had LaMarcus Aldridge, and they
had Kawhi Leonard. And in Game one, the Spurs did
to the Warriors what no one else seemed to be
able to do. They actually had the Warriors on the ropes.
The Spurs had a twenty one point lead and they
looked more than capable of matching up for the Warriors.
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But then lightning struck. Kawhi Leonard stepped on his teammate's foot,
rolled his ankle, and was done for this series. Not
only did the Spurs lose Kawhi for the rest of
the series. They lost that game because the Warriors outscored
them seventy one forty nine in the second half, and
they would get swept and Kawhi would soon be headed
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out of San Antonio. Hey, maybe the Warriors were going
to win anyway. I don't know, but that first half
of that Game one, it sure felt like the Spurs
were going to be a problem with Kawhi in the lineup.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
And then he was gone. And that comes in at
number five.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
We arrive at number four, And for this one, we
go back to the year nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Ah, Yes, the glory days.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
The Detroit Pistons had lost the Eastern Conference Finals in
the worst way in the previous year in eighty seven.
Holding a one point lead, the Pistons allowed Larry Bird
and the Boston Celtics to steal the game away in
the final seconds. Well, now the Pistons were back. They
had beaten the Celtics in six games, and they would
face the Lakers in the NBA Finals. Well, tied it
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to a piece, the Pistons won Game five to take
a three to two lead. They put the Lakers on
the brink of elimination. Hey, two games left, just win one. However,
in Game six, Piston star guard Isaiah Thomas would suffer
an ankle injury and he just wasn't the same. Somehow,
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he hobbled the forty three points in Game six, but
the Pistons lost a heartbreaker, and in Game seven, Isaiah
couldn't go. He gave it a shot, but he just
didn't have his usual explosion and the Lakers would come
back and win the deciding Game seven. Hey, if Isaiah
Thomas is healthy, I think.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
The Pistons win that series in six.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Instead, they lost and would have to wait another year
to finally get that title. They come into date number four.
We reached number three on our list of impactful postseason
injuries in the NBA, and we go to the year
two thousand and three, where the Dallas Mavericks and San
Antonio Spurs had both finished with a sixty to twenty
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two record. It looked like they were on a collision
course in the NBA postseason. Well after Dallas b Portland
and Sacramento and the Spurs put away the Suns and
the Lakers. Here we go an all Texas blockbuster matchup
in the Western Conference Finals. It looked like it was
going to be amazing. The team split the first two games, Hey,
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we're in for a classic. And then in Game three,
Mavericks star Dirk Novitski would collide with Monogenobili and would
miss the rest of the series with the banged up knee.
The Spurs would win the series in just six games,
and you know, Dirk would have made a huge difference,
but he couldn't go, and that lands to Mavericks today
(27:43):
at number three. We land at number two on our
list of postseason NBA injuries, and we go back to
the year twenty twelve, just one year removed from being
the youngest MVP in NBA history, Derreck Rose had led
the Chicago Bulls to the number one seed with a
fifty and sixteen record. They finished four games ahead of
(28:05):
second place, and it looked what Chicago had their best
chance to win a title since the Michael Jordan era. However,
in their first round matchup against Philadelphia, Derek Rose blew
his acl hat Rose would never be the same. The
Bulls haven't been back in contention since. They would get
beat by Philly in that series in six games. Hey,
(28:29):
it would be tough to come up with a more
devastating injury in the NBA postseason then Derek Rose in
twenty twelve. However, it only comes in today at number two,
So we must have a bigger one. Yes, we reached
the number one most devastating injury in NBA postseason history.
(28:50):
And if Derek Rose and the Bulls were bad, then
this one has to be worse. And it is because
this team had won back to back titles. They were
on their way to a threepeat. However, not only that
the twenty nineteen Golden State Warriors lose Kevin Durant in
Game five of the NBA Finals to Toronto. He had
a blown achilles, but in Game six they also lost
(29:13):
Klay Thompson to a torn acl The Raptors would close
out the Warriors in six games. Hey, the Indiana Pacers
gave the Oklahoma City Thunder all they wanted for six
and even part of seven games. They were on the
verge of maybe.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Pulling out an improbable title.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
However, they came up short and now they have to
wait most likely two years until Tyres is back fully,
if he ever is. But will the Pacers be like
the Bulls and take a bigger step backward or will
they be like the Pistons that had that injury to
Isaiah and while it set them back temporarily, they ended
(29:56):
up rallying to go back and win titles the next
two seasons. We will see what Indiana has in store
coming next year. Hey, next week on the Dose, we
will of course be keeping an eye on all of
the movement going on in the world of sports, including
more NBA free agency, and you know, we might have
to take an actual look at Major League Baseball. I
(30:16):
know we kind of tend to drift away from that
as much as possible, but I mean, they are past
the halfway point.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Might have to look a little bit at major League Baseball.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
So make sure you check out the Dose next week
and make sure you let a friend know to do
the same. Hey, I want to say thank you to
each and every one of you for listening to the
DLI Dose every week.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Thank you for the emails, thanks.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
For the text thank for the tweets, But more than anything,
thank you for sharing the show, for sharing the videos,
and for sharing the articles with someone that.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
You know we absolutely love it when you do that.
I have to say thank you to Jess be could
not do any of this about you. I will see
you all next Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
Have a great week, and have a very safe and
a very happy Fourth of July.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Mm hmmm rocks Flad and he
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