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Limited Upside NBA podcast: The Cavaliers make us sad

Plus, Clippers-Rockets jokes, and Mike gets angry about the Wizards.

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NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers
NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day was kinda wild in the NBA. So wild that we spent some time with VICE Sports’ Michael Pina to run down all the big storylines.

Topics this week include:

  • Laughing about the Clippers-Rockets “fight” or whatever that happened near the L.A. locker room.
  • Let’s talk about Warriors-Cavs. Can Cleveland do anything to get to the Warriors’ level, or was that game the team’s last gasp? We kiiiinda think it’s the latter, but hope we’re wrong.
  • Why are we — and the Cavs themselves — less confident that they can overcome their annual midseason swoon this time around?
  • Can the Cavaliers get anything useful if they trade the Nets’ first-round pick?
  • Some Philly-Toronto talk, because Ben required it.
  • Inspired by Matt Moore and Nate Jones, would you rather have the Bulls’ young core or the Lakers’?
  • Mike gets some angry Wizards thoughts off his chest, mostly by comparing them unfavorably to the Raptors.
  • Brief final thoughts on the ongoing referee vs. players cold war that’s slowly brewing into something more.

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