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It is a sports equinox. We got NFL football, we got the World Series, we got NHL action, and then we got. The N B A. NBA season underway. We see Victor Wembanyama out here losing his mind.
We've already had tons of injuries. We got some big stat lines all over the league to get us up to date. on on what has started already. in not even a full week of the NBA season. Joining us right now is NBA Ryder.
You can catch him all things NBA for the Action Network as well as the Nuggets. And joining us is Matt Moore. Matt, welcome back. Thank you for the time. Hey man, how are you?
I'm very well. I mean, right out the gate, right before you joined us, we talked about the Los Angeles Lakers. We know about LeBron and the sciatica in his leg. And now we got Luka Doncic. He got a sprained finger and a bruised leg.
What did he relapse at Dairy Queen? What happened? Yeah, it's pretty weird that he's going to miss this amount of time with a sprained finger. It's just kind of odd. I understand that the.
The Lakers wanting to be Cautious with him because sometimes injuries with him can turn into long-term things. But especially, you know, given his history, I'm a little surprised he's not kind of fighting through it, being like, no, no, no, I'm good, I'll play. But for whatever reason, you know, they're being cautious and he's going to miss some time. I don't know that this is the best move, though, because this Western Conference is going to be so tough night after night. And you think, like, well, it's early.
It's so early. Who cares? And that's how most of the players feel. But it's like, look, you can't make up losses. You can make up wins, but you can't make up losses.
Once you lose those games, they're gone.
So when you get to the end of the season, And you're in the standings. You're battling in the Western Conference, especially for tiebreaker and things like that. These games are going to matter. It's too tight this year.
So we'll see what happens. But I think it's a concern until LeBron and Luca get back healthy, even with Austin Reeves going for 50 last night. I think the Lakers have to be in some level of concern.
Well, Matt, I know you also cover the Nuggets, and we saw their additions and bringing back Bruce Brown and And offloading a Michael Porter Jr., and now we see Gordon is over here knocking down threes. The Spurs have certainly started the season 3 and O of Wembenyama. Like the West is so packed. What stands out to you? Is there a story or a team or an individual that captures your attention in the West?
Yeah, I mean, look, the Spurs have to be the story because I didn't really know what to make of them with the roster kind of changes. Losing Chris Paul at the big veteran piece. you know they don't even have the aaron fox back yet they've got two young point guards But Wemen Yama is so singularly impactful. The crazy thing with him is We've seen guys go off for crazy points, but then you look at the scoreboard or you look at the box score and you're like, oh, they only won his minutes by five or whatever. They are destroying teams when he is out there.
And they're doing great when he's off the court too. They're getting contributions from a lot of guys right now. They're getting contributions from all from Luke Cordette. They're getting contributions from Stephon Castle, who everyone kind of looked over when they drafted Dylan Harper and Adde Aaron Fox. And when you add those kind of components to what Wemanyama is doing.
Where there are these sequences every night where he will block a shot, they'll put it back up, he'll block it again, grab the rebound, run the floor, and hit an open three. And you're just like, what am I supposed to do with this? What is anyone supposed to do with this? I don't think any of us are ready for how quickly he's evolving and adapting. He is the best watch in the NBA night after night right now.
Yeah, Victor Wembenyami, he's like a creator player in a video game. You stretch the. He's like, let's stretch a guy out to 7-5 and see what he can do. It's a. Absolutely amazing.
Well, Matt, we know the Spurs are a young team. The NBA, at least the West, is full of older teams. We see the Golden State Warriors, we see the Clippers. Is there any chance that either one of these squads could make some hay at the end of the season, or do you think it's kind of fool's goal? I mean, I think the I look.
The the Thunder here have started, and they win two games by... and double overtime. And they get a comfortable win versus the Hawks team that was missing basically their entire front court. The Thunder will undeniably be one of those things you have to deal with at the end, but we still don't know yet, yet, if they're going to be as dominant, because they're having some bad injury luck early. You know, like that's a deep run that they made.
And now you got Jalen Williams is out. They've had time missed by Alice Caruso, Kaysen Wallace. You know, Chet Holmgren's playing through some stuff right now, and it's pretty early in the season. And that just kind of shortens the gap a little bit.
So I think there is this kind of this window for these other teams to be able to get into this conversation. Then you look at like Houston, you know, starts out 0-2, likely to get their first win of the season tonight versus the Nets. But there's a lot of things that they're going to have to figure out, too. One of the things that happens when you have these big changes in the league with Kevin Durant going to the Rockets and all the changes the Clippers made in the offseason. When you have all these kind of changes happen, I do think you wind up seeing a little bit of an adjustment time that's needed before they settle in.
So this first month, I think, is going to be a little erratic with teams that we thought were going to be dominant settling in a little bit and having to work through some troubles. before we get into the middle of the season when probably those teams will assert themselves. Matt Moore is here with us, NBA writer for the Action Network. If we switch over to the east, Things much more wide open. You kind of don't know what you're going to get.
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If you're ready for some bold takes and a little bit of chaos. Welcome to Undomesticated. Follow and listen to Undomesticated, available wherever you get your podcasts. Yeah, I mean, I think this is what we expected with Jason Tatum out and with Tyree Halliburton out and seeing kind of the changes that we've seen. I think one thing that's finishing is.
Yo, issuing test tonight for this Cavaliers team who's up big on the Pistons right now at half. is whether or not they're going to kind of assert themselves as the dominant team. Unimpressive opening night versus the Knicks really struggled offensively, but since then... Starting to get it going. I wonder if the Cavaliers are going to kind of separate themselves.
From the pack a little bit, but I think there's a lot of exciting teams in these, honestly. Raptors are in the middle of a tough road trip right now. They're playing the Dallas teams. They're on the back-to-back right now versus Wemby down 15, but they've looked good. You know, Atlanta, I think, has been a little shaky to start.
Orlando's been a little shaky to start. Miami has been awesome. They have been lighted out. And you talk about the Sixers. Beyond the Joel stuff, the thing is, is that when Joel's not on the floor.
They look incredible. When they're led by Tyrese Maxie and VJ Edgecombe and Quentin Grimes, and they're sharing the ball, and you got Andre Drummond come in and just unking them in the last game versus the Hornets and dominating on the glass. When they've got all these guys who are able to come in. and contribute and share the ball. The Sixers play an exciting brand of basketball.
They're really pretty good. You see it tonight versus the Magic without Embiid. I don't know what that's going to mean for the future. I don't know if it's sustainable. But right now, the Sixers have been one of the most interesting teams to me to start this season in the minutes when Joelle Embiid is not.
on the floor and with Paul George, still not available.
Well, let me ask you this, Matt. We know there's a lot of money, $60, $70 million a year tied into Joel M. B for the next, what, two or three years. Is there any possibility that some schmuck will wake up and go, We'll take Joel and beat. I don't think so, and I don't think the Sixers are going to be willing to let go of it.
I think that they are so tied to, we've got to try and make this work. from an emotional standpoint for the fans. From an emotional standpoint for just the franchise, I think that they're going to continue to try and make this work. with Joel until it's not workable whatsoever. I do think, look, if he were to hit the trade market, I do think teams would talk themselves into it.
You know, we got a lot of guys that have had injury issues that teams have talked themselves into over the years.
So I don't necessarily think it's going to be something that even with his problems, will there be more will there be less value returned for him than for what you would expect for a former MVP? Sure. But I do think that a team would be willing to take on MB because of what he's able to bring to the table in the rare moments when he is fully healthy. Yeah, I can't believe the guy's over here complaining about his his menace. There must be something in the water.
uh in Philadelphia. You know, speaking of of people moving on, We see the Bucs. They've started 2-1. Giannis has not been, or he hasn't had a slow start putting up these ridiculous. Stat lines.
What are your thoughts on how this season might play out for both Giannis and the Bucs? Yeah, it seems real 10th ray, where it's like if they slide, they're off to a pretty good start. I think this team's got some talent. They're missing Kevin Porter Jr. right now, which is a big miss for them.
But they've got enough talent for them to be able to handle this and to maybe survive and be a playoff team in the Eastern Conference. The problem is just like every single time if they hit a three-game losing streak. Gonna start here and Should is Giannis going to ask out? Should Giannis ask out? Can this Bucs team do anything?
Like every single time, they can't afford to go on a losing streak, which every team's going to go on during the season.
Well, most teams, except for the Thunder. Like, most teams go on losing streaks in the season.
So I think it's a really tense situation. And the problem is, once those conversations start, once those rumors start. It doesn't just affect Yana. It affects the coaching staff. It affects the other players because they wonder if they're going to get traded next.
It creates uncertainty, and teams have a hard time playing together and playing with synergy and chemistry when that happens.
Well, Matt is are there any other teams in the league that I don't want to say have everybody walking on eggshells type vibe, but is there another team that you're really paying attention to this upcoming season? Or this season, I should say? Yeah, I mean, I think there's a lot that I'm keeping an eye on. One that's on the bad side, as opposed to all the fun that we've had to start the season, is this Dallas Maverick squad. You know, got a win yesterday, needed that one bad versus the Raptors, but It's been so bad, and they don't really have a point guard.
We'll see if they move D'Angelo Russell into the starting unit. It was bad there with that start. The vibes are so terrible because every time that they lose, especially if they lose badly, it's a referendum on the Luka trade. And the fans aren't over it, and they shouldn't be over it. And every time it's going to be kind of this referendum on that decision.
And so it with how the roster is built, they don't have great depth. They don't have a lot of shooting. They don't have uh point guards at all. speak of So there's going to be a lot of nice when it's just going to not work the way that it needs to. And I just don't know what that means for them over the course of the season.
Are they going to be able to weather the storm? Are they going to live with a bad year? Or are there going to be changes that they will feel like they have to make? Um that they are definitely the team in the Western Conference that I have the most questions about. going forward.
Yeah, pretty wild when we're three games into the season. The fans are already yelling to fire Nico. I mean, they didn't get it out their system last year. They're still rolling on this one.
So. Are pretty wild out in Dallas. Hey, Matt, thank you so much for the time. Tell everybody where they can follow you and all your work with the Action Network covering the Nuggets. For listen, Yeah, you can check me out on the Action Network app.
You can check out our nightly podcast Buckets. I'm also on LockonNBA daily, coming to you Monday through Friday in the afternoons on youtube.com. slash lock on MBA. Hey Matt, we appreciate the time. We'll catch you later on in the season, okay?
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