Hardwood Knocks is a totally, completely, thoroughly fun AF NBA podcast in which Bleacher Report's Dan Favale and Grant Hughes analyze the ins, outs, ups, downs and, heck, even diagonals of The Association. FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE⬇️Apple: http://apple.co/2iIw0IJSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Xnq1yKgX8uJCllz1fOQfPYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HardwoodKnocksNBATikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardwoodknocksTwitter: https://twitter.com/HardwoodKnocksInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardwood_knocks/BUY OUR MERCH????https://www.teepublic.com/user/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast
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2021-22 New Orleans Pelicans Lookahead
Dan is joined by Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) from the In The N.O. podcast for an honest and thorough talk about the New Orleans Pelicans' present and future ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss New Orleans' somewhat controversial offseason, Zion Williamson's health, development and happiness, how the team will build out the rotation, Nickeil Alexander-Walker's ceiling, Trey Murphy III's fit, the defense, lineup possibilities and much more. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ ???? 2:03 - Intro ???? 4:31 - Offseason takeaways/impressions ???? 9:51 - Zion Williamson's health and future ???? 19:52 - Zion's on-court development/defense ???? 23:49 - Starting-five predictions/preferences ???? 26:10 - Jonas Valanciunas' fit and value ???? 28:34 - Expectations for Nickeil Alexander-Walker ???? 32:27 - Jaxson Hayes/The backup center rotation ???? 37:35 - Trey Murphy III's role/rookie-year expectations ???? 40:44 - Tomas Satoransky, Garrett Temple, Kira Lewis Jr. ???? 43:04 - Kira Lewis' future ???? 45:06 - Devonte' Graham ???? 46:03 - Naji Marshall's role and value ???? 48:42 - Biggest weakness ???? 50:19 - Brandon Ingram ???? 51:34 - Josh Hart ???? 54:56 - Best crunch-time lineup ???? 56:13 - Quirky lineups we want to see ???? 57:10 - Win-total prediction/Place in the West ???? 1:00:19 - Willie Green's impact Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Follow: @HardwoodKnocks Follow: @The_Sports_Math Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices