On today’s episode Andrew Sharp and Ben Golliver begin with a few updates on the NBA in the age of omicron and what might be the unboxing event of the year. Then (8:00): Celebrating actual basketball with a holiday edition of start-bench-cut. Topics include: Viewing priorities for Christmas Day in the NBA, the Jazz as title contenders, generic discussion of the value of the midrange, Jonathan Kuminga vs. Franz Wagner vs. Josh Giddey, Zach LaVine vs. the NBA’s geriatric millennials, and the better stock to short between Philly, Brooklyn, and LA through the end of the 2020s. At the end (60:00): Ja Morant honesty hour, it’s not delivery, it’s Dejounte, Luka vs. Carlisle, and a Hawks fan makes a pilgrimage to Madison Square Garden.

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