Today on NBA Morning Deuce, Joey and Alex discuss the James Harden adding the Boston Celtics and the Portland Trailblazers to his list of preferred trade teams and the break down the betting options for the entire NBA Christmas Day slate including Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat vs Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans, Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors vs Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks, Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets vs Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers vs Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks and Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers vs Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss the Rockets-Thunder game being postponed due to the Rockets not having enough players healthy on their roster and James Harden breaking COVID Protocol. Then we recap all the Wednesday night NBA games including the Bucks and Celtics, Heat and Magic, Sixers and Wizards, Pelicans and Raptors, Hawks and Bulls, Spurs and Grizzlies, Cavaliers and Hornets, Pacers and Knicks, Wolves and Pistons, Kings and Nuggets, Jazz and Blazers and Mavericks and Suns.

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss the opening night of the 2020-21 NBA season starting with the battle of L.A. between the LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers and Kawhi Leonard’s Los Angeles Clippers and their new head coach Ty Lue, then we discuss Kevin Durant’s debut with the Brooklyn Nets against Steph Curry and the new look, but short-handed Golden State Warriors. We cap the show off by discussing James Harden’s reported problems with his teammates at Houston Rockets practice.

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss the 2017 NBA Draft class getting paid at the deadline for rookie extensions and which players didn’t sign new deals (2:40), The NBA’s punishment for the Milwaukee Bucks for tampering (17:45), the Miami Heat no longer in talks with the Houston Rockets for James Harden (20:19) and our predictions for the 2020-21 NBA awards including MVP, Coach of the Year and Rookie of the Year (26:05). Then we make our bets for opening night in the NBA. (50:50)

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss whether or not James Harden will be traded by the start of the NBA season after multiple reports have come out that the Rockets are in significant talks to move him to either the Nets or the Heat (3:40), Rudy Gobert signs a 5-year, $205 million dollar extension with the Utah Jazz (25:00), Kyle Kuzma signs a 3-year, $40 million dollar extension with the Los Angeles Lakers (32:00) and Ty Lue saying that he is putting in Triangle sets for the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard to play like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant (37:45).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss the NBA investigating the Los Angeles Clippers and Jerry West for potentially tampering during Kawhi Leonard’s free agency (5:00), the Rockets opening up their James Harden trade discussions to more teams then just the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers (12:30). Then we get into our Thursday Night NBA Recap (20:00) by breaking down all six games on the slate including the Rockets vs Spurs, Warriors vs Kings, Clippers vs Jazz, Hornets vs Magic, Pistons vs Wizards, and Hawks vs Grizzlies.

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss James Harden addressing the media for the first time since re-joining the Houston Rockets for the preseason and Gordon Hayward being day-to-day with a broken finger in his shooting hand. Then we break down the Wednesday Night Slate of NBA games starting with LeBron James and Anthony Davis playing in their first game of the preseason after winning the 2020 NBA Championship, The Denver Nuggets looking like they haven't missed a beat from last postseason, the potential excitement around the young Chicago Bulls and how hard it's going to be to watch the Knicks this season.

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo finally signing his supermax deal to stay with the Milwaukee Bucks for the next five years and how the deal impacts the teams that were prepping to make a run at him (1:42). Then we recap Tuesday night in the NBA starting with the first game of the Doc Rivers level Philadelphia 76ers against the Bostons Celtics (12:00), then James Harden’s first preseason game of the year against the San Antonio Spurs (25:45), and another look at Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors (41:20).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss James Harden still wanting to be traded from the Rockets despite John Wall looking good so far in preseason (2:15), Kyrie Irving addressing the media for the first time in the preseason (10:30), and we recap the night in the NBA including the Heat vs Pelicans (16:30), Raptors vs Hornets (36:20), Bucks vs Mavericks (41:35), Grizzlies vs Timberwolves (43:15), Cavaliers vs Pacers (48:50) and Suns vs Jazz (52:40).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce, Joey and Alex discuss Kyrie Irving's ignorant comments about the media and why we plan not to use his name on the pod for the foreseeable future. Then we go through the Sunday night slate which included the first game in a Nets uniform for Kevin Durant and how he looked in his first action back since his devastating injury. Next, we go through the entire weekend and give our overreactions from the first few days of NBA Preseason including why this year's rookie class will surprise people, Talen Horton-Tucker's incredible start to the year, the Hawks needing to make a trade, Harry Giles being the free agent steal of this season, Blake Griffin being all the way back and the Sixers regretting giving up on Markelle Fultz.

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