Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss Paul George signing a max contract extension to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers (3:30), James Harden reportedly expanding his list of trade teams to include Milwaukee and Miami (22:30), Russell Westbrook reportedly losing trust in the Rockets for how they handled COVID last season (43:20), the NBA fining Kyrie Irving and the Nets $25k each for not addressing the media (47:50) and the ESPN top-10 players for 2020-21 NBA season. (53:30),

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss where they think Zion Williamson will rank among all NBA players in 2020-21 (2:25), the absurd amount of COVID tests James Harden has to take to be able to join his team in training camp (24:00), Giannis Antetokounmpo saying that he’s not focused on his contract extension with the Milwaukee Bucks (30:40) and Pau Gasol potentially looking to come out of retirement to join his brother Marc Gasol on the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers (38:15).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss whether Bol Bol is being overlooked this offseason and could be the breakout star of the NBA next year (3:30), James Harden returning to Houston and expanding the teams he would be willing to be traded to this season (20:10), LeBron James saying he has been apart of the two hardest NBA championships in NBA history (35:00) and Lebron reacting to Kyrie Irving’s old comments about finally having another player who can score at the end of games in Kevin Durant (38:21).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss James Harden not showing up for Rockets training camp and coach Stephen Silas saying there’s no timetable for his return to Houston (2:00), Kyrie Irving’s spokesperson saying that he intends to do traditional media this upcoming season (22:00), Doc Rivers responding to Paul George’s criticisms about the finish to the Clippers season last year (25:40), The NBA releasing new rules on resting players next season (31:00), and why LeBron is happy about his new contract (33:00).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex give an NBA COVID update (2:15) and then discuss Kyrie Irving potentially blacking out the media this upcoming season (11:10), the Kings reportedly turning down a first-round pick in a sign-and-trade for Bogdan Bogdanovic (25:00), John Wall saying that he and James Harden are on the same page and Harden wants to be in Houston (32:00), Russell Westbrook saying he isn’t going to change his on-court style in Washington (36:15) and Mitchell Robinson firing Rich Paul (46:09)

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex what’s grinding Alex’s gears? (1:40) Anthony Davis signing a 5-year max contract with the Los Angeles Lakers (8:47), Stephen Silas saying he’s giving James Harden space and reports that Harden preferred John Wall over Russell Westbrook (23:22), Clippers players being unhappy about the preferential treatment that Kawhi Leonard and Paul George got last season (29:55), and the NBA not testing players for Marijuana this upcoming season (46:30).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss the trade that shook the NBA on Wednesday night, the blockbuster sending Russell Westbrook to the Wizards for John Wall and a future first-round pick (3:00). Then the guys dive into the contract extension between LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers and whether LeBron is setting himself up to play with his son Bronny James when this contract is up (24:55). Finally, we discuss the third Ball brother finally “making it” to the NBA, LiAngelo Ball signed a non-guaranteed one-year deal with the Pistons (35:00).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss Warriors and Wizards players testing positive for COVID before the start of training camp (3:05), NBA Christmas Day games being announced including the Lakers vs Mavericks (7:15), Kevin Durant denying stories that he’s spoken to James Harden about potentially joining the Nets (12:23), Kemba Walker out until January after receiving stem cell therapy on his knee (14:05), and Western Conference Win Totals (16:00).

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss Evan Turner becoming an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics (4:00), Nick Young roasting Gilbert Arenas on Twitter (9:40) and we go through this season’s NBA Eastern Conference win totals: Bucks (15:15), Celtics (19:05), Nets (20:35), Heat (22:59), Sixers (25:15), Raptors (27:15), Pacers (29:55), Hawks (33:05), Magic (35:10), Bulls (37:50), Wizards (40:15), Hornets (42:20), Pistons (44:35), Knicks (45:00), and Cavs (46:05). We end the show with an interesting trade rumor from one of our listeners.

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Today on NBA Morning Deuce: Joey and Alex discuss the release of the NBA preseason schedule including the Lakers vs the Clippers on the first night of the preseason (4:20), The NBA sending out their COVID protocols to teams (19:00), and the return of the snitch line (26:00). In Free Agency news the Hornets made enough space to sign Gordon Hayward by waiving Nic Batum who now plans to sign with the Clippers (30:00). We finish off today’s episode with another rousing editing of basketball name of the week.

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