NBA Takedown

Happy Thanksgiving! As a thank you to all of the amazing people who have helped support the show through its first month of existence, we opened up the mailbag to answer any and all questions you had. In Part I of the mailbag, NBA Takedown intern Izzy Randazzo tosses Jon a 10-pack of questions, including:

• Who is the biggest NBA name that will be traded at the deadline?
• Which NBA team besides the Knicks would Jon root for if he had the choice?
• What are the 5 most surprising players this season? 
• How to solve the NBA's injury problem?
• Rank the Top 25 Players in the NBA

Check back on Friday for Part II with answers to the rest of your questions, and be sure to follow the show on IG, Twitter and Youtube!

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On the latest episode of NBA Takedown, Jon, Jeff & Shawn go six rounds for the 1st Annual NBA Takedown Thanksgiving Draft in which they pick the players, teams and coaches they'd be most (and least) thankful to root for this NBA season. The 6 categories they drafted are: NBA star we'd be most thankful to root for, NBA coach we'd be most thankful to have guiding our team, role player we'd be most thankful for, matchup we'd be most thankful to see in the postseason, NBA team we'd be LEAST thankful to root for, and player we'd be LEAST thankful to root for.

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On the latest episode of NBA TakeDown, Jon and Shawn are joined by Dexter Henry of the New York Post. The begin with the Takeoff, dropping their takes on the depressing Kings, player podcasts, and the unfathomable start to Nikola Jokic's season. Then they get into weeds on the top 10 big men in the NBA right now. Debates include how large the gap is between Jokic and everyone else (and how often we've seen a gap this large in modern sports history), Wemby vs Giannis for the second spot, has Sungun surpassed KAT, is it too early to consider Jalen Duren a top 5 NBA center, are we sleeping on Chet Holmgren, and whether the Cavs would be better off with Pascal Siakam in place of Evan Mobley.

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On this episode of NBA Takedown, Jon, Jeff & Shawn begin the show by getting off some takes about the sneaky fun Jazz, Austin Reaves' All-Star chances and Detroit Stans getting ahead of their skis. They then turn to the return of LeBron James to discuss what the rest of this season might look like for the NBA's all-time leading scorer and whether anyone can realistically catch him on the points leaderboard. Finally, they construct the “It Ain’t About You No More” NBA Mount Rushmore in celebration of LeBron passing the torch to Luka, hitting on Steph Curry, Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Carmelo Anthony, Magic Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Bernard King, Patrick Ewing, Nikola Jokic, Anthony Davis and many more.

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On this episode of NBA Takedown, Jon, Jeff and Shawn debut a new segment, "The Takeoff," where they each get off one NBA hot take based on this weekend's games. Then they dive deep into everyone's favorite NBA surprise story, the Atlanta Hawks, to figure out just how legitimate they are and whether there's a Trae Young young trade that makes sense for both teams. Finally they explore Anthony Davis' wardrobe malfeasance and whether he stepped over a line. 

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On the latest episode of NBA Takedown, Jonathan Macri is joined by Fred Katz of the Athletic. They talk briefly about one of the NBA's pleasant surprises before revealing their respective Top 5  NBA teams that should be hitting the panic button. Can the Pelicans move past one of the worst NBA trades in recent memory? Where do the Clippers go from here? Will firing Nico Harrison save the Mavs? And are the Memphis Grizzlies the least try-hard team in the NBA?

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On the latest episode of NBA Takedown, Jon, Jeff & Shawn react to the breaking news that Nico Harrison has been fired from the Dallas Mavericks. They discuss the state of the fan base in Dallas, whether Harrison has an argument for the worst general manager in NBA history, how things got so bad in Big D, why the Mavs need to scour the NBA for an Anthony Davis trade, and why today's news doesn't necessarily do anything to make things better even if it needed to be done.

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On the latest episode of NBA Takedown, Jon, Jeff and Shawn debate and ultimately slot all 30 NBA teams into 5 tiers based on the films of Brad Pitt.

Tier 1: The Joe Black Tier, reserved for NBA teams who not only resemble death, but are boring as well.

Tier 2: The Wolfs Tier, reserved for NBA teams who are not nearly as good as they should be based on their personnel.

Tier 3: The Troy Tier, reserved for NBA teams who have a major Achilles heal and are thoroughly mediocre.

Tier 4: The Oceans Tier, reserved for the elite supporting characters of the NBA who need to execute one big heist for that will make them a contender.

Tier 5: The Basterds Tier, reserved for the ultimate badasses and a threat to win the NBA title.

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On the latest episode of NBA Takedown, Jonathan Macri and Jeff Johnson go 5 by 5. Jon dishes 5 eye-popping early season NBA stats while Jeff guesses the player or team each stat applies to. Then they turn to 5 burning questions related to each stat, including whether the Lakers are currently the NBA's most interesting team, who is the best player who might realistically be moved before the deadline, whether an MVP candidate is sneaking up on us in plain sight, if this is the best Most Improved Player race in modern NBA history, and which team should most be looking to blow it up.

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On the latest episode of NBA Takedown, Jon & Shawn are joined by Dexter Henry of the NY Post to debate the current state of the point guard position in the NBA and decide whether Ja Morant belongs anywhere near the top 10. Among the topics they tackle: Who takes the cake between SGA and Luke? Has Jalen Brunson surpassed Steph in the NBA hierarchy? Is Devin Booker a point guard? Ha Tyrese Maxey done enough to crack the top 5? Is Josh Giddey's hot start enough to get him on the list? What to make of a cold start for Trae Young and the always enigmatic LaMelo Ball? All that, plus Shawn goes on an island in deciding to start his own NBA franchise with Morant over another notable name.

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