The Klay Thompson saga continues with Klay coming off the bench for the first time and dropping 35 points in the first three quarters but went scoreless in the fourth quarter in nearly ten minutes of playing time.

Milwaukee completed their freefall entering the all-star break, losing to the Grizzlies who were missing Jaren Jackson Jr.

Wembanyama is not in consideration for Defensive Player of the Year.

We continue the saga of new-age Klay Thompson from last episode where Klay received too much credit from the media for acknowledging the inevitable and he reverts back to irrational confidence Klay and hurts the Warriors in their loss to the Clippers.

Isaiah Stewart goes from hunting Lebron to hunting Drew Eubanks in a puzzling tunnel interaction.

We look down the pipeline for what is to come from Cleveland between Mitchell and Garland.

The Hornets may never lose again.

We start the show discussing whether Klay Thompson is getting too much credit for acknowledging the next phase of his career.

Based on that, we discuss the Warriors roster overall and which players will/won't be relied upon in the playoffs.

We break down the recent buyout signings like Dinwiddie to the Lakers and Thad Young to the Suns.

We also debunk some fake NBA media narratives and go around the league with Milwaukee on the decline and Sacramento remaining inconsistent.

The refs destroy the Knicks with the worst call of the year, taking away overtime basketball from Brunson and the Knicks.

The Sixers end The Cavs win streak, the Bucks are undefeated with Pat Beverly, and the Timberwolves stay atop the west.

We review the super bowl from an NBA perspective, looking down the barrel of the upcoming final 30 NBA games and what the fans of all 30 NBA teams can look forward to down the stretch.

We highlight three teams who have absolutely nothing to look forward to, without a single bright spot on the franchise.

Steph Curry makes the Golden State crowd lose their minds once again.

We also talk through all the media who are sleeping on Dallas and their trade deadline moves and where Dallas can go this season based on these improvements, starting with their blowout of Oklahoma City by 35 points.

Visilije Micic finally gets some NBA minutes and gives us a taste of what he can do and the Blazers continue to embarrass themselves.

All this and more...

Somehow the Detroit Pistons win a game on a day where they traded/cut seven players from their team. Reference that against the hilarity of the Portland Trailblazers making zero trades and losing to the Pistons who are the worst team in the NBA.

We talk through that, the other NBA action around the league as many players are in-route to their new destinations, we look at the players you never heard of who played last night, and examine the ending of the Nuggets Lakers game where Jamal Murray tapped into a bit of his playoff energy.

We recap all the important deals from the trade deadline and explain the outlook from the teams who did not participate.

NBAVE walks you through a short list of players who absolutely should be traded by the trade deadline on 2/8/2024.

We go around the NBA, highlighting the close game between the Hawks and the Clippers and we run through the silliness of the trade deadline rumors.