Take It Or Leave It

Scal and Ceruti talk with NBA champion Kendrick Perkins about his hatred of "load management" and tanking, plus why he's not impressive with Kristaps Porzingis,  and whether the Sixers should trade Ben Simmons.

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Briana Scalabrine, Steve Ceruti and RADIO.COM NBA Insider Kendrick Perkins hit on a bunch of topics around the league. Which teams need to hit the panic button? Did the 76ers do a good job tanking? Did the Knicks make the right decision trading Kristaps Porzingis? Who is more of a winning basketball player, Giannis or Harden?

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Brian Scalabrine and Steve Ceruti start off the show discussing Kawhi Leonard sitting out the Clippers game Wednesday night and how serious of an issue this is in the league. They then both agree that Hassan Whiteside is ruining the Trail Blazers. 

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Scal and Ceruti have some ideas for commissioner Adam Silver about how to fix load management. Former Suns GM Ryan McDonough says the league has plans to solve the load management problem, plus he and Scal debate whether tanking is the right way to build a team.

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Scal and Ceruti talk with former Suns GM Ryan McDonough who lays out the ways the NBA is trying to fix load management, a tanking discussion breaks out, plus is Doncic passing Giannis as the guys you'd want to start your franchise with?

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Scal and Ceruti break down how Ben Simmons is a complete non-factor when the game is on the line. Do players care too much about what other people think of them? Scal sure doesn't. And get ready for Scal to take over social media.

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Scal and Ceruti begin the hour talking Terry Rozier and how much better he is as a starter and there's more to him than what shows up in the stat sheet. Scal proposes alternatives that might discourage players from sitting on the second half of a back to back against a good team. Ryan McDonough talks about the intricacy of being a GM and building up your roster from a bottom feeder through the draft. 

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Scal and Ceruti talk with "NBA Enlightener" Ric Bucher about LeBron and the Lakers hot start. Is this season officially the LeBron Revenge Tour? Ceruti has a huge issue with Kawhi sitting out against the Bucks. Plus the debut of "Ceruti's Weekly List." This time he ranks the top five players he'd start a franchise with.

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Scal and Ceruti talk with "NBA Enlightener" Ric Bucher about LeBron and the Lakers hot start. Is this season officially the LeBron Revenge Tour? Should Kawhi be sitting out games this early? Especially big marquee match ups. Plus he reacts to Ceruti's top five list of guys he'd start a franchise with.

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Brian Scalabrine and Steve Ceruti close out the episode with a game of "Swish or Stretch" to decide which hot NBA topics are a "Swish" and which are a "Stretch".

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